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Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘AUKUS raises questions that go to the heart of Australian strategic policy’
4 Jan 2024 | Rod Lyon

Originally published on 2 November 2023. The AUKUS program—sweeping in the intimacy and level of its proposed cooperation—has enjoyed a high level of bipartisan support among the Australian political elite. First agreed by the Coalition …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘Safety by design: protecting users, building trust and balancing rights in a generative AI world’
3 Jan 2024 | Julie Inman Grant

Originally published on 1 November 2023. n the grand tapestry of technological evolution, generative artificial intelligence has emerged as a vibrant and transformative thread. Its extraordinary benefits are undeniable; already it is revolutionising industries and …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘When is a corvette not a corvette?’
2 Jan 2024 | Jennifer Parker

Originally published on 26 May 2023. The defence strategic review highlighted the need for the Royal Australian Navy to have two levels of surface combatants to provide ‘increased strike, air defence, presence operations and anti-submarine …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘Australia needs a dedicated, autonomous national security adviser’
1 Jan 2024 | Danielle Cave

Originally published on 18 December 2023. The world is less stable and less predictable than it has been in generations, marked by profound and disruptive change, with the unsettling promise of more to come. The …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘Australia must act now to develop a national security strategy’
1 Jan 2024 | Adam E. MacAllister

Originally published on 14 December 2023. Urgency is mounting for Australia to reintroduce the national security strategy into its strategic arsenal and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recent visits to the United States and China present …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘Pacific media needs more support to protect the truth’
29 Dec 2023 | Blake Johnson and Lucy Albiston

Originally published on 16 May 2023. Media freedom is an essential pillar of democracy. In Pacific island countries, this pillar is under threat from financial and capacity constraints. Democratic partners—which believe in the importance of …

Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘How the Australian E-7A Wedgetail went from on the edge to cutting edge’
28 Dec 2023 | Brendan Nicholson

Originally published on 7 November 2023. In September 2014, a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft arrived in the Middle East to join the war against the Islamic State terror group. Soon after …

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Featured Posts
  • How to make a defence ‘prime’
    4 Dec 2023 | George Henneke
    How to make a defence ‘prime’
  • Military manpower has become a critical factor for Myanmar’s junta
    6 Dec 2023 | Andrew Selth
    Military manpower has become a critical factor for Myanmar’s junta
  • No, Japan is not ready for AUKUS
    7 Dec 2023 | Ryosuke Hanada
    No, Japan is not ready for AUKUS
  • Australia needs to talk more openly about offensive cyber operations
    8 Dec 2023 | Ben Scott
    Australia needs to talk more openly about offensive cyber operations
  • In the end, it’s just maths: the risks of rhetoric around the defence budget
    8 Dec 2023 | Jennifer Parker
    In the end, it’s just maths: the risks of rhetoric around the defence budget
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