Tag Archive for: "warfare"
Europe versus the Islamic State

After the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 dead, I wrote a commentary entitled ‘We Are At War’— and faced considerable criticism from readers, Europeans and non-Europeans alike. How dare I use …

Joint warfighting—an Australian imperative

I enjoyed the opportunity to attend the Joint Warfare Conference last week, and appreciate Andrew Davies’ inspiration to write about ‘jointness’ and its relevance to 21st century warfighting. Andrew’s case rests on some pertinent examples in recent …

Waterloo and what came after

Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. It’s not an anniversary likely to attract much attention in the average Aussie pub, but perhaps one that strategists might like to mark. The battle …

Defending Australia: going it alone

The rumour doing the rounds last year was that the Prime Minister had contemplated a unilateral deployment of a battalion of Australian soldiers to Ukraine to secure the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, …