Long Range Strike in Australia’s Deterrence Future
Last year, as part of the broader discussion about a Plan B for Australia’s defence strategy,…
Read More »The Fuel Security Challenge for Australia’s Northern Bases
The Chinese government was likely well aware of Australia’s plans to significantly enhance the Royal Australian Air Force…
Read More »Shaping a Way Ahead for Defense Preparedness
Logistics readiness refers to the ability to undertake, to build up and thereafter to sustain, combat…
Read More »Information War and Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
Against the backdrop of an escalating war of words between Washington and Beijing, and the Chinese…
Read More »The Training Challenge: Shaping a Way Ahead
It is clear that a major challenge facing the combat forces of the United States and…
Read More »The Maritime Border Command: Concepts of Operations and the Coming of the Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel
In my recent discussion with the CASG team in the Department of Defence managing the build…
Read More »The European Union and the Strategic Stockpiling Issue: The Coronavirus Crisis Exposes a Key Capability Gap
We have focused for some time on the importance for liberal democracies being much more cognizant…
Read More »The Coronavirus Crisis and Information War
Clearly, the liberal democracies are being tested not just in terms of dealing with the physical…
Read More »Maritime Trade Dependencies and Risks: The Australian Fuel Security Case
Over the course of the fuel security investigations I conducted on behalf of the NRMA, I…
Read More »Coronavirus : Geopolitical Stakes And Disinformation
The confinement generated by the Coronavirus pandemic has been at the origin of a light-spirited byproduct…
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