A recent ABC Lateline program has stirred fresh debate about the exercise of war powers in Australia, following the Chilcot Report’s criticism of the United Kingdom government’s decision-making in the lead-up to the Iraq War. …
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In 2003, Coalition forces decisively destroyed the Iraqi Army and toppled Saddam Hussein. The military mission had been accomplished, but what was left? While the decisive phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was relatively well …
Sea State A new report (PDF) from CSIS has warned that Russian submarine activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas and the North Atlantic are at their highest levels since the end of the Cold …
I’d like to add a different perspective to the post on the limitations of intelligence that was offered by my colleague, John Coyne. I write as someone who worked at the Office of National Assessments …
We all come to the Chilcot Report with our own baggage. The interviewers who asked me if I ‘regretted’ my involvement may have little real interest in an expression of regret for victims, but seem …