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Steve has an extensive career across government, defence industry and advocacy, having previously worked for cabinet ministers at both Federal and State levels.
Muscular superpower or paper tiger? Just how scary is Xi’s China?
A lot has been made of China’s meteoric rise and outward ambitions towards the global order, but is the concern about Beijing’s designs and capacity well ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Access, control of sea essential to Australia’s security and prosperity: Chief of Navy
Australia’s Chief of Navy, VADM Mark Hammond, has used recent media engagement to stress the centrality of the Indo-Pacific’s maritime environs on ...
NAVAL • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Whiskey Project secures US Defense Innovation Unit contract
The Whiskey Project Group has announced a US$12.5 million (AU$19.4 million) contract with the US Defense Innovation Unit to provide an initial supply of vessels for rapid ...
INDUSTRY • Mon, 06 Nov 2023
Pentagon report details increased Chinese military capabilities, emphasis on coercion
The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress has detailed the rapid modernisation and expansion efforts transforming the People’s Liberation Army, emboldening ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 06 Nov 2023
Decline of patriotism, confidence in West impacts willingness to defend ourselves
It is probably the worst-kept secret of our modern society: young people across the Western world have lost faith in their respective nations, the values and principles ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 03 Nov 2023
Confronting an emboldened new Axis
Across the globe, the post-Second World War order is under direct assault by an emboldened collection of nations committed to overthrowing the global paradigm, replacing ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 02 Nov 2023
What makes a ‘balanced fleet’ and how do we build one?
With the Defence Strategic Review’s emphasis on developing a “Focused Force”, a push to deliver a “Balanced Fleet” might seem quite ...
NAVAL • Wed, 01 Nov 2023
Nuke subs no panacea: Australia’s maritime strategy and a ‘balanced’ naval fleet
Australia’s future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines has been heralded as the silver bullet to our tactical and strategic challenges, seemingly leaving the ...
NAVAL • Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Time is of the essence: The need to wake from our ‘Peace Dividend’ slumber
Time is well and truly of the essence with the heady days of elated victory following the collapse of the Soviet Union now over, yet for some reason, despite the ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 30 Oct 2023