Stephen Kuper

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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.

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Picking up the mantle: Molan Jr challenges government with calls for national security strategy

Erin Molan, veteran journalist and daughter of the late major general and senator for NSW, Jim Molan, has issued a challenge to both sides of Australian politics to take ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 21 Feb 2024

Enhanced, expanded fleet to reshape Royal Australian Navy

Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy have put months of speculation to an end, releasing the government’s response to an ...

NAVAL • Mon, 19 Feb 2024

Surface fleet review: Urgency, distributed firepower and numbers key to delivering Aussie naval power

Naval power is now front and centre for the Albanese government, with an emphasis on urgency, distributed firepower, and numbers set to transform the Royal Australian ...

NAVAL • Tue, 20 Feb 2024

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Even America can’t have its cake and eat it

Since the end of the Cold War, the US has stood unopposed at the pinnacle of global power; however, as history has shown time and again, the sun must set on all ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 19 Feb 2024

All signs point to conflict: Chinese risk factors reveal a bumpy future

While 2024 started with a bang (no pun intended), what can only be described as a year of global transition is well and truly upon us, with all signs pointing to further ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 16 Feb 2024

What is in a name? Tier 2 surface combatants and the future of the RAN

Conjecture aside, there is an increasing expectation that the upcoming surface fleet review will formalise the need for a fleet of “smaller, more numerous” ...

NAVAL • Thu, 15 Feb 2024

If we’re going to have an honest conversation with the Australian people, we can’t avoid the ‘C-word’

With much of the Australian public still far removed from the realities now facing the nation, any honest conversation with the people is going to require honesty and ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 14 Feb 2024

Red alert! ADF unable to cope with increasingly likely conflict

Perhaps in unsurprising news, there is growing recognition that the nation and the Australian Defence Force are unprepared to face an increasingly likely conflict, in ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Risk/Reward: Congressional Research Service report outlines opportunities of Aussie Virginia Class acquisition

A new report from the US Congressional Research Service has detailed the risk and reward opportunities associated with the Australian acquisition of Virginia Class ...

NAVAL • Fri, 09 Feb 2024

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