HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Run Silent, Run Sometime. Please
Australia is running into a new “submarine gap”, and a submarine budget which severely distorts its defense budget and strategic profile. What is to be done?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Vale: Michael Jeffery. Australia Loses a Visionary Leader
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Australia Girds for Power Projection Independence
Australia is more ready to resist a PRC military thrust southward than it was to face the Japanese southward thrust in World War II. And the PRC’s capability today may not be as potent in the relative balance as Japan’s was in 1941.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | US Moves on Taiwan Claw Back Key Strategic Options
Australia
Key Transitions - 01/2021
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
War, With and Without the Media: Beijing and New Delhi Each Tackle Critical Information Dominance Challenges
The net effect of the PRC and India simultaneously addressing “domestic” unrest may reflect current international distractions, but long-term damage to their strategic freedom of action is likely to occur
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Battle for the Indo-Pacific: Honiara Finds its Power
Beijing makes Taiwan denial a 2019 primary focus, while the US-led alliance slowly awakens.
SOVEREIGNTY
Indonesia’s West Papua Sovereignty Challenge Gets Interesting
A decline in Indonesia’s relations with the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK could see Jakarta losing its traction with those states, increasing the potential window of support for the West Papua independence movements.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ISSA President Promotes Zahedi Center Study in Australian Tour
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Rare, Vital Insights
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Is Australia Becoming the Quadripartite “Alliance” Weak Link?
The US Trump Administration, Japan’s Abe Government, and India’s Modi Government appear to be in lock-step in forming the new “Quadripartite” Alliance in the Indo-Pacific, just as a vital partner, Australia’s Turnbull Government, appears to be losing internal momentum.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS