Analysis

A Milestones Approach to introduction of small nuclear reactors in Australia

April 13 2022

Navy veteran and defence industry analyst Christopher Skinner examines whether the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Milestones Approach shoul...

Why Australia’s Defence Force needs a digital insurgency

Opinion: If the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to keep pace with modern practices and digitally transform its operations, it will require an insurgency from within. It...

April 12 2022

Solving northern Australia’s defence infrastructure challenges

Opinion: Delivering infrastructure projects in the north of Australia brings an array of well-recognised challenges into play across social, economic, geographical and...

April 11 2022

Could Ukraine’s struggle be our own?

Should developments in eastern Europe shape Australia’s geostrategic policy in the Indo-Pacific?

April 08 2022

China’s mineral dominance threatens defence industry

China’s overwhelming control over the extraction and supply of rare-earth elements will threaten the production of defence equipment in the event of a large-scale conflict,...

April 07 2022

Assessing Biden’s nuclear policy revision

Has the Biden administration’s decision to amend the nuclear declaration policy weakened the nation’s defence posture?

April 06 2022

A reinvigorated NATO will help the US re-posture to the Asia-Pacific

A recent analysis has contended that a renewed and confident NATO in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will enable the United States to re-posture to the...

April 05 2022

Managing the consequences of a China-Solomon Islands security agreement

What are the geopolitical implications of China’s latest efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific?

April 04 2022

Changing tack to counter China

Should US President Joe Biden place less of an emphasis on China’s ideological agenda to gather support among Indo-Pacific nations?

March 31 2022

The story behind Xi Jinping

While growing up, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s father was arrested by the CCP, his family was harassed by Red Guards and he was even sent to live in a cave. What does...

March 31 2022

Violent contagion – How the Russian invasion of Ukraine could spark fresh hostilities in the Middle East

Analysts have raised concerns over fresh hostilities in the Middle East following Russia’s bungled invasion of Ukraine, prompted by a breakdown in Russia’s willingness to...

March 30 2022

Is it time to turn up the heat on Russia?

Should the West “bleed Russia dry” or would escalation risk nuclear war?

March 29 2022

The case for building an evolved Collins Class submarine

Should the Commonwealth government invest in the construction of a new Collins Class submarine to fill a potential capability gap ahead of the promised SSN fleet?

March 25 2022

Retired ADF Major General breaks down Russian invasion, identifies missing capabilities

Recently retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan took to Twitter today to break down Russia’s military strategy, identifying three capabilities of the Russian...

March 24 2022

Is C-UAS neglecting AI?

The success of counter-UAS (C-UAS) defences often depends on a single factor: the ability of a human operator to correctly identify and react to a drone threat, writes Oleg...

March 23 2022

Q & A: Founding CEO at Chironix Daniel Milford in conversation with Defence Connect

This Q&A is a transcript of a recent podcast between Founding CEO at Chironix Daniel Milford and Defence Connect which can be viewed here.

March 22 2022

An early test for the Sino-Russian ‘no-limits’ deal

Can Beijing sustain its ambiguous response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or will it cave under geopolitical pressure?

March 22 2022

How has Ukraine stopped the Russian Bear in its tracks?

Several top Russian military commanders confirmed dead since the start of the conflict and a stalled Russian advance – what makes Ukraine’s citizen-warriors so unique and...

March 21 2022

Does Canberra need to ‘radically’ rethink its defence strategy?

Is Canberra’s long-sighted defence strategy failing to uphold the nation’s interests in a rapidly deteriorating regional and global security environment?

March 18 2022

Germany’s €100 billion defence pivot

The recent invasion of Ukraine has prompted the German government – made up of social democrats, greens and liberals – to reverse decades of German pacifism and pivot...

March 17 2022

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