The China Challenge: Evolving Australian Perceptions
Cascading wake-up moments have shaken Australia’s view of China over the past five years. The realisations—a…
Read More »The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: In Post-COVID 19 World
The challenge of direct defense in Europe posed prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union…
Read More »U.S. Support for the Barkhane Operation: A Case Study in Effective U.S.-Allied Cooperation
A few months ago the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced a broad review process in…
Read More »Deterrence in the Pacific: The Chinese Nuclear Dimension
In my recent discussion with Dr. Paul Bracken, we focused on what is often the too…
Read More »Shaping a Way Ahead in European Crisis Management: Leveraging the COVID-19 Crisis
When I was last in Denmark, I had a chance to talk with Hans Tino Hansen,…
Read More »Expanding Regional Defense Relations for Pacific Defense: The Case of Australia and Japan
As Australia confronts an increasingly unstable Indo-Pacific security environment, it is time for Canberra to carefully cultivate security relationships with a range…
Read More »The USMC Commandant’s China Bet: Reactions and Key Questions
The new commandant of the US Marine Corps has announced that he would like to redesign…
Read More »The End of Global Liberalism: An Australian Perspective
In an essay published April 14, 2020 in Quadrant, Michael Evans, the General Sir Francis Hassett…
Read More »Post-COVID-19: Re-sets in the Way Ahead
My dissertation at Columbia University was entitled: “On Historical Change: Order Within Chaos.” And one of…
Read More »Australia’s Fuel (In)Security: Shaping a Way Ahead for Trusted Supply Chains
On April 9th we read that the owner of the Geelong oil refinery is weighing whether…
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