DFNS.net Policy Edition
By Brahma Chellaney Fifty years after astronauts first walked on the moon, space wars have gone from Hollywood fantasy to looming threat. Not content with possessing enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all life...
By James Brorson, Aakriti Bachhawat and Malcolm Davis The world Team Suggests is following the Turkey–US saga as the first Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems arrive in Ankara. For an explanation of why Turkey...
By Slawomir Sierakowski We all know that politicians are cunning and cynical, but could the same now be said for the electorate? Many of those who voted for US President Donald Trump did so...
By Felicia Pradera and Madeleine Walters Whether Australia is adequately prepared for a future pandemic should be a key issue on our national agenda. Over the past few years, antimicrobial resistance has become an...
By Dek Joe Sum The PNG National Statistical Office (NSO) finally released 2016 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures in April. While it’s good to have the data, releasing GDP figures with a delay of...
By David Uren Tonga, a nation of 170 islands and just over 100,000 people, is carrying a heavier Chinese debt burden than any other nation except Djibouti, the strategic port at the mouth of...
By James Goldrick and Euan Graham Hugh White, in his new book How to defend Australia, calls for a complete revision of Australia’s grand strategy and the force structure we maintain for our defence....
By Genevieve Feely, Rhys De Wilde, Mali Walker and Luke Courtois The beat Drone squad assembled in Victoria Victoria Police has announced that it will create a new drone unit by the end of...
By Richard N. Haass History at any moment can be understood as a snapshot, telling us where we are, or as a moving picture, telling us not just where we are but where we...
By Michael Rose Since its independence in 2002, one of the greatest challenges to development in Timor-Leste has been its inaccessibility. While tourism has long been touted as a potential engine for jobs and...
By Malcolm Davis Saturday 20 July 2019 marks 50 years since the landing of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility and that historic moment when Neil Armstrong took ‘one small step for man,...
By Bellingcat Investigation Team Today, 17 July 2019, is exactly five years since Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was shot down by a Buk missile, fired from territory in East Ukraine controlled by Russian-directed...
By John Coyne After a distinguished policing career spanning more than 30 years, including five in the top job as Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Andrew Colvin has decided to call it a day. For...
By Mark Beeson Hugh White’s latest book, How to defend Australia, has attracted much attention. As the book’s back cover rightly claims, White is ‘Australia’s most provocative, revelatory and realistic commentator on defence’. But,...
By Stephen Costello The three key actors in the Korean peninsula crisis are demonstrating why a solution should be anchored in an international coalition and international institutions. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un shows signs that...
By Bellingcat Podcast You can listen to the first episode of the Bellingcat Podcast on the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) by subscribing on any major podcast application by searching “Bellingcat”, including...
By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One The Democratic presidential candidate said that Mark Esper, who has declined to recuse himself from Raytheon-related decisions, should not lead the Pentagon. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)
By Busa Jeremiah Wenogo If you are a motorist who regularly drives around Port Moresby chances are that you would have come across a group plying their specialised trades along Croton Street. At first...
By Tom Uren The global debate has shifted beyond why we shouldn’t trust Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to why we can’t trust any equipment vendor. How can we trust US companies after the Edward...
By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One Richard V. Spencer is the year’s third acting defense secretary — but there are a lot more moving pieces than that. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)
By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One Richard V. Spencer is the year’s third acting defense secretary — but there are a lot more moving pieces than that. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)
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