Feature Insights

Op-ed: Integration and interoperability through generic architectures – A benefit to Defence, and paving the way for AIC

May 03 2021

Generic architectures can increase capability and performance for Defence. It can lower through-life costs and cost of ownership. Defence is investing...

Op-Ed: Industry confidence in future submarine project sunk

"We’re six years and $2 billion into the project and Australian industry isn’t happy. And they shouldn’t be." Senator Rex Patrick compiled his analysis on...

April 30 2021

Turkey’s growing isolation

Will there be ramifications for Turkey’s geostrategic policies in the Middle East?

April 29 2021

Beware Beijing’s ‘magic weapons’

Australia and its allies must not be charmed by the CCP’s “magic narrative”, which threatens to condition nations into accepting Chinese propaganda at the expense of...

April 28 2021

How should Australia advance sovereign guided missile capability?

A new analysis proposes a blueprint for the local production of guided missile technology.

April 26 2021

ASEAN must be decisive on Myanmar

The recent coup in Myanmar threatens regional stability. Conflict between the junta and the emboldened street protest movement risks the creation of a political vacuum in the...

April 23 2021

Op-Ed: Disconnected operations — Keeping military assets and critical information in sight when ‘Going Dark’

The tools to manage that 1 per cent period when military assets have no connectivity. Military organisations face increasing pressure to move to a more distributed...

April 21 2021

All eyes on the Indo-Pacific following Afghanistan withdrawal

President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is an “uncomfortable but necessary” reorientation of the United States’ strategic priorities in...

April 21 2021

Recent US freedom of navigation strains US-Indian relationship

A recent freedom of navigation exercise conducted by the US Navy on the coast of India has strained the US-Indian military relationship, as the US did not provide India...

April 20 2021

Nuclear error — Did Australia’s subs selection miss the boat?

A former Navy submarines commander explores whether the Commonwealth should have given more credence to a nuclear option for the Future Submarines program.

April 19 2021

Has Indonesia ditched its neutrality policy?

Has the signing of a defence agreement between Jakarta and Tokyo signalled a shift in Indonesia’s foreign policy strategy?

April 15 2021

Iran nuclear talks plagued by series of unfortunate events

A series of unfortunate events seeks to unravel the recent dialogue behind the new Iran nuclear deal.

April 14 2021

Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has a May deadline, will it happen?

Defence Connect Insight continues its analysis on the upcoming May deadline for coalition troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

April 12 2021

Creating a unified space framework

Creating a unified space policy among the Quad to dominate space-based ISR and SATCOM capabilities.

April 08 2021

Space must be a cornerstone of Australian defence

Satellites provide critical ISR and communications capabilities. Why is Australia determined to lag behind other nations with building a space industry?

April 06 2021

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in an increasingly unstable world

Airborne intel, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) defence capabilities have been identified as a critical area for improvement among Australia and her allies.

April 01 2021

Canberra must capitalise on Biden’s ‘fast multilateralism’

Australia is poised to benefit from the Biden administration’s renewed sense of urgency in the international arena, one analyst observes.

March 29 2021