By prioritising major conflict, the 2023 Defence Strategic Review leaves the ADF underprepared for the most certain national security challenge ahead: climate change.
This level is noted for its integration of civil-military functions and instruments of national power. This includes strategy and public policy development as well as contemporary operating environments and implications for military and security forces. Awareness of both Joint and multinational logistics will complement resource management systems of the Joint Force.
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Own Domain AwarenessPeering Inside the Black Box: AI, the Military, and the Ethics of the UnknownAs 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.
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Complicated ProblemsPerspectives – Case Study 2The 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.
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Complicated ProblemsThe Country With No Clothes: We Must Improve Our Strategic Rhetoric - Part 2The 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.
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Complicated ProblemsPerspectives – Case Study 1<30 min09/02/2026