This is an excellent book. Peter Edwards is recognised as an outstanding Australian historian, especially in the field of defence and national security. Edwards presided over the Official history of Australia’s involvement in Southeast Asian …
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The idea of morality in US foreign policy is a macabre jest in the age of President Donald Trump. Yet the amorality of a shape-shifting American president emphasises the value of moral compass points. By …
When realists think about climate change at all, it’s often as the precursor for yet another demand for increased military spending. The spectre of millions of climate change refugees voting with their feet and trampling …
I read Burn-in—the follow-up novel to Ghost Fleet by Peter W. Singer and August Cole—using an artificial-intelligence-driven app that converted PDF text to speech, which I listened to through wireless ear pods. Occasionally I’d pause …
Between the diplomatic dance and the infernal destruction of war is to be found the opaque art of espionage. Two recent novels dissect the art of espionage with a knowing eye and a clinical precision. …