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Looking abroad for inspiration to shape Australia’s response to great power threats

July 18 2023

Australia’s shift to a policy of “impactful projection” has been heralded as a major departure from the previous “continental&...

Assessing the allied precision munitions stockpile and building much needed capacity

The war in Ukraine has revealed an uncomfortable truth about the Western world’s stockpiles of precision-guided munitions, a key force multiplier responsible for...

July 17 2023

What can we expect from the upcoming naval surface fleet review?

With the Australian Navy’s surface fleet review front and centre for many in the Defence policy community, what can we expect, and better yet, what should we expect...

July 14 2023

Beyond headlines, German Boxer deal is a model for future Australian reshoring

Amid the hype and rhetoric around the successful “in-principle” agreement for Australia to provide Germany with Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles built in...

July 12 2023

Is it time to reassess the traditional ‘weight classes’ of global power?

Global power has traditionally been dominated by the great powers, with middle powers serving as their faithful “subjects” and enforcers of the global order of...

July 10 2023

Time to be realistic about India’s role and designs for the multipolar world

India has been widely identified as the last great hope of the post-Second World War geopolitical order as it seeks to balance the increasing power and ambitions of Beijing,...

July 07 2023

Overslept: Australia waking up last in Defence recruitment race

There’s clear evidence that Australia is losing the Defence recruitment race and the gap is widening each year.

July 06 2023

Active measures: Is it time to shift our northern bases from passive to active defenders?

With renewed focus on the Defence estate and infrastructure across northern Australia to better support the delivery of “impactful projection” throughout the...

July 05 2023

‘Fighting weight’, amphibious flexibility and pivoting to counter great powers

Long considered America’s first responders, the Marines are knee-deep in a monumental restructuring as part of “Force Design 2030” that will see the Devil...

July 04 2023

In Focus: We have to be committed to building our industrial capacity

There is an old saying stating, “Logistics wins wars” and the Second World War proved that spectacularly, however as the West, including Australia, has let its...

July 03 2023

Is short-termism constraining Australia’s long-term prosperity and security?

It is one of the most contentious issues in Western politics — short-termism in policy making and delivery, and Australia is no different, but is this approach...

June 30 2023

Mass still critical to winning the fight: UK Chief of General Staff

The British Chief of the General Staff (CGS), General Sir Patrick Sanders, has issued a timely warning for the British Armed Forces and more broadly, allies across the globe,...

June 29 2023

Growing concerns about narrowing gap between US-China military spending

Despite the US debt ceiling crisis being resolved for the time being, the declining economic state of the US, coupled with the rising economic muscle of China, has raised...

June 28 2023

Have we already forgotten the lessons of the COVID pandemic?

I know, I know, we’re all over hearing about COVID-19, but amid growing global competition, mounting domestic economic challenges, and increasing levels of economic...

June 27 2023

Leveraging AUKUS to deliver a common long-range strike loyal wingman

While much of the focus on the AUKUS trilateral agreement has been centred on the plans to deliver Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet, the agreement provides...

June 26 2023

Mutually assured destruction beyond nukes: Former foreign minister warns

The concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) has kept the world’s nuclear powers from unleashing the fires of nuclear Armageddon. For former foreign minister Bob...

June 23 2023

Building a coalition of like-minded nations in the Indo-Pacific an uphill battle

Public opposition in South Korea to rapprochement with Japan has shone a spotlight on the challenges faced by US defence planners in building a coalition of like-minded...

June 22 2023

Australia, what is our strategic intent?

Every nation is defined by the intent of its actions at home and abroad and Australia is no different, yet despite being over 120 years old and one of the world’s...

June 20 2023

We can’t afford to remain passive in an active threat environment

For much of our national history, Australia has struggled with the idea of being an active participant in the world, defaulting instead to an attitude of passivity and...

June 19 2023

Pulling our weight and rallying the troops: Building Australia’s defence industrial base

The era of great power competition is well and truly upon us and more than this, the global order Australia depends on is under direct assault with no signs of slowing down....

June 16 2023

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