The Missing Australian National Security Strategy
On the 24th of April 2023 the Australian Labor Government released the unclassified version of the…
Read More »The Australian Defence Strategic Review: The Missing Defence Budget
The bottom line up front: The Albanese government’s May Defence budget is disconnected from its own…
Read More »Meeting the Chinese Military Challenge: Taking the Wide View
Ross Babbage in his new book, The Next Major War: Can the U.S. and its Allies…
Read More »The Australian Defence Strategic Review: An Assessment
Public discussion of the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) has focused on the announced changes to major capability programs. …
Read More »The Pacific Submarine Fleet: A Key Part of the Kill Web Con-ops for Pacific Deterrence
I have just returned from a five week visit to Australia and to Hawaii. During that…
Read More »The Northern Australia Factor in the Defence Strategic Review
Nations must regularly ask themselves how they are to meet the challenges of their strategic context.…
Read More »Pacific Alliances in the Deterrence of the PRC
This video highlights the “asymmetric advantage” of American alliances in the Pacific compared to China. But…
Read More »Time for the U.S. Navy to Set a Clear Course for Rotorcraft Modernization
Even as aviation technology continues to advance across much of the military, especially in TACAIR, some…
Read More »The Mexican Drug War and Conflict on American Territory
In April, six Republican senators introduced S. 1048 – Ending the Notorious, Aggressive, and Remorseless Criminal…
Read More »Working the Military Element of Pacific Deterrence: From the Distributed to the Enduring Force
Since 2018, the U.S. military has been reworking their defense operations in the Pacific to enhance…
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