A Look at Strategic Geography for Pacific Defense: Putting the Chinese Military Challenge Into Strategic Context
The Chinese Communist Regime led by “lifetime” leader Xi Jinping has enhanced its military capabilities as…
Read More »Force Design 2030: USMC Innovation or Dissolution?
The Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, General David Berger, has just released his long-anticipated Force Design…
Read More »The United States and Re-designed Kill Vehicle Program
Missile defence system is integral for any state’s defence by denial strategy and the United States…
Read More »The Evolving Chinese-Russian Geopolitical Partnership: Its Impact on the Liberal Democracies
We are in an era when the risks of major-power conflict are growing. The most likely…
Read More »Is Pragmatism Enough in the Battle Against 21st Century Authoritarianism?
As a participant in and observer of Australia’s China debate, I’m sometimes taken aback at the…
Read More »Reassessing Australia’s Defense Policy
Four years have now passed since the release of the 2016 defence white paper, the most recent…
Read More »Co-Opetition with Putin’s Russia
The liberal democracies are facing a major challenge from the 21st century authoritarian powers. These powers…
Read More »The Evolving Role of Northern Australia in Australian and Pacific Defense
ASPI’s ‘The north and Australia’s security’ program has just turned one. Over the past year, more…
Read More »Models of Technological Innovation: Charting an Australian Path
Discussions on technology and strategy in Canberra typically lead down one of three paths. The first…
Read More »Asymmetry and Russian New Generation Warfare
An often ignored aspect of Russian military art is the idea of asymmetry in warfare. As…
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