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Is our India focus a sign Australia is backing the wrong horse again?

August 03 2023

Without a doubt, at first glance, Australia’s long-term focused trade relationship with China has largely been mutually beneficial; however, rec...

Has anything really changed since the DSR? The jury is still out

Despite the Defence Strategic Review being billed as the most consequential review into our national defence and national security capabilities since the Second World War,...

August 02 2023

Economic headwinds an opportunity, not a reason to shy away

With mixed global economic circumstances marked by stubborn inflation, faltering economic and industrial competitiveness, declining wages and per capita wealth across the...

August 01 2023

Japan has the guts to call a spade, a spade

Japan doesn’t mess around or mix words in their newest Defense of Japan 2023 white paper.

July 31 2023

Redback, industrial diversification, nation building and the opportunities

Much of the commentary surrounding the success of Hanwha’s Redback family of infantry fighting vehicles in the lucrative LAND 400 program has directly focused on the...

July 28 2023

UK Defence Command Paper heralds reorientation towards counter great power competition

Amid rising tensions in Europe and across the globe, the United Kingdom has officially launched their own white paper, titled, “Defence’s response to a more...

July 26 2023

Developing an Allied Nations Defense Industrial Base Accelerator

Opinion: Bringing together like-minded nations across the Indo-Pacific goes beyond the material advantages we expect, with the diversity of thought, innovation ecosystems and...

July 24 2023

Balancing? Hedging? How the Indo-Pacific has responded to China

In 2005, offensive realist John Mearsheimer wrote in The Australian that states in the Indo-Pacific would join a US-led alliance system out of concern for a growing and...

July 24 2023

What exactly do we mean by ‘unilaterally deter any state’?

With the long-awaited DSR breaking the mould and shaking up Australia’s strategic policy with the proclamation that we must “develop the capability to...

July 21 2023

IFV cooperation tapped as cornerstone for upgrading Australia-South Korea strategic alliance

South Korean and Australian government representatives and politicians spoke with one voice on 19 July in Seoul to further enhance economic and defence ties between the two...

July 20 2023

Analysis reveals urgent need for realistic view of munitions requirements

Ukraine’s rapid depletion of Western munitions stockpiles has revealed the lack of depth in our collective magazines, with questions lingering over just how many...

July 19 2023

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

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

July 18 2023

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

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