May 2023 Report on Australian Defence and Deterrence: A New Release
I have just published on Amazon using the Kindle Direct Publishing system, my 2023 update on…
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The Williams Foundation seminar held on 30 March 2023 was placed between the important AUKUS submarine…
Read More »The Strategic Downside to Drone Attacks
In the United States, giving aid and comfort to the enemy is a serious offense, but…
Read More »SIGINT, Cyber, Information War and 21st Century Deterrence
John Blaxland and Clare Birgin have written an important book. It was to have been written…
Read More »The Czech Republic Shapes a Defence by Denial Capability
The Ukrainian War and the use of cruise and ballistic missiles against counter-value and counter-force targets…
Read More »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…
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