Analysis

ERA, plate armour and steel cages: How Ukraine is improving M1A1 Abrams tanks
Ukrainian technicians are modifying Australian M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks with reactive armour blocks, frontal armour plating and rooftop steel...
September 10 2025
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3% on defence will seem like a bargain if US plans for Indo-Pac pullback come to fruition
Recent leaks about America’s 2026 National Defense Strategy have set tongues wagging and no doubt will trigger heightened anxiety in Canberra as US isolationism and...
September 09 2025
Report: Climate change must be at the core of Australian foreign policy
Report: Climate change must be at the core of Australian foreign policy
The climate crisis isn’t just a shibboleth of the Left – it’s a national security challenge Australia must meet.
September 08 2025
Lessons from Washington: How US slashed red tape while Australia drowns in it!
Opinion: After a week of high-level meetings in Washington DC, while the US is rapidly cutting red tape, embracing risk and pouring billions into defence innovation,...
September 05 2025
China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was flawless, and that should worry Western nations
The People’s Republic of China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was a flawless display of advanced military hardware, evolving technological concepts and solid strategic goals....
September 03 2025
Maps, ports and proxies: What Turkey’s experiments teach Australia and the Indo-Pacific about China’s coercion
Opinion: Turkey’s coercive experiments in maritime claims, proxies, ports and drones provide the beta version of a playbook now scaled by China across the Indo-Pacific,...
September 03 2025
Comedian Jim Jefferies shares grief over nephew’s ADF death in ‘Taipan cover-up’
Stand-up comedian and actor Jim Jefferies has shared his grief and frustration at the loss of nephew and Australian Defence Force pilot Maxwell Nugent during an MRH-90 Taipan...
September 02 2025
If not us, then who? The question of who defends Australia hasn’t disappeared, no matter how hard we try
It is an age-old question: “If we don’t take our own security seriously, then how can we expect anyone else to?” Yet for Australia, it seems to once again...
September 01 2025
Despite current doubts, a way forward for AUKUS remains
Despite current doubts, a way forward for AUKUS remains
Making sure the AUKUS pact remains viable and eventually successful is a major “strategic imperative,” one that is still possible, one US think tank contends.
August 29 2025
Elephant in the room: Iranian attacks raise concern about state-sponsored public coercion
After the recently confirmed Iranian attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, should we be concerned about grey zone warfare campaigns to utilise public radicalisation in Australia?
August 28 2025
New US Chief of Naval Operations flags emphasis on ‘new fleet design’, domestic industrial capacity to regain dominance
The new US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Daryl Caudle, has joined Secretary of the Navy John C Phelan, signalling his intent to overhaul the design of the US Navy...
August 27 2025
Luxury beliefs: Thinking like a great power maybe Australia’s only choice for the future
Great powers often have the luxury of viewing the world in markedly different ways to smaller powers, but one of their key frames of reference, a grand strategy, may...
August 26 2025
There will inevitably be ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in the new world order – where do we want to end up?
The birth of a new-post World War II order is now inevitable, buoyed by the rise of many formerly “developing” economic, political and strategic powers, resulting...
August 25 2025
Report: Aussie veterans face a raft of challenges integrating back into civilian life
Report: Aussie veterans face a raft of challenges integrating back into civilian life
A new survey sheds light on the barriers ADF veterans must overcome once they leave their uniforms behind.
August 22 2025
The seabed battlefield: How grey zone warfare threatens Australia’s connectivity
Opinion: Strategic analyst Shay Gal warns Australia’s economic, security and social lifelines depend on fragile undersea internet cables that are vulnerable to accident...
August 20 2025
What exactly does a future Australian ‘sea control’ capability look like?
With the debate now swinging towards building a genuine Australian “sea control” capability, it’s time to ask what that ecosystem of forces and technologies...
August 19 2025
Australia will face increased pressure to hit 5% figure, whether we like it or not
Australia faces mounting pressure to lift defence spending, with a growing chorus of US lawmakers joining what is fast becoming an inevitable regional and global push for...
August 18 2025
Ukrainian workaround: Can we improve Defence procurement by removing Defence?
Military technology sales have spiked significantly since the renewal of fighting between Ukraine and Russia, and the forecast for the future is trending towards strong...
August 15 2025
Trump’s defence spending pressure reveals limits of America’s power
Washington’s growing pressure on Australia’s defence spending has sparked push-back from parts of the strategic policy community, many put off by the Trump...
August 14 2025
Australia needs seapower: Expert issues call for greater naval capability
It appears as though sea control is once again in vogue, with calls for Australia to leverage planned acquisitions and developments to secure our vast maritime interests...
August 13 2025