Jack Ryan is a junior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy where he studied politics and history. He is currently posted to RAAF Tindal where he supports the F-35.
Australians need to rapidly reassess their China-Taiwan calculus, because as it stands we are overstating our global importance and understating realities.
The ADV needs to match the attractions of private enterprise and not submit to an erosion of its core purpose.