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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America’s ‘lacklustre’ Ukrainian response is a symptom of longer standing issues

Despite committing more than US$100 billion (AU$155.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine, the materiel response of the United States has raised questions about the capacity of ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 20 Sep 2023

The game is afoot: China’s pitch to developing world ‘backed’ by UN secretary-general

We are now well and truly living in the dawn of the age of the multipolar world of competing designs and ambitions for the global stage – with Xi Jinping’s ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 18 Sep 2023

In focus: The Echidna Strategy and Australia’s pursuit of peace and power

Australia’s modern history has been defined by our national pursuit of peace, power, and stability in our isolated part of the world, often deferring to great ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 15 Sep 2023

Time isn’t on our side – Accelerating our response to China

Both Washington and Canberra have long sought to avoid making hard and costly decisions about responding to China’s rising antagonism. Now, it might cost us more as ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Hedging our bets? Concerns mount about Modi’s ‘new’ India

With China’s antagonism rising, the Western world has sought to hedge against the worst instincts of the rising superpower with India emerging as the favoured ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 13 Sep 2023

Mutually assured destruction: War over Taiwan would decimate both economies

The concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) has long been associated with great power competition and nuclear conflagration. Now, thanks to globalisation, we have ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 12 Sep 2023

‘Steady and sturdy’ or managed decline? Confronting the national security implications of our declining economic performance

There is a growing recognition among Australia’s public policy and national security communities that our increasingly lacklustre long-term economic performance ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 08 Sep 2023

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Saab Australia plays pivotal role in developing next-gen Future Operator Workspace

Saab Australia has played a central role supporting the development of Saab AB’s next-generation Future Operator Workspace introduced at DSEI 2023, marking a major ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Wed, 06 Sep 2023

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Pull our weight: Renewed concerns emerge over new wave of US ‘isolationism’

For most people alive today, they have no lived memory of the world without America’s role as the “Leader of the Free World”. However, the American ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 06 Sep 2023

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