Foreign Minister Penny Wong is kidding herself. Her warning to Palestinian Authority leaders that...
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Sleepwalking towards a fresh jihadist showdown
The horrific Hamas pre-emptive strike on Israel on October 7 should have been a global wake-up...
West needs to hit Iran where it hurts the most
In a puppet play, the puppet master pulls the strings. Today’s international performance is one...
Myopic defence policies make Australia a target for derision
After Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed on Friday before Christmas that Australia won’t be...
Israel faces excruciating dilemmas in its fight to save hostages
Israel has agreed to daily military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes. But a...
Israel-Hamas: humanitarian pauses and hostages
George Orwell once observed that in war pacifists harm the military effort of their democracy and...
‘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...
Humane hope is conflict ends with swift elimination of Hamas
In war, the humanitarian needs of a civilian population caught in the crossfire need to be met. A...
Podcast: the Defence Strategic Review health check
Health check on Australia's Defence Strategic Review | RSS.com In this first Grumpy Strategist...
Talisman Sabre 2023: big lessons from a large exercise
The biggest version of Talisman Sabre ever conducted ended on 8 August. This high-end...
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...
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...