21st Century Critical Infrastructure: The Convergence of the Cyber and Physical Worlds
In Australia, the federal, state and territory governments have defined critical infrastructure as: ‘Those physical facilities,…
Read More »21st Century Authoritarian Powers and the Reshaping of Warfare in the Contest for Global Leadership
In their assessment of the challenges facing UK defense policy and the rebuilding of UK forces,…
Read More »India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific
India has assumed far greater prominence in Australian strategic thinking in recent times, as a potential…
Read More »Nuclear Weapons in Asia: A Nuclear Force in Australia’s Future?
Hugh White’s new book, How to defend Australia, has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the…
Read More »The Australian and UK Defense Transformation Approaches
The UK and Australia are both in the throes of significant force transformation. But unlike earlier…
Read More »President Trump Has Every Right to Challenge The DOD “Cloud” Contracting Process
On July 18 2019 Jeff Bezo’s highly ethically conflicted blog The Washington Post reported on President…
Read More »President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan Speaks at Columbia University
As a graduate of Columbia University where I received my PhD in 1974, I was pleased…
Read More »How Logistics and Readiness Changed War
Earlier, I identified the idea of logistics readiness as the ability of a military force to…
Read More »Polish Defense: The Role of Missile Defense
The United States President Donald Trump announced an agreement to increase the U.S. troop presence in…
Read More »The French Position in the Pacific: The Potential Impact of the Momentum for Independence
Since the May 2018 visit to Australia by French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian commentators have continued…
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