Taiwan has taken a big step towards bolstering civil defence, marshalling a range of resources and know-how across society. A top-level committee, launched in June and detailed in late September, has been working to incorporate …
Despite a push for openness and transparency in communicating the Australian National Defence posture, one group the Australian government is failing to converse with is its own citizens, especially its youth. Communication is integral to …
Commentators have been unanimous in describing Sunday’s legislative election in Austria as a victory for the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), and pressure is now mounting on the progressive president, Alexander van der Bellen, to give …
The Australian Defence Force is on the brink of a transformative shift in its airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the imminent introduction into service of the MQ-4C Triton, an unarmed, high-altitude and …
The Middle East resembles nothing so much as an earthquake zone with multiple fault lines. This week, fighting increased sharply along one of those lines, Israel’s border with Lebanon and more specifically, between Israel and …
Australia needs a policy for delivering the minimum manufacturing capacity that would ensure national resilience, security and economic prosperity. Unfortunately, Australia’s domestic manufacturing capacity is generally declining, except in the defence industry and, in time, …
Newly installed Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s idea for an Asian NATO is probably not achievable in the short term. It’s a good idea for the more distant future, but for the moment there’s nowhere …
