Anthony Bergin, Author at Strategic Analysis Australia

Leveraging PNG’s strengths and location to become a small maritime power

As Papua New Guinea is our closest neighbour, we’ve got direct security interests in the country’s...

Hamas and its supporters are calling for a full pull-out of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip as...

American comedian Will Rogers once quipped that, “People are taking their comedians seriously and...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is kidding herself. Her warning to Palestinian Authority leaders that...

Generation Z, hooked to smartphones, isn’t signing up to serve in the Australian Defence...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in Israel this week with an opportunity to develop a...

In a puppet play, the puppet master pulls the strings. Today’s international performance is one...

After Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed on Friday before Christmas that Australia won’t be...

It’s long been Labor policy to stand up our own flagged and Australian-crewed merchant navy for...

In agreeing to ceasefires Israel has been put in a terrible dilemma. It must weigh one clearly...

Penny Wong has called on Israel to stop “the attacking of hospitals” in Gaza. Australia was...

Israel has agreed to daily military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes. But a...

George Orwell once observed that in war pacifists harm the military effort of their democracy and...

In war, the humanitarian needs of a civilian population caught in the crossfire need to be met. A...

In late July, after weeks of fierce debate at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in...