Jamie Cullens Writing Competition 2021

Amid the chaos of war, an embedded ally finds belonging, loyalty, and family in the unlikeliest of places—this poem captures the essence of unity forged in battle.

While we may have rules of war, conventions, international treaties, and training in ethics, we can never make fighting a war clean, surgical, or romantic. 

This essay will discuss the structure of the ADF’s, through the lens of Army’s experience, espoused ethics, and argue that the ADF’s discourse must move from normative ethics to applied ethics.

Australian military planners are grappling with a grey-zone Chinese shaping strategy that threatens to disrupt ‘stability, security and sovereignty’ in the Indo-Pacific. 

In a desolate warzone, a lone soldier battles not just enemies but the haunting emptiness of modern warfare—this gripping poem delves into survival, humanity, and the loss of camaraderie.