Gaza and the Future of War
Peter Drucker, the Austrian-American management guru, once said: “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is…
Read More »America Returns to the Tar-baby Middle East
The Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 upended the Middle East and will shape…
Read More »Shaping an ADF Transition: Putting the DSR as a Forcing Function into Perspective
The DSR highlighted the altered threat environment and need for the ADF to be redesigned and…
Read More »The U.S. Military and Its Future: Size the Force to Match the Nation’s Willingness to Provide Servicemen
Next year, the U.S. military will spend an unprecedented $900 billion dollars of the taxpayers’ money…
Read More »The DSR and the Australian Strike Enterprise
We need to start first with considering how the 2023 Australian Defence Review has prioritized the…
Read More »Obama and His Administration Reconsidered
In a piece published today by The London Times. Will Lloyd of The New Statesman argued…
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 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 »ISR and Deterrence: Or How Detection is a Key Part of the Deterrence Effort
At the recent Williams Foundation Seminar held on 30 March 2023, the focus was upon the…
Read More »War in an Era of Intelligent Machines: What’s the War Medal of the Digital Era?
We just witnessed the first truly digital bank run (SVB), and it’s no exaggeration to say…
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