Analysis

Time to break the mould on Australian defence planning

October 23 2024

Despite cosmetic changes, for all intents and purposes, Australia’s defence posture and planning has changed little since the seminal 1986 Dibb ...

Potential missile consumption prompts urgent need for Indo-Pacific defence initiative

If there is one key takeaway from both the conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East, it is the concerning rate at which critical munitions, particularly...

October 22 2024

Slow on the uptake: Growing Australian recognition that overstretched US can’t do all the heavy lifting

It has taken a while, but Australian media and commentators are finally waking up to the uncomfortable reality that America can no longer be the sole bulwark against the...

October 21 2024

Homeless veterans deserve more than platitudes – they deserve results

Vasey RSL Care wants government to meet it halfway to support homeless veterans – but Labor is ignoring its request.

October 18 2024

Training before game day: Takeaways from China’s most recent encirclement of Taiwan

The dust has quickly settled on one of the People’s Republic of China’s largest and most complex joint military drills, Joint Sword-2024B, in the Taiwan Strait.

October 17 2024

The turmoil within: Should we be worried about Team Marles?

For Australia’s defence-focused revitalisation to be successful, we need unity and strength from our governmental leadership, not this recent public display of...

October 16 2024

Does the IIP focus on ‘Theatre Command and Control’ provide the opportunity for us to get northern infrastructure right?

The government’s 2024 Integrated Investment Program (IIP) emphasised the importance of “Theatre Command and Control”, giving echoes of General Douglas...

October 15 2024

A third way? Navigating the uncomfortable tension in Australia’s strategic policy

Australia, as a nation, has long been caught in a Gordian knot of sorts, torn between its location in the Indo-Pacific and as a “European” nation in Asia and its...

October 14 2024

The low-flying challenge: Drone defence and the RAAF

An award-winning essay by an RAAF corporal lays out the significant challenges posed by commercially available drones in the military sphere.

October 11 2024

Image crisis: National reset needed for Australian Defence Force uniforms in public

Australia is in need of a national reset on the opinions and policies concerning the image of Australian Defence Force uniformed personnel in public.

October 10 2024

The Finnish model? Learning lessons from Europe’s ‘other’ front line

Finland has long been on the front line of Europe’s efforts to contain Soviet/Russian aggression, with the small country demonstrating a number of times how a...

October 09 2024

Life in the clouds: RAAF’s longest-serving pilot retires after 48 years of flight

The longest-serving Air Force fighter pilot and fast jet instructor, Squadron Leader Stephen Bihary, has retired from the cockpit after 48 years of flying.

October 08 2024

Success leaves clues: The mounting lessons for Australia from Israel’s startling successes

For many, Israel’s capacity to actively defend itself while simultaneously conducting offensive operations across the Middle East has come as a surprise; for others,...

October 07 2024

International sanctions have grown year on year – but are they working?

Russia remains one of the key targets of economic sanctions by bodies from the US, EU, the UK, and the United Nations as the war in Ukraine grinds towards its third year.

October 04 2024

Unfit for purpose: UK House of Lords committee warns of lacking in British military capability in aftermath of Ukraine

Lord de Mauley, chair of the UK House of Lords’ International Relations and Defence Committee, has launched a scathing attack following a report into the state of the...

October 03 2024

PLA propaganda footage exposes weakness in Australia’s secrecy obsession

The recent release of propaganda film footage by China’s People’s Liberation Army has exposed weaknesses in the ongoing secrecy obsession and paralysed approvals...

October 02 2024

Taiwan and fallout should be our focus, warns strategic policy expert

Vaunted Australian strategist and the father of the “Defence of Australia” policy, Paul Dibb, has warned that Australia needs to rapidly refocus on the potential...

October 01 2024

Squeezing every penny: Learning lessons, building expertise and tightening the ‘behind the scenes’ decision making

Amid continued concerns about just how far Australia’s Defence dollar will go in the coming years, getting the behind-the-scenes expertise, processes and procedures is...

September 30 2024

Invisible prime steps from the shadows: Raytheon Australia announces new collaborative, communicative strategy

Raytheon Australia is launching a re-energised collaborative and communicative corporate strategy as it seeks to shake off the unwanted title of the invisible prime,...

September 27 2024

Squeezing every penny: Getting the most out of our Defence spending

With Defence spending tipped to hit the AU$100 billion mark by the end of the decade and the rise of “megaprojects” dominating much of this spending, how can...

September 26 2024

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