There are five reasons Australia should be doing more now to support the Ukrainian military fight...
Breaking the suspended animation of defence innovation
As policy advisors and decision makers consider the problem of defence innovation, the video of...
Forget transparent seas. What’s the plan to deal with crowded oceans?
Eight Australian nuclear submarines operating sometime in the 2050s is a long way off. Even...
A ready reserve of nation’s civilian fleet makes sense for the RAN
by Anthony Bergin and Neil Baird
Recent revelations that China has launched multiple new civilian ferries that could be used as...
Do we have a viable military strategy?
With the Albanese government’s adoption of the Defence Strategic Review, Australia’s defence...
12 questions on the 2023-24 Defence budget
Australia needs to mobilise in order to address the strategic challenges it is facing. The Defence...
Vacuous Quad joint statement sets off warning bells
The best that can be said of the statements, declarations, compacts and media transcripts from...
Emergency training program would help plug ADF gap
The Defence Strategic Review recommended our fighting forces be released from most of their...
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...
Defence Budget 2023-24: Living in the past
The bottom line up front: The Albanese government’s May Defence budget is disconnected from its...
Unpacking the DSR dollars
Like all big policy statements, the public version of the Defence Strategic Review (DSR), released...
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...
A slow Capability Accelerator is unacceptable
One proven way for organisations to deal with uncomfortable recommendations from external reviews...
The unclassified Defence Strategic Review: a shortened ambition?
Rapidly shifting contexts drive tough decisions. For Australia, that context is a more entitled...
What we’ve learned from the Defence Strategic Review
While there’s only a single paragraph devoted to it down on page 23, it’s clear that the Defence...















