Reimagining Maritime Security
Australia faces an extraordinary maritime security challenge that would overwhelm most nations. With 37,000 kilometers of…
Read More »Rethinking Defence Logistics: The Strategic Imperative for Change
In an era of shifting geopolitical dynamics and evolving security challenges, traditional approaches to defence logistics…
Read More »Beyond Fight Tonight: Building Resilience and Capacity Across Defence and Industry
The ghost of inadequate preparation haunts modern military planning. Mrs. Marion Chapman’s 1949 letter to the…
Read More »Building Australia’s Defence Industrial Base: The Strategic Imperative for Early Investment and Sovereign Capability
In an era of growing strategic uncertainty, Australia faces a fundamental question about its defence posture:…
Read More »Augmented vs. Artificial Intelligence: A Key Challenge for Democratic Societies
Recently, I talked with John Blackburn, chairman of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research (IIER) – Australia,…
Read More »The Learning Wars: Meeting the Challenge of Continuous Adaption
Three and a half years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a quiet but consequential competition is…
Read More »U.S. Marine Corps to Station Osprey Aircraft in Northern Australia: A Strategic Evolution in Indo-Pacific Defense Cooperation
Dateline: Canberra, Australia The United States Marine Corps has announced a significant evolution in its Indo-Pacific…
Read More »The MURKY PANDA Case: The Challenge of Advanced Espionage Campaigns
The growing sophistication of cyber threats shows that persistence is no longer an accessory attribute, but…
Read More »The Rhetoric-Reality Gap: Understanding Trump’s Paradoxical Foreign Policy Approach
In the annals of American foreign policy, few presidents have created as stark a disconnect between…
Read More »Global China and the Solomon Islands: Bringing Security to a Commonwealth Nation the Chinese Way
Chinese police are fingerprinting citizens and collecting biometric data under “community policing” program based on Cultural…
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