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When machines help decide who lives and who dies on the battlefield, the hardest question is no longer what AI can do—but who answers when it gets it wrong.

Australia’s current force design bets heavily on getting the future right—this paper argues that if those assumptions fail, the nation may find itself strategically exposed far sooner than expected.

Classical international relations can no longer keep pace with a VUCA world. What if the next evolution in statecraft begins with quantum thinking?

As AI begins to influence life-and-death military decisions, this article asks whether commanders can remain accountable when the logic guiding those decisions is hidden inside a black box.

The DSR promises reform for an era of major power competition—but its slow tempo, contested priorities, and political risk may leave the nation strategically outpaced when it matters most.

The so-called rules-based international order is not a system that constrains power, the author argues, but a persuasive myth that disguises how power actually works—and risks leaving Australia strategically naked when the illusion finally fails.