This article explores high-tech surveillance systems being used in China to monitor and shape its population. The technology demonstrates China’s push to become the world leader in artificial intelligence.

A stark and necessary reflection on the struggles of service members, Shining a Light reveals the urgent need for change in how we support those who serve.

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As Australia’s involvement in international response and recovery operations has increased over the past decade, so has the number of government agencies contributing specialist capabilities and expertise to these operations. In this context, the need for effective interaction and enhanced preparedness between agencies is crucial to the success and effectiveness of operations.

From performative to personal—how one Defence chaplain’s journey through SBS Inclusion courses transformed his understanding of respect and leadership.

Chaplain Darren Cronshaw unpacks the leadership lessons of Leaders Eat Last with military insight and pastoral depth—revealing why trust and safety matter most in command.

This article explores how the interwar period resulted in imperial commitments, military, strategic and political culture that severely constrained Britain and France’s ability to prepare for and fight war in Europe.

This paper argues that while Britain and France did face some constraints in their need to balance imperial commitments with European war preparations in the 19th and 20th centuries, their respective imperial possessions provided some essential benefits in their attempts to ready themselves for a continental war.