Europe’s Sleepwalk into Disaster
Albert Camus described the attitude in The Plague: “Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of…
Read More »Operation Sea Guardian
The Turkish corvette Buyukada left Aksaz port as flagship to NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian focused patrols…
Read More »Equipment, Procurement and Capability : The Agility Challenge
The ever changing face of the modern battlespace dictates that no defence force anywhere can possibly…
Read More »The New Build Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel: A Template for Change
The Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel is the first of the new build platforms. It provides…
Read More »The Tablighi Jamaat and the Spread of Coronavirus: Lessons for the Future
One of the most disastrous events in the Coronavirus crisis has been the spread of the…
Read More »The US after Covid-19: An Australian View
Lots of commentary—in fact, most—right now about America in the world is simplistic, binary and trapped…
Read More »Rear Admiral Wylie, Jr.’s Approach to Strategy
In The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice, the late Colin Gray recognised J.C. Wylie as being among…
Read More »The Coronavirus Impact on China: The Loss of the Mandate of Heaven and Its Global Impact
There are clearly going to be geopolitical impacts from the effects of states dealing with the…
Read More »Australia’s Fuel (In)Security: Shaping a Way Ahead for Trusted Supply Chains
On April 9th we read that the owner of the Geelong oil refinery is weighing whether…
Read More »COVID-19: Norway Highlights Testing and International Cooperation as Key Response Elements
The mortality rate in Norway from Covid-19 is about 0.45 per cent. This is extremely low…
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