The bottom line up front: The Albanese government’s May Defence budget is disconnected from its...
Strategy & Capability
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...
Saltwater Strategists Podcast: AUKUS, DSR and Australia’s Maritime Capability
In this Australian Naval Institute Saltwater Strategists podcast, Dr Marcus Hellyer, Head of...
Unpacking the cost of our nuclear-powered submarine program
The government has said that the cost of buying and operating our eight nuclear-powered submarines...
Critics and cheerleading aside, Albanese’s defence strategy has Australia in good company
The first big national security decision prime minister Albanese has taken is on how Australia...
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...
Subs “optimal pathway” sacrifices simplicity for speed, while digital tech cooperation lags
President Biden, prime minister Albanese and UK prime minister Sunak have now told the world what...
Rethinking Australian airpower in an age of ‘impactful projection’
There’s a deeply held view that underpins our defence industry policy, namely that as an island...
We’ve lost a wise, bold strategist on national security
In his book Danger on our Doorstep, Jim Molan describes a surprise attack from communist China on...
If data is the new gold, we need a vault to protect it
It’s hard to see how Australians can keep telling ourselves we’re global leaders in cyber...