SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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.
SOVEREIGNTY
South-East Asia’s Dilemma
Has ASEAN and its allies left it too late to counter the PRC’s oceanic expansion?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
RedMed: The Global Nexus at the Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa
Why the RedMed Region is Becoming Increasingly Central to the Emerging Global Strategic Framework
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2015
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Indian Ocean Shapes Up as the Dynamic Nexis of the 21st Century
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | Pacific Overtures
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Peace at Any Price
Important New Strategic Literature
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
EN CLAIR | Indonesia Steps Up Defense Modernization
A Report on an Issue of Strategic Importance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Stirring Reminiscences
Important New Strategic Literature
ASIA
Can Abe Revive Japan?
Japan has the tools to transform its strategic position, from resource exploitation to nuclear weapons. To a significant degree, the matter is now very much in the hands of one man: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.