DFNS.net Policy Edition
By Carl Bildt Every now and then, a US political leader descends on Cairo to deliver an address outlining America’s policy objectives in the ever-challenging Middle East. In June 2005 the secretary of state,...
By Anthony Bergin and Kate Grayson Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) has grown and evolved significantly in recent years. But its key oversight and accountability mechanisms have remained comparatively unchanged and legislatively constrained. By...
By Paul McLeary PENTAGON: Military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon are portraying the new Missile Defense Review as a common-sense response to aggressive Chinese and Russian investments in new hypersonic weapons and faster,...
By Kevin Baron, Defense One The president uses a missile-defense policy rollout to bash Democrats before the military’s senior leaders. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)
By Peter McCawley Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, has announced that he will retire. This is far earlier than expected. Jim Kim was first appointed in 2011 and was re-elected in...
By Brahma Chellaney The remote, coral-fringed North Sentinel Island made headlines late last year, after an American Christian missionary’s covert expedition to convert its residents—the world’s last known pre-Neolithic tribal group—ended in his death....
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “From an industry perspective, calling us, engaging us, talking to us, and synchronizing that alignment can be most helpful. It can also be, frankly, harmful if the appropriators or...
By Terence Wood and Sachini Muller If you haven’t already read the devastating ProPublica piece on how an American NGO that was once feted as inspiring, agile and life-changing actually enabled a horrific series...
By ASPI staff In our first podcast for 2019, Marcus Hellyer and Malcolm Davis discuss China’s space ambitions and the progress of Australia’s naval shipbuilding program. Jack Norton catches up with Graeme Dobell to...
By Hugh White What would we say if Washington asked to base nuclear-armed missiles, aimed at China, on Australian territory? It’s not an entirely hypothetical question. Amid all the talk of a new cold...
By Minxin Pei The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flashpoint could be...
By Stephen Howes A visit by an Australian prime minister to a Pacific island country is a rare event. Such a visit, other than to attend a regional meeting or to Papua New Guinea,...
By Graeme Dobell When the Australian polity talks about relations with India, there’s always a wistful bit about the great possibilities and how little has been achieved. The sense of regret requires ignoring a...
By Stephen Howes Scott Morrison’s historic visit to Vanuatu and Fiji this week is a great opportunity for the leaders of both countries. Now that they have their big neighbour’s full attention, what should...
By Kevin Baron, Defense One The DIA’s first public report cites rapid advances, extended reach, and increasing confidence. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “The Army has aligned itself with Secretary Mattis’s National Defense Strategy, which we will not walk away from,” Gen. Milley told an Association of the US Army breakfast. “It’s...
By Colin Clark WASHINGTON: China is not ready to wage war far beyond the shores of Taiwan, is pressing hard to develop some advanced weapons and increasingly wants to project power beyond its shores...
By Quilliam Admin Islam & The Future of Tolerance available in Arabic Read & Download: ‘Islam and the Future of Tolerance’ by Quilliam founder, Maajid Nawaz & Sam Harris available in Arabic (FREE). Translated...
By Richard N. Haass After more than 17 years, the time has come to accept two important truths about the war in Afghanistan. The first is that there will be no military victory by...
By Paul McLeary “The Battle of Guadalcanal was a brutal campaign, but shows us what the next fight could be like,” Vice Adm. Brown said. “Usually, the CO (skipper), XO (executive officer) and senior...
By Rebecca Barber and Caelin Briggs More countries are experiencing armed conflict today than at any time in the past 30 years. In this decade alone, more than half a million civilians have been...