It is time for action and outcomes, not more ‘announceables’ and word salads
There is a lot of frustration in the Defence community right now. It is time for action and outcomes, not more ‘announceables’ and word salads. ⬇️ Reality Bites: Senate Estimates
Can you build a nation’s preparedness and resilience for conflict by ignoring it? ⬇️
“We live in uncertain times. Armed conflicts are currently being waged in our corner of the world. Terrorism, cyber attacks, and disinformation campaigns are being used to undermine and influence
Is the US–Australian Alliance ready to fight the next war? ⬇️
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has released a research project that examines whether our Alliance is future ready that we’ll post in the comments. ‘Alliance Future: Rewiring Australia and the
Are we falling foul to regency bias when it comes to preparing for the next war? ⬇️
The Lowy Institute ran a recent event with The Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi and covered issues including the Ukraine war, the Middle East, China’s nuclear ambitions, tensions between China
“Trump hates free riders on US Military spending and US Military power.” ⬇️
The team over at Strategic Analysis Australia (SAA) have been doing some great work providing policy options and informing the public debate on Defence and National Security. In his latest
Trump 2.0 will ‘go live’ in a geopolitical context where war is raging
Australia spends ~2% of GDP on Defence. The USA spends 3.5%. That’s quite the favourable deal we’re getting via the US taxpayer ⬇️ The US people have spoken and last
Australia is incrementally increasing preparedness for the most dangerous geopolitical circumstances since WW2
Earlier this week we saw the release of the 2024 Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordinance (GWEO) plan – we’ve included the link below. There are two major new munitions