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Why holes matter: How the mathematics of shape can help stop drone swarms
Opinion: Mathematicians are increasingly turning to topology, the study of shapes and their holes, to mathematically prove whether defensive networks...
November 10 2025
Intelligence integration as deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
Opinion: Stability in the Indo-Pacific hinges on deterring coercion over Taiwan through seamless, real-time intelligence and command integration among the US, Japan, Taiwan...
November 07 2025
Private capital, public purpose: Why private equity is the new force multiplier for Australia’s defence industry
Opinion: Australia’s shifting strategic environment demands a new model, one that harnesses private equity to scale homegrown defence innovation, aligns national...
November 03 2025
Tide turning against defence industry’s long struggle for financial backing
The tide is officially turning against the Australian defence industry’s struggle for financial backing, and even basic services.
October 31 2025
Further unsheathing the samurai sword
Opinion: Japan has entered a new strategic era, coupling its revitalised Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision with an expanded Official Security Assistance program to transform...
October 30 2025
Seatbelt sign is now on: Prepare for post-American world, warns Singapore PM
Nowhere is the global shift towards multipolarity more evident than in the Indo-Pacific; now Singapore’s Prime Minister has warned concerned nations of turbulence as...
October 29 2025
Why AUKUS is both a blessing and a curse for the Australian manufacturing industry
Opinion: AUKUS is more than just submarines, it’s a transformative industrial opportunity that can boost Australian manufacturing and sovereignty, if government and...
October 28 2025
Sounds familiar? PM vows push to boost national industrial capacity, promises to ‘rebuild’ manufacturing ‘powerhouse’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to “rebuild” Australia’s declining industrial and manufacturing base, transforming us into a manufacturing “powerhouse”...
October 27 2025
Insight: Luckey forecasts next war will be won on transformed civilian manufacturing
Winning the next world war will be decided by America’s ability to rapidly transform civilian car manufacturing into mass weapons production, according to recent...
October 24 2025
Sealing the seams: Why Australia must turn alliance power into sovereign power, now
Opinion: Australia’s defence map has never looked stronger. It sits inside a lattice of alliances: AUKUS for nuclear propulsion and advanced technology, Five Eyes for...
October 23 2025
PM avoids a Trump spray, but questions remain
Kevin Rudd’s public humiliation aside, Prime Minister Albanese has managed to come away from his first bilateral meeting with the US president relatively unscathed, but...
October 22 2025
The Finnish model: Can the Baltic nation’s preparations teach Australia something?
Amid concerns Russia is turning its eyes further to the west, Finland has been quietly preparing, investing in a network of hardened infrastructure and ramping up reserves...
October 21 2025
Wake-up call: Enduring Russian war effort reveals limitations of US, Western power
Despite what we have been told, America’s power has its limits and Russia’s enduring war effort against Ukraine has served to reinforce this, but it also provides...
October 20 2025
New Zealand’s defence uplift: Complementary strength for the Anzac Force
Opinion: New Zealand’s defence capability is on the cusp of its most significant uplift in decades.
October 17 2025
Forging allied industrial power: J-StarX and Project Dynamis join forces
Opinion: The emerging partnership between the US, Japan, and Australia, centred on initiatives like J-StarX and Project Dynamis, demonstrates a practical model for allied...
October 16 2025
Canary in the iron ore mine: China’s demands of BHP signal a bold shift towards de-dollarisation
Beijing’s push to pressure BHP, the world’s biggest miner, into trading in yuan has rattled markets but barely registered with geopolitical analysts. Many have...
October 15 2025
US Navy’s upgrades to Zumwalt Class provide naval leg for conventional deterrence triad model
For nations like Australia, deterrence has long been seen as the preserve of nuclear superpowers. Yet today, conventional deterrence is becoming a defining tool for middle...
October 14 2025
Mobilisation, (re)industrialisation and Australia’s long-term security
Australia’s industrial capacity (or lack thereof) has been increasingly under the microscope in recent weeks, with the rhetoric recognising the importance of a...
October 13 2025
Papua New Guinea, Australia mutual defence treaty secures military and regional stability
The newly signed defence agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea represents a commonsense outcome and formal acknowledgement between the two countries for the...
October 10 2025
Impactful projection, really? Australia’s siege ‘strategy’ will only hurt us
Since the release of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review and 2024 National Defence Strategy, Australia’s defence strategy has been effectively rebranded by a doctrine of...
October 09 2025