Strategy is About Solving Core Problems: Not Asserting Lofty Principles
The release of the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) in April revealed a dividing line within Australia’s strategic…
Read More »Kenneth Maxwell Looks Back at the Portuguese Revolution: The 25 April 2024 São Paulo Lecture
I was invited by Professor Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini, who holds the Jaime Cortesão Chair at…
Read More »Logistics and Sustainment for an Evolving Defence of Australia Strategy
There is no more daunting challenge facing a credible Australian defence strategy in it is region…
Read More »The Inconfidência Revisited
A practically complete review of the so-called Inconfidência Mineira – not least because, in History, you…
Read More »Multi-Domain Operations in Australia’s Maritime Strategy: The Army, Navy, and Air Force Orient Their Efforts
The focus of the April 11., 2024 Williams Foundation seminar was on multi-domain operations in support…
Read More »The Australian Government’s Approach to Shaping its Future Strike Enterprise
If one is trying to navigate the complexities of what the current Australian government is really…
Read More »An Update on Chinese Shipbuilding
In 2023, more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding came from China. WSJ looks at…
Read More »Looking Back at the Portuguese Revolution on its 50th Anniversary
Margarida Mota, the foreign affairs reporter of Lisbon’s leading weekly newspaper “Expresso,” interviewed me for her…
Read More »The U.S. “pivots to diplomacy” in Yemen
The good news is the United States is calling for diplomacy in the Middle East. The…
Read More »Shaping Space for Autonomous Systems in the Operating Force: The Case of the Loyal Wingman
In the re-direction of Australian defence underway by the Labor government, a key challenge will be…
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