In a brief media doorstop after arriving in San Francisco, Anthony Albanese used the word...
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Pandas, lobsters and turkey talk push security to the side
It suits Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping to keep the Prime Minister’s China visit focused on...
‘Crush and destroy’: what Israel’s Gaza ground invasion may look like
Soon after Hamas’s appalling terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, Prime Minister Benjamin...
Darwin Port: leaving a key strategic asset in Chinese hands is unfinished business
Yet another review has defended the absurd 2015 Northern Territory decision to lease the Port of...
We should learn from Israel that strategic shocks can happen here too
Israel’s intelligence services and military were clearly surprised by the Hamas attack but an...
Solomons plus Beijing-Timor ties signals critical moment in our region’s security
There was a touch of Fidel Castro in Manasseh Sogavare’s speech at the UN last week. In a...
Defence & Australian industry: from low trust & distant to direct partnership for delivery
"Australia’s defence industry is looking for two things: the first is an opportunity to...
Alan C. Wood & Alan Sutton, Military Aviation of the First World War (Fonthill, revised edition, 2022).
This excellent study introduces the embryonic air capabilities of the major combatants in the...
“More security and less dependence”: Germany’s national security policy
The Economist magazine greeted Germany’s June 14 release of the country’s first national security...
Is Albanese serious about tackling Defence reform?
Australia’s defence industry leaders typically operate below the radar when it comes to critiquing...
Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power. By Mark Wortman (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022) 310 pages.
Hyman Rickover served in the United States Navy for 63 years. He pioneered nuclear propulsion and...
Let’s not forget Taiwan as we kowtow to China on trade
In the skies above the South China Sea last Friday a Chinese People’s Liberation Army J-16 fighter...
Vacuous Quad joint statement sets off warning bells
The best that can be said of the statements, declarations, compacts and media transcripts from...
Biden skipping Sydney Quad meeting’s bad, but our underwhelming Strategic Review is worse
US President Joe Biden’s decision not to attend a summit of the Quad countries in Sydney is...
Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
“The night was still wilder than the last. In particular, one concentration of fire at quarter...
Defence should hand over David Peever Review for AUKUS or fail on ambitions
The media headlines were all about submarines but innovation will be the productive core of the...
It’s time to return fire against AUKUS naysayers
The AUKUS pathway for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines is barely 10 days old. Already it is...
Twelve steps towards delivering a successful defence program
Given the world’s tough economic outlook and the eroding geo-strategic situation, Anthony Albanese...
Nation’s challenge: how to deliver on AUKUS
Next week in the US, Anthony Albanese will make the most consequential national security...
Show some steel on China’s investment in our critical assets
Anthony Albanese’s National Press Club speech on Wednesday offers a victory lap after just nine...