Australia’s next fight will be won or lost in the logistics battlespace. In the Indo-Pacific, supply chains have moved from the background to the foreground of strategy, and Australia’s north now sits on the forward …
Supply ships are increasingly vulnerable. Navies need numerous small and remotely controlled or autonomous vessels to move material through the most dangerous part of the delivery chain, between large ships held at distance and forces …
Concrete and ribbon-cutting events don’t sustain wars; fuel, power, logistics and people do. Australia has invested significantly in northern basing and alliance posture, yet our strategic debate still leans toward visible infrastructure rather than the …
In a fundamentally shifted strategic environment marked by heightened geopolitical competition and the real prospect of high-intensity conflict, Defence is no longer solely the responsibility of the Australian Defence Force. Australia must embrace a whole-of-nation …
Australia’s most advanced military capabilities are fundamentally tethered to the resilience of its most basic civilian supply chains. For decades, Australia’s national prosperity and security have been built on the foundations of a stable, globalised …




