Taking a Hard Look at the Challenge of Funding the Australian Defence Strategic Review
Dominating the debate on Australia’s defence-capability development is a long list of expensive new weapons to…
Read More »Enhanced Nordic Cooperation: August 2022
Recent meetings and statements by Nordic Ministries of Defence have highlighted the way ahead for enhanced…
Read More »The Australian Defense Review: An Exploding Suitcase of Challenges
The Labor government’s defence strategic review will explore how the Australian military is positioned and enabled to operate…
Read More »Another Consequence of the Ukraine War: Russia’s Relationship with Vietnam
The war in Ukraine has shaken a fundamental assumption of Vietnam’s defence posture—that its old friend…
Read More »Finland and the Next Phase of European Defense
For years, there has been little room for argument that Finland is laser focused on how…
Read More »Poland 2022: Between Challenges and Opportunities
The ongoing war in Ukraine is undoubtedly one of the most important and serious events for…
Read More »A Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget May be a Bad Investment
The American people are getting a bad return on their defense budget, and it may get…
Read More »An Australian Assessment on the Way Ahead for the Role of the Military in Space Policy
The establishment of defence space organisations among space-faring nations means they must explain their purpose and…
Read More »China in the Pacific: Meeting the Challenge to the Pacific Nations
In the Xi Jinping era, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (commonly known…
Read More »South Korea and the THAAD Dilemma
Time and again South Korea is faced with the challenge of deploying sophisticated missile defence systems…
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