Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12).

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Images released as part of the AUKUS press release.

12 steps towards delivering AUKUS success

Anthony Albanese mustn’t close the defence ledger thinking ‘job done’. There is no more important task for his prime ministership than to ensure AUKUS’ delivery.

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United States Navy Virginia Class submarine USS Mississippi arrives at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia for a routine port visit. *** Local Caption *** United States Navy Virginia Class submarine USS Mississippi has arrived at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia. The submarine is in Australia for a routine visit to provide respite for the crew. The visit reflects the ongoing strength of Australiaâs alliance with the United States and builds on the visits of nuclear-powered submarines from AUKUS partners over the last 60 years.

Deliver on AUKUS or lose the alliance

Australia needs the alliance more than it needs nuclear-powered subs. Failing on AUKUS would leave Washington concluding that Australia was a trivial country, not worth the effort.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 22, 2023: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese made his first address of the year to the National Press Club of Australia, in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Show some steel on China’s investment in our critical assets

The decision to open the gates on an enormous investment from one of Beijing’s most favoured state-owned enterprises is a huge mistake.

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian servicemen cover their ears as they fire a 60mm mortar toward Russian positions near the frontline in the Donetsk region, on January 31, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)

With eye on Beijing, it’s urgent we step up support for Kyiv

The choice is to sustain a bloody stalemate or give Kyiv the means to press for a decisive military advantage. Why? Because China sees Ukraine as shaping Beijing’s own plans for military domination.

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Major General Jim Molan with his Australian personal staff in Baghdad during his deployment to Iraq last year to the Coalition's Multinational Force - Iraq Headquarters.NOTE: For operational security reasons, THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN MANIPULATED..

We’ve lost a wise, bold strategist on national security

Jim Molan was a big ideas man operating in spaces – the Army, Defence, the Liberals, Parliament – that want ideas small and tightly wrapped.

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D9GT1G Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2011 - The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) underway during sea trials.

Beijing’s real New Year message: don’t rock the boat

China will fight against AUKUS every way it can. The strategic pact transforms Australia’s role in the Indo-Pacific and proving our seriousness of intent to the Americans is needed to make it work.

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13/11/2022: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with US President Joe Biden in Cambodia for a bilateral meeting during the East Asia-Summit. Picture: Twitter / @AlboMP

Memo PM: on AUKUS, you need to lead it or lose it

While Canberra obsesses about its relations with China, our profoundly more important relationship with the US is often taken for granted, especially with Washington’s isolationist instincts never far below the surface.

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