Australia should open talks on joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) now, before the institution’s lending rules are written without an Indo-Pacific member at the table. The DSRB is a proposed multilateral lender …
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Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy’s announcement of an Advanced Capability Investment Fund is an important acknowledgement that Australia’s innovation problem is not primarily about ideas; it’s about capital architecture. But if this fund is …
We rarely speak about the roles Australian business executives might play in a major conflict, and even less about how to prepare them for those positions. That’s probably because our defence and strategic discussions tend …
Australia needs a decisive plan that involves mandating a minimum share of defence contracts for Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Too many Australian SMEs face prohibitive barriers when dealing with Defence. Complex tendering rules, …
David Baverez is right: the world has left the comfortable ‘peace economy’ of 1989–2022 and has entered a ‘war economy’ defined by the supremacy of geopolitics over globalisation. In this economy, strategic resilience, not just …