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  • 16 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    US-style Homeland Security: Back on Australia’s agenda?

    Geoff Kitney
    There are some ideas in politics that turn a lot of laps before they find favour. Few have done the distance that a super national security department has.
  • 7 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • China's Military

    China's defence spending: What's behind the slowdown?

    Jingdong Yuan
    Beijing will continue to spend as appropriate on its defence, but at a level that won’t cause too much alarm and can't be used in ‘China threat’ rhetoric.
  • 7 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    The United States Coast Guard: Starving the remarkable

    James Goldrick
    If President Trump is serious about improving the capacity of the US military, then the USCG needs to be part of the package.
  • 2 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    How Islamic extremism seeped into rural Australia

    Hussain Nadim
    Extreme poverty and terrorism in one part of the world now has a clear impact on other regions.
  • 2 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Singapore’s strike eagles show up flightless kiwis

    Euan Graham
    As an indicator of the RSAF’s interest in trying out the concept, a pair of F-15SGs were at Ohakea this week for New Zealand’s air tattoo.
  • 1 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Australia’s F-35s: The beginning of a 5th generation RAAF

    John Blaxland
    The arrival of two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters this week marks the first time Australia's own fifth-generation fighter aircraft have flown over Australian skies.
  • 1 Mar 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Meet the Australian pilot flying F-22s with the USAF in the NT

    Stealth, super cruise, integrated avionics and super maneuverability allow USAF pilots to perform at a level that other platforms just can't meet.
  • 24 Feb 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Quick comment: US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel David Skalicky on F-22 operations in northern Australia

    John Gooding
    Euan Graham spoke with David Skalicky, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who is currently operating the F-22 out of RAAF Base Tindal.
  • 16 Feb 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Beneath the surface of Pakistan's AMAN-17 exercises

    Christopher Zinn
    Swirling not far beneath the surface of the maritime manoeuvres and the Karachi portside mateship have been two distinct issues.
  • 9 Feb 2017
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security

    Will the Western Pacific’s long peace endure?

    Euan Graham
    The security picture in the Western Pacific is marked by disputes and enmities. So how has the region stayed so peaceful for so long?
  • 1 Feb 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Asia will be the testing ground for the Australia-US alliance

    Robert Garran
    The key test of the Australia-US alliance under the presidency of Donald Trump will be his approach to Asia.
  • 24 Jan 2017
    • Defence & Security

    Spycatcher revisited

    Geoff Kitney
    More than 30 years after the Spycatcher case, espionage is back on Prime Minister Turnbull’s agenda – albeit in an utterly different form.
  • 2 Nov 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • China's Military

    PLA Air Force unveils its pride and joy

    Sam Roggeveen
    Yesterday at the Zhuhai Air Show, China's air force officially unveiled its worst-kept secret, the J-20 stealth fighter.
  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism

    Why Indonesian extremists are gaining ground

    Sidney Jones
    No one dares draw a line and recognise religiously-inspired incitement for what it is, let alone condemn it or take measures to stop it.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    Correcting for market failure in terrorism insurance

    Anthony Bergin
    There has been little research on terrorism insurance, and it's fair to say that not all academic contributions in this area have been well-informed by current insurance practice.
  • 14 Oct 2016
    • Defence & Security

    New cyber threat report has warnings for all of us

    Fergus Hanson
  • 14 Sep 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Picking Pakistan's next top general

    Shashank Joshi
  • 9 Sep 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    Trump corrects course on national security, exposing new contradictions

    Raoul Heinrichs
  • 12 Aug 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    India and China: Playing 'Go' in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 4 Aug 2016
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security

    Will Smith is right, everything is not getting worse

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 29 Jul 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Why do terrorists do it?

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 8 Jul 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Chilcot: Don't focus on motives, focus on judgments

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 6 Jul 2016
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Migration

    The migration-security nexus in Asia and Australia (part 4)

    Jay Song
  • 9 Jun 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Obama's Hiroshima rhetoric obscures growing role for nuclear weapons

  • 4 Mar 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    It's time we talked about war with China

    Hugh White
  • 1 Mar 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Anti-submarine warfare biggest winner in Defence White Paper

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 22 Feb 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Abbott sets benchmark for Turnbull's Defence White Paper

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Defence & Security

    PLA reforms: Toward winning 'informationised local wars'

    Michael Raska
  • 29 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security

    Could the F-35 be the plane for our time after all?

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 18 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    Softly softly: Should restrained response to Oregon siege inform other extremist battles?

    James Bowen
  • 14 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Perspective

    Syria: The gift that keeps on giving

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 11 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea diplomacy: Irresistible forces and immovable objects

    Bernt Berger
  • 7 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea's nuclear test not all bad news for China

    Euan Graham
  • 7 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Why China's next aircraft carrier will be based on Soviet blueprints

    James Goldrick
  • 10 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security

    Australia needs calibrated deterrence against cyber attacks

    Ben FitzGerald
  • 7 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security

    China's puzzling defence agreement with Australia

    Euan Graham
  • 2 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • China and the Pacific

    China's first overseas military base in Djibouti likely to be a taste of things to come

    David Brewster
  • 30 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria

    Turkey has got Syria wrong — again

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 26 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Turkey's downing of Russian plane: Russia was warned but Turkey may have over-reacted

    Sarah Lain
  • 26 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security

    Are drone pilots warriors?

    Matthew Beard
  • 25 Nov 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Turkey shootdown: Russian air power has chinks, but campaign has been decisive

    Geoff Brown
  • 23 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    The island fortress: How Australia's geography influences the likelihood of Paris-like attacks

    David Wells
  • 20 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • US-China

    Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

    Elliot Brennan
  • 17 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security

    Falling costs and rising complexity: where the real worries lie with drones

    Adam Henschke
  • 16 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Cyber Security

    If it looks and acts like an oligopoly ... the power of Facebook and other online elite

    Fergus Hanson
  • 13 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Russia

    Russia's Syria operation reveals significant improvement in military capability

    Dmitry Gorenburg
  • 12 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

    Sam Bateman
  • 11 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security

    So, you're against drones? Then you must really hate this adorable puppy

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 6 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    China-Taiwan: A rare alignment of interests

    Malcolm Cook
  • 5 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security

    US opens up international market for armed drones: Consequences unknown

    Jennifer S Hunt
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