by Thomas Lonergan | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
The challenge to design the force Australia needs, not deliver the toys the defence department really wants. Defence is in a big hole and true to form, continues to dig itself deeper. The capability design of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) – known as ‘force...
by Melissa Conley Tyler | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
There is an imbalance in the way Australia approaches its foreign policy today. Defence spending1 is returning to levels last seen during the Cold War while funding for diplomacy2 is at a record low. Australia’s development aid3 is at the bottom of the pack....
by Doris Asante | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
Terrorist incidents in the last decade have declined globally however, the threats that radicalization and extremism pose to national and regional security persist (Mullins 2020). In the Asia-Pacific region, recent incidents of suicide bombings in the Philippines, the...
by James Curran | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
A future Labor government’s foreign policy will inevitably confront the two defining issues of our time: China’s continued assertiveness and the question of political stability in the US. Arguably, it is the latter which may prove the most difficult for the Australian...
by Marianne Hanson | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
Australia has long been a champion of nuclear non-proliferation. It has observed the electorate’s wishes about the undesirability of developing any local nuclear industry, for military or non-military purposes. And it has also, at times, been a strong advocate for...
by Andrew Mack | Dec 27, 2021 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 20
“When Dr. Evatt came [to the UN] he was a virtually unknown second-string delegate, with the background of a professor and Labor politician. He leaves, recognized as the most brilliant and effective voice of the Small Powers, a leading statesman for the world’s...
