Most commentary thus far has been on how the Australian government will handle a Trump...
Lesley Seebeck
Warfare and competition from 2024 on
Warfare has changed fundamentally. Rather than seeing it as a linear progression—or adapted...
Australia’s missing nuclear debate – it’s not about subs
Recently, the nuclear debate, such as it is in Australia, has been captured by two significant...
The trap of silence
Some head-of-state, and head-of-government, visits are not like others. Generally,...
Australia’s defence in an age of empires – an unready nation
Is Australia ready for conflict in an age of empires? Briefly: no. Australian strategy and policy,...
The National Defence Strategy’s 2 key shortfalls: strategic purpose & the nature of warfare
Years ago, a task often assigned graduates newly arrived in Defence was to draft responses to...
Grasping the Defence nettle
Recent days have covered the apparent—and to insiders, longstanding—differences between the...
Breaking cyber’s endless loop
New ideas, structural reform are needed - not just more money. The 2023-2030 Australian Government...
Old trends & weak signals may herald shifts in warfare
We are in a febrile period of transition in terms of global politics, as well as the development...
Australian government consulting and best laid plans – 38 versus 19,000 doesn’t compute
That government has a consulting problem is old news. The focus so far has largely been on...
Robo debt and digital government: failure demands a broader redesign
In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robo debt Scheme, Commissioner...
The choice of cyber coordinator reflects weakened cyber capability
One measure of whether a government is ready to manage uncertainty and deal with crises is the...
Apply, pace & learn: language for defence innovation
When the military say ‘move fast and break things’ it usually means something different to that in...
Breaking the suspended animation of defence innovation
As policy advisors and decision makers consider the problem of defence innovation, the video of...
Cyber and the seven questions posed by the Defence Strategic Review
In an age of fast evolving, disruptive digital tools, including emerging forms of AI, how can we...