An Australian DARPA?
Providing significant amounts of Defence funding to Australia’s universities could drive urgent national security research while…
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Editor’s Note: This article was brought to our attention by Bill Buckey, who has significant Afghan…
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The fall of the American client government in Afghanistan has thrust Central Asia onto the front…
Read More »The Way Ahead for the ADF
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison compared Australia’s strategic situation to that in 1939, he was right…
Read More »A Sense of Urgency for Australian Defence
Changing defence only matters if you care about Australia’s security and understand what’s happening in the…
Read More »UK-French Cooperation in Mali Mission
The growing spectre of diverse threats such as terrorism, hostile state activity and climate change underlines…
Read More »Cinema Takes on Policy Making and the Afghan Withdrawal
In the words of Flip Wilson, we take no responsibility for what follows, for the “Devil…
Read More »“The Graveyard of Empires” : Joe Biden Adds a Chapter to Afghanistan’s Historical Role
The British House of Lords is an odd anachronism. It has been partly but imperfectly reformed.…
Read More »Checking Out of Hotel Afghanistan: A Look Back at the Russian Departure
Thirty two years ago, January 30, 1989, ten American diplomats and U.S. Marine Security Guards, including…
Read More »The Impact of the Biden Afghan Withdrawal on Global Dynamics: The Perspective of Paul Bracken
Recently, I talked with Dr. Paul Bracken, the noted strategist and nuclear weapons expert, with regard…
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