By prioritising major conflict, the 2023 Defence Strategic Review leaves the ADF underprepared for the most certain national security challenge ahead: climate change.
Those operating at this level will be capitalising on and enhancing their peer networks across organisations, inter-agency and multinational fora. Within their own organisation, a strong, authentic leadership style will inspire excellence at all levels. They will also have robust enterprise, parliamentary, media and business acumen. These attributes will evolve from a blend of experience, advance study and self-reflection.
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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 ProblemsThe Country With No Clothes: We Must Improve Our Strategic Rhetoric - Part 1Australia’s strategic rhetoric is built on a comforting illusion—and unless we confront it honestly, we risk preparing for a world that no longer exists.
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Complicated ProblemsAutonomous and automated weapon systems and the traditional dynamics of conflict escalation.When weapons start thinking for themselves, wars won’t just move faster—they’ll become harder to stop. Understanding that shift could be the key to preventing the next great escalation.
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