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Thanks Ros Childs for the chat on ABC News about the Colby #AUKUS review. ANU North America ANU Media ANUBellSchool ANU College of Asia and the Pacific youtu.be/ytyvYt3sZI8?si…

NB: How Autonomous Vessels Are Reshaping Naval Strategy, as exemplified by OCIUS's fleet of 12 continuously operating vessels from Darwin. They're transforming naval strategy by offering distributed, cost-effective alternatives to traditional capital ships. They enable new

Congratulations to Joan Beaumont and Garth Pratten ANUBellSchool ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre for editing this groundbreaking work "Military History Supremo" and thanks to ANU Press . This work innovatively explores many of the themes and topics in military history that Emeritus Professor David

#BREAKING | Iran launches fresh attack on Haifa Mohammed Saleh reports John Blaxland SFHEA FRSN FAIIA, International Security Expert, shares his insights

AUKUS in the Crosshairs? defense.info/defense-decisi… Thanks for the post, SLDInfo .com

"Strategic Transformation for a New Era: Reworking the Australian’s Army’s Role in Australian Defence". Excellent overview of the Australian Army's current thinking here by SLDInfo .com defense.info/featured-story…

"Ethical Advice for These Times, & All Times" from Dakota Rudesill : "It is your first job as a professional, & as a citizen, to be a person of integrity & courage. Everything depends on these qualities. Without them, laws are empty words. Professional commitments, civic

Thanks for including me for this CSIS Southeast Asia Greg Poling Kathryn Paik . Glad to be able to include a Down Under perspective from ANU North America ANUBellSchool ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Legendary Emeritus Prof Leszek Buszinski ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANUBellSchool ANU College of Asia and the Pacific has a new book out: "Geopolitics and strategy: China, the Quad and the Southeast Asian Pivot" He argues: "China’s control of the SE-Asian pivot, if it were possible, would have far reaching

Thanks for including me, Greg Poling Kathryn Paik & CSIS Southeast Asia . Glad an ANUBellSchool ANU College of Asia and the Pacific ANU North America perspective could be included.

Insightful piece by ANUBellSchool PhD, Hunter Marston (@hmarston.bsky.social) here in East Asia Forum "Southeast Asia deepens hedging amid Trump 2.0 turbulence. The four ‘Bs’ of blunting, broadening, boosting and binding are useful to identify hedging and illustrate how it is distinct from balancing or

Helpful SLDInfo .com explainer on "Hypersonic Defense and Strike Integration in the Pacific": notwithstanding significant remaining challenges in availability & overheads, "The MQ-4C Triton UAV & F-35 Lightning II aircraft present exceptional potential for integrated hypersonic

I reckon IDF SOF may have more up their sleeves, negating the need for B2 delivered MOPs. This Doug Livermore piece suggests the Israelis may yet still have a way to let the US administration off the hook on being involved in Katanz/Fordow atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

Reflections on the Iran-Israel War on Day 6. Thanks for the chat, WION and Mohammed Saleh ANU Media

Agreed: "Asean may be ‘insufficient’, but it’s indispensable, says academic" freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…

NB: Dr. Lumpy "Imagining the Near-Future of American Irregular Warfare in the Indo-Pacific: Large bases, centralized command structures, & prominent targets represent an outdated warfare paradigm. Achieving a more stable, prosperous, & secure Indo-Pacific requires a departure

My ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre colleague, Hugh White, argues "The question of Australia joining the US in a conflict with China over Taiwan looms over the debate about our military preparedness and defence spending". This catastrophist view misses the point of Australia's approach - which is to

Punchy Edward N Luttwak piece here, reflecting on the lessons not learnt from history, dating back to wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq: "How Trump could stop the war: Nation-building will end in ruin" UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/how-tr…