Sovereign Risk Management
Access, basing, and overflight (ABO) is an emerging risk to Australia’s sovereign military response options. In…
Read More »Northern Australia’s Supply-Chain Problems: The Perspective from Pitch Black 2022
It’s been interesting to see how the combined impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war…
Read More »Germany and the Franco-German Defence “Couple”: Recalibrations?
Paris – France and Germany have postponed a long awaited meeting of cabinet ministers due to…
Read More »Say Nope to NOPEC: Or the Limits to Fist Bump Influencing
“Nobody f*cks with a Biden,” said the U.S. president, so the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
Read More »Peace Talks with Russia? A Polish Perspective
Recent successes of the Ukrainian army are undoubtedly a very good news – at least from…
Read More »Will Vladimir Putin Change the Face of War?
The American president Joe Biden recently warned Russian president Vladimir Putin to not “change the face…
Read More »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…
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