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5 min

Australia, Korea and ASEAN: Forging Ahead Together

10 April 2019

Contributed by

Jacob Choi

ASEAN Conference

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5 min

The Importance Of Strategically Focused Force Design

1 April 2019

Contributed by

BRIG Ian Langford

BRIGADIER IAN LANGFORD- DIRECTOR GENERAL FUTURE LAND WARFARE

“People, Ideas, Machines…in that order!”
Colonel John Boyd

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Michael Pezzullo’s seven gathering storms: national security in the 2020s

19 March 2019

Contributed by

Michael Pezzullo

Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Home Affairs, addressed the Australian Strategic Policy Institute on 13 March 2019 and provided a framework for considering emerging security risks - the 'future stormy possibilities' - into the next decade. This article is reprinted from 'The Mandarin' (image: Wordpress.com)

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Jamie Cullens Defence Essay Competition - 2018 Prize Winning Submissions

31 January 2019

The annual Jamie Cullens Defence Leadership and Ethics Essay Competition (JCEC) was established in 2018 to promote critical thinking and discussion around contemporary leadership and ethics, and considerations for ethical issues for the future of the profession of arms. The Forge welcomes you to read the prize winning essays for 2018! The JCEC is open to all Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and Department of Defence Australian Public Servants (APS) and the 2019 call for submissions will be released soon.

Command Leadership and Ethics

5 min

We are ‘Better Together’: A contemporary case study #2

22 December 2018

The much-anticipated key lessons by Ben McLennan, as applied to the contemporary case study - we are 'better together'.

Command Leadership and Ethics

2 min

The Value Proposition for Developing a Future Intellectual Edge

28 November 2018

Mick Ryan offers a new ‘value proposition’ for the intellectual development of military personnel for conflict in the 4th industrial revolution.

Command Leadership and Ethics