SOVEREIGNTY
The Indo-Pacific: The Question of West Papuan Independence
Indonesia is becoming increasingly concerned over the international momentum supporting the independence of West Papua.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2016
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia opts for Forward Defense
Australia’s new Defence White Paper and associated policy papers provoke significant major power interest, largely because Australia is looking, for the first time, at forward projection of capability. But it faces enormous challenges in rebuilding its defense industrial capabilities.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2014
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | New Australian Government Faces Security Issues
An Estimate of an area of key current significance. Report from Canberra
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia’s New Defence White Paper
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2012
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Indonesia Comes into Strategic Focus
The Indonesian archipelago of 13,700 tropical islands has been described as a “garland of emeralds flung around the equator”. But it is a garland of emeralds strung around the neck of the world’s most important sea lanes, linking the Indian Ocean with the Western Pacific markets.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Special Operations in Africa: New World, New SpecOps
A look at Western options in the African context: the strategic framework, and the shape of future conflict on the Continent ...
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Strategic Trends: Options in the Indian Ocean Century
How do nations move, “post-Afghanistan”, post-superpowers, and in the Indian Ocean Century?