Relax, our air defences are fine
Monday, 8 March 2010Robert Gottliebsen of Business Spectator (which occasionally carries Interpreter posts) recently wrote a...
View ArticleThe looming transformation of the ADF
Wednesday, 1 February 2012Listening to the three service chiefs speak at the Seapower Conference* yesterday, three things seem clear. Firstly, the ADF of five years from now will look very little like...
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James Brown
Military FellowLowy Institute for International PolicyAreas of Expertise: Australian defence, intelligence and security; Asia-Pacific military forces; emerging threats; AfghanistanRelated Regions:...
View ArticleThe whiter, brighter, joined-up ADF
Wednesday, 21 March 2012The coming era for Australian defence has a back-to-the-future feel – but with lots of shiny new add-ons. If the Australian Defence Force was a washing powder known as ADF, the...
View ArticleLHDs risk our Indonesia relations
Thursday, 3 May 2012In the midst of a number of ongoing national security debates here on The Interpreter, Hugh White this week opened a third front in The Age, exposing the dubious...
View ArticleA leaner, more effective Army Reserve
Thursday, 26 July 2012Imagine if we decided that, at $17 million per gold medal, preparing elite athletes for the Olympics was too expensive and that instead we'd pay our fastest and fittest to train...
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A maritime school of strategic thought for Australia
Wednesday, 23 October 2013In hindsight, 2012-13 might come to be seen as a watershed period for maritime strategic...
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A larger Australia? Sure, but for what, exactly?
Wednesday, 19 March 2014I'm going to focus on one aspect of...
View ArticleThe Keogh Oration - The Strategic Utility of Land Power by Eliot Cohen
Wednesday, 13 August 2014http://soundcloud.com/lowyinstitute/the-strategic-utlity-of-land-power-eliot-cohen
View ArticleChina Australia relationship needs to broaden from trade
China-Australia relationship needs to broaden from tradeJames BrownThe Saturday Paper30 August 2014Please click...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleAustralia won't 'better mankind' in Iraq if we instinctively reach for our...
Australia won't 'better mankind' om Iraq if we instinctively reach for our militaryJames BrownThe Guardian4 September 2014Please click...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleAustralian forces could face heavy burden in Iraq
Australian forces could face heavy burden in IraqJames BrownThe Sydney Morning Herald & The Age15 September 2014Please click...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleBurning questions over ADF deployment to Middle East
Burning questions over ADF deployment to Middle EastJames BrownThe Saturday Paper4 October 2014Please click here...Publication Type: Commentary
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Full spectrum defence: Re-thinking the fundamentals of Australian defence...
In this Analysis, Alan Dupont argues that successive Australian governments have failed to define an effective national defence strategy. Australia needs a defence strategy that counters threats across...
View ArticlePanel discussion: 2016 – The year ahead
Tuesday, 2 February 2016On 2 February, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove chaired a panel of Institute experts who examined the key issues likely to dominate the international...
View ArticlePodcast: The Defence White Paper dissected
Thursday, 25 February 2016Euan Graham, Sam Roggeveen and Michael Fullilove discuss the Australian Government's new Defence White Paper.Read...
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Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper – Forward funded defence
In a commentary for PacNet, Euan Graham discusses Australia's latest Defence White Paper. For more from PacNet, click here.Publication Type: Journal ArticleDOWNLOAD PDF
View ArticleRegardless of Defence White Paper, we are being out-spent and out-built by China
This piece was originally published in The Australian Financial Review.Publication Type: Commentary
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The lion and the kangaroo: Australia’s strategic partnership with Singapore
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, International Security Program Director Dr Euan Graham examines the strategic value and potential of the Australia–Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He...
View ArticleChina’s puzzling defence agreement with Australia
Monday, 7 December 2015Last Thursday, The Australian newspaper ran an editorial, 'Strengthening links with China'. This followed its front-page coverage of the visit to Canberra...
View ArticleIn conversation: Fred Smith reflects on the Afghanistan frontline
Thursday, 22 September 2016On 22 September Lowy Institute Deputy Director Anthony Bubalo hosted Fred Smith for a captivating conversation focusing on reflections from Fred’s two years working as a...
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