Defend ourselves? We don’t even know who we are
The upside of Albanese’s election win is we can keep on coasting, baby. Printing money for a long list of half-baked defence schemes that our kids will foot the bill for.
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Confused Varghese review flags need for philanthropic disrupters
Censorship and the institutionalisation of risk-adverse groupthink are some of the only things flourishing in Australia under the Albanese government. It’s high time for our billionaires to disrupt the sector.
Australia’s army is suffering from a crisis of identity and confidence
The army has ceded too much territory in our national debate to woke politics and its overcorrected in its response to the Brereton inquiry.
Defence is lost in fog of strategic failure and a lack of imagination
The Albanese government’s legacy may well be that it failed to discern between the concepts of intent and capability in defence. Intent is the thing that can change overnight.
Antarctica a key asset but we’re missing in action
Australia needs ti reinvest in our Antarctic research stations and get serious about strategic science by funding it appropriately.
Trump 2.0 won’t hurt our defence, we’re doing it ourselves
Trump 2.0 won’t be the reason Australia finds itself on the periphery of strategic competition across the next century. We’re already doing that ourselves.
Australia must pivot to ‘pit-stop power’ for AUKUS to work
The design and attempted construction of a future submarine should be scrapped, saving Australia time and money, given the high likelihood the SSN-AUKUS won’t eventuate.
Why Australia’s strategic thought is missing in action
I am hard-pressed to think of another country that has less experience of war than the current generation of Australians. This means we’re lucky, but it has also made us entitled and lazy.
We can’t ignore competition for Antarctica
Why cut back on staff while geopolitical pressure is building around our claim to the continent?
Time to pump up energy security
A perfect storm is brewing for Australia as oil prices, geopolitical instability and lack of domestic refineries mean trouble.
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Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/elizabeth-buchanan