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Shortcomings of the next defence white paper (part 1)
Posted By Peter Layton on December 12, 2013 @ 14:00
The title of this post sounds outrageous. How can there be any shortcomings of the next Defence White Paper (DWP) when it's yet to be written? But the next DWP won't emerge from thin air—it'll be built upon earlier ones. These collectively form a most helpful model upon which to build, while effectively setting the mental boundaries within which the next DWP will be developed. (For readers keen to remind themselves of the contents of previous efforts, Defence has very usefully collected five earlier WPs together and the 2013 variant is still available.)
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/white-paper.jpg
[2] five earlier: http://www.defence.gov.au/oscdf/se/publications.htm
[3] 2013 variant: http://www.defence.gov.au/whitepaper2013/
[4] recently expressed: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131127/DEFREG03/311270021/
[5] before analysis is complete: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/reinventing-the-defence-capability-plan/
[6] achieved its financial plan: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-hard-road-ahead-for-defence/
[7] end of resource boom investment: http://www.afr.com/p/national/budget/resources_boom_falls_to_earth_plWZ5dsFhBzKGbha37ZeOJ
[8] manufacturing sector: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/holden-to-stop-building-cars-in-australia-in-2017/story-fn59niix-1226780453890
[9] sustained decline in the tax base: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/gone-for-good-tax-peak-wont-ever-be-revisited/story-fn59nsif-1226777496095
[10] can be manned: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/navy-techical-sailors-lured-by-mine-cash/story-e6freuy9-1226504893587
[11] seems almost ludicrous: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/minister-admits-subs-serious-problem/story-e6frg6nf-1111118958313
[12] Rizzo Review: http://www.defence.gov.au/oscdf/rizzo-review/
[13] assume Australian defence industry: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whats-an-australian-defence-industry-for-part-i/
[14] an interesting problem: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-the-market-for-a-naval-shipbuilding-plan/
[15] now crying poor: http://www.williamsfoundation.org.au/sites/default/files/AA%2C%20JSF-Oct%202013.pdf
[16] a bipartisan, public consultation program: http://www.defence.gov.au/minister/1tpl.cfm?CurrentId=431
[17] looked at sceptically: http://www.australianreview.net/journal/v2/n1/cheeseman.pdf
[18] Soft power: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/soft-power-strategy-and-policymaking/
[19] shaping of the environment: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/white-papers-timing-is-everything/
[20] Dibb Report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibb_Report
[21] paloetic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paloetic/4640589934/sizes/z/in/photolist-855eHh-bBVZao-865HVL-2iGzs-6aPbem-6aK912-mXAJC-7UTxKY-b326g2-cjMqo1-cjMq87-6BfYRz-9KjQRH-6BfYRT-28Knpm-dmZPEU-f6VzT4-8VTtwU-8VQokD-8VQpMH-MuAdy-MuAdf-7s2eoa-6VvctY-49MCMe-5GpcLH-5Gpc7i-5GttzW-5GpcXV-5Gp9B6-5GpbRg-5Gpeic-fKjr3-aJjRP2-aJjMbx-aJjLsD-aJjQfP-aJjKA6-aJjLQg-aJjRrK-aJjLdt-aJjRAV-aJjPyg-aJjQXT-aJjMoz-aJjSrK-aJjKKK-aJjKnP-yDzzK-5W6fXf-46ZtLz/