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Q & A: Emile Ghessen and Liam Garman discuss Ghessen's recent documentary 45 Days: The Fight for a Nation

July 28 2022

This Q&A is a transcript of a recent podcast between Liam Garman and film maker Emile Ghessen, which can be viewed here. ...

China’s influence campaigns, changing the way we think

How will the modern battlefield change as nations compete for hearts and minds through new information vectors?

July 27 2022

The nuclear submarine builders must be consulted by the task force

Opinion: The current work by the greatly expanded Nuclear Powered Submarine Task Force must extend to consultation with proven designers and builders of nuclear submarines...

July 18 2022

PM’s job summit – a chance to upskill for national resilience

Opinion: While the ADF has been employed in recent disaster relief missions, it’s important that the military continues to focus on its primary role of defending...

July 13 2022

Combating Russia’s Wagner Group

The Wagner Group, a Russian proxy force headed by Kremlin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, has supported authoritarian regimes and extended Russian influence across the globe. How can...

July 07 2022

Forgotten frontiers and the battle for stability on America’s doorstep

Recent research has demonstrated how transnational criminal actors continue to threaten chaos on America’s doorstep through a “criminal insurgency”.

July 04 2022

Still work to do on autonomous maritime vessels

A recent analysis has indicated that there’s still more work to do before autonomous vessels play a larger role in naval warfare, especially surrounding vessel maintenance,...

June 30 2022

Sanctions backfire, quite often

The current round of sanctions imposed on Russia will facilitate an immense groundswell of Russian nationalism, prolonging the war in Ukraine and exacerbating the...

June 28 2022

Investigating Ukraine’s ‘National Resistance Center’

Emblazoned with the tagline “Together we turn our enemies’ lives into hell!”, the educational website run by Ukraine’s special operations forces offers must-know tips...

June 23 2022

Energy security is national security

As energy prices increase, so do the costs of maintaining and equipping a military.

June 21 2022

Build the Astute Class in Osborne and Barrow for fastest delivery

Opinion: Amid the cries for an evolved Collins to fill Australia’s submarine gap, and a potential yet unexpected offer of Virginias with US Navy crews, the most attractive...

June 20 2022

Australia’s urgent need to develop its defence industry

Opinion: So now the election has been won and lost, it is time for the Albanese government to get on with delivering on the agenda that was taken to the Australian public,...

June 17 2022

Russia’s slowing invasion – is force structure to blame?

Whether it was Russia’s slow advance (and speedy withdrawal) from Kiev, the loss of ground surrounding Kharkiv or the destruction of the Moskva cruiser – the recent...

June 15 2022

Preparing for urban operations

Without any significant combat experience since 1979, some analysts have cast doubt on the ability for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to conduct large-scale...

June 02 2022

How the invasion of Ukraine will challenge humanitarian norms

Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has sparked debate among military experts on the future of the responsibility to protect principle, and how R2P can be misused by...

May 30 2022

Neo-Eurasianism – placing Russia on a path of collision with the West

Fashioned by Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin, Neo-Eurasianism is a rabidly anti-liberal geostrategic ideology that seeks to turn Russia into a hegemon of the new...

May 26 2022

The character of the modern battlefield and role of the digital warrior

Opinion: Major General (Ret’d) Rupert Jones CBE analyses the degree to which technology has changed the way that we fight across battlefields from Ukraine to Mosul.

May 17 2022

Antarctica adrift: Australia’s southern blind spot

Read Dr Elizabeth Buchanan’s remarks for the 2022 Sea Power Conference panel on maritime competition on Australia’s southern flank – Antarctica.

May 16 2022

Russia’s mistakes are China’s lessons

The invasion of Ukraine has called Russia’s military technology and doctrine into question. What lessons will the Chinese People’s Liberation Army glean from the bungled...

May 06 2022

Navy unveils new Maritime Intelligence and Information Warfare School

The school is designed to support the Royal Australian Navy’s capabilities in intelligence and information warfare, training the next generation of officers across...

April 29 2022

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