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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.
Looking closer to home for the implications of Beijing’s Mediterranean deployment
It is not unusual for any naval power to deploy forces to areas of strategic importance, and in many ways, Beijing’s recent deployment of a naval task force to the ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 27 Oct 2023
I was wrong: Compared to the DSR, Defence of Australia would have given us ‘real’ power
When introduced, the Defence of Australia doctrine and associated force structure drew quite a bit of flak, particularly from the mid-to-late 1990s. However, when ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 26 Oct 2023
Renewed concerns about the impact of ‘dysfunctional’ US
Despite a seemingly robust US response to the renewed tensions in the Middle East, there is a growing sense among Australia’s own strategic policy community that ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Congress calls for third US nuclear submarine yard
With growing pressure on the US defence industrial base to deliver more nuclear-powered submarines, a congressional commission has called for an additional submarine yard ...
INDUSTRY • Fri, 20 Oct 2023
Concerning polling reveals 78% of Americans lose faith in US
New polling out of the United States has revealed the majority of Americans have lost faith in the direction of the country and its future at a concerning time in global ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 19 Oct 2023
Viewing the potential of President Trump 2.0 with clear eyes
No other contemporary Western leader has elicited such a visceral reaction quite like former president and presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump. But is the ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 18 Oct 2023
Where is the trust? Are we dragging our feet on USVs?
Autonomous systems are rapidly changing the nature of the contemporary battlespace and the maritime environment is at the forefront with several successful trials in ...
NAVAL • Tue, 17 Oct 2023
The decline of global stability and rise of ‘homeland economics’
The Great Financial Crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and now energy shocks have all served to undermine the stability of the global order, giving rise to “homeland ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 16 Oct 2023
US involvement in Middle East risks yet another ‘forever war’
With indications pointing towards a growing US presence in the eastern Mediterranean to provide unspecified support to Israel following the devastating attack by Hamas, ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 13 Oct 2023