The late United States senator and navy secretary John Warner once said: ‘The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one’s borders, of one’s internal situation, and security against anyone attacking …
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Identifying the industrial capabilities needed in Australia for military–strategic purposes and rectifying supply problems may seem mundane when regional tensions are rising and major decisions on the Australian Defence Force’s force structure hang in the …
Graeme Dobell’s brief history of ASPI’s Cost of Defence series over two decades reveals a fascinating tussle between Australia’s military–industrial complex and economic reality. That tussle is arguably more intense than ever, reflected in recent …
In my last article for The Strategist, I illustrated the challenges that the defence sector faces in building the workforce required to support the government’s large planned investment in defence capability over the next decade. …
ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. Why does Australia build its own military kit? Why not just buy it off the shelf? …