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Another year, another disappointing revelation about Australia’s stagnating economic competitiveness, resilience

November 23 2023

It is no secret that Australia’s economy has been increasingly hollowed out of any real depth or capacity with successive governments promising ...

Opinion: At the start of World War One, military recruitment posters stridently announced, “Australians! Your Country Needs You”. Such dark days may return, warns...

November 22 2023

Peace in our time? Assessing the fallout of Biden–Xi’s San Francisco summit

Depending on who you ask, the recent meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, has had some mixed outcomes. While it...

November 20 2023

An AUKUS remix delivering greater military power faster: the B-21 Raider

Opinion: While much of the emphasis around AUKUS is rightfully focused on Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, there are a host of factors that...

November 15 2023

Dust settles on promising, yet unfulfilled Indo Pacific 2023

Defence trade shows are always a mad scramble – there are deals to be done, back-to-back briefings to sprint to, an ever-present threat of politicians sweeping through...

November 14 2023

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 placed...

November 13 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...

November 10 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...

November 06 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 of...

November 03 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 it...

November 02 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...

November 01 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...

October 31 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...

October 30 2023

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...

October 27 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 compared to...

October 26 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 the...

October 25 2023

Generational anxiety: Can Australia ‘calm the fear’ of nuclear-powered submarines?

Time will tell if the Australian public can overcome decades of national fear regarding nuclear-powered submarines, weapons, and related nuclear energy technology.

October 23 2023

War-fair: All defence tech is equal, but some are more equal than others

A People’s Liberation Army soldier setting man-shaped targets ablaze with a man-portable flamethrower during an attacking drill should resonate strongly with Australian...

October 20 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 to...

October 20 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...

October 19 2023

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