Australia’s Northern Strategic Geography Conundrum
Northern Australia is becoming increasingly important to the United States and its Indo-Pacific presence. What is…
Read More »The Direct Defense of Australia: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Both of my initial interviews during the current visit to Australia have highlighted the need to…
Read More »The war in Ukraine, Escalation and its Potential Global Consequences
Russia clearly started the war in Ukraine but from the Russian point of view this has…
Read More »The Nordic Defense Reset: A Significant Opportunity for European and American Strategic Innovation
I spent most of this summer in Europe including visits to the Nordic region. In talks…
Read More »Logistics, Mobility and Resilient Infrastructure: Bedrock of an Effective Warfighting and Deterrent Force
Articles by John Coyne of ASPI published this month and by Col. David Beaumont of the…
Read More »The War in Ukraine: Competitive Chaos Management
In a speech to the Reichstag on May 21, 1935, the new Chancellor of Germany in…
Read More »The Australian Defence Review: The Perspective of The Australian Minister of Defence
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles has prioritised the need to bridge the divide…
Read More »The War in Ukraine and the Challenge of Reshaping European Direct Defense
I am writing this piece while in Mallorca, Spain. Earlier this summer, I had a chance…
Read More »Will Biden’s Pact with Israel draw the U.S. into Another Middle East War?
On 14 July 2022, U.S. president Joe Biden and Israeli prime minister Yair Lipid, signed the…
Read More »BRICS as the Anti-G-7?
The virtual summit of BRICS leaders in Beijing late last month brought a slew of proposals…
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