The Departure of Mattis: The President’s Strategic Challenge and Opportunity
The departure of Secretary Mattis and the coming of a new Congress provide twin challenges for…
Read More »Parsing Trump’s Middle East Moves
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s warning that he would soon send his military forces into the…
Read More »Japan Shapes its Perimeter Defense: F-35s, Aegis and Active Defense Capabilities
We have argued for a number of years that in response to both North Korea and…
Read More »The “5Th Generation Information Management Environment” – An Australian Defence Force Enabler or a Roadblock?
The phrase “5th Generation” (Gen) is often dismissed as just another fad, whilst totally missing the…
Read More »Re-Shaping the Australian Air Force Cadets Program
When one thinks of defense infrastructure, a key element is the people in the force and…
Read More »Crafting a Base in Poland: Resetting the Question
Recently, the President of Poland visited the White House and proposed that the Pole’s would invest…
Read More »Australian-French Defense Industrial Symposium in Adelaide: With the Sub Negotiations As the Elephant in the Room
On September 24th and 25th, 2018, the inaugural Australian-French defense symposium was held in Adelaide, South…
Read More »The European Union and Russian Energy
The challenge of working energy relations with Russia is a significant one, notably for Germany. The…
Read More »Australia and Energy Security
The topic of energy has become so politicised, both between the major parties and within the…
Read More »Working Energy Security for Australia
One aspect of the work of our colleague, John Blackburn, has been upon the centrality of…
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