Geopolitics and Policy - Defence Connect

US Secretary of Defense honours US President Biden following election withdrawal

July 22 2024

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III has honoured US President Joe Biden as a “stalwart defender of free government, fearless foe of tyran...

Post-crisis force: Sharpening the tip of the spear with a new-look Special Operations Command

In a post-crisis Indo-Pacific characterised by great power competition and multipolarity, Australia’s special operations forces will be required to hit harder, faster...

July 22 2024

Food security critical to national security, Global Food Forum warns

The old saying that “an army marches on its stomach” has never been more true. In this era of multipolarity and great power competition, the case is more serious...

July 19 2024

Post-crisis force: An integrated, deadly and ‘joint force’ enabling Air Force

In many ways, the contemporary Royal Australian Air Force is an “enabling” body for the rest of the Australian Defence Force, but in a post-crisis era, this role,...

July 18 2024

Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 2)

More than at any point in history, contemporary navies provide nations with a strategic game-changing capability. In a post-crisis era, Australia’s naval capabilities...

July 17 2024

UK to hold Strategic Defence Review to repair ‘hollowed out armed forces’

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to bolster the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces with the launch of a Strategic Defence Review.

July 16 2024

Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 1)

As a maritime trading nation straddling two of the world’s major oceans, the Navy is critical to securing and promoting Australia’s national interests and...

July 16 2024

Fight! Fight! Fight! Why Trump’s immediate response now makes the world a more dangerous place

Opinion: As much of the US and many across the world held their breath as shots rang out in rural Pennsylvania, former President Trump’s immediate response following...

July 15 2024

Trump shooting an ‘inexcusable attack on democratic values, freedoms’, says Albanese

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump as an inexcusable attack on shared democratic values...

July 15 2024

Public support lifts Australia’s largest single military assistance package, says Marles

Public support will push forward Australia’s largest single military assistance package to Ukraine, according to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.

July 15 2024