When Tony Abbott and his colleagues on the National Security Committee of cabinet sit down to have their first serious look at defence this week they will find a dispirited and disjointed department in need of direction and renewal. Read more
Pivot to Asia has not fallen off its axis
Barack Obama’s absence from East Asia’s two seminal economic and political meetings last week has triggered another bout of declinist commentary and regional hand wringing about the loss of US power and credibility which, if accurate, has serious implications for Australia’s alliance with the US. Read more
Transitioning to a New World Order: More Turbulence Ahead
Professor Alan Dupont, questions how geopolitical and resource trends will play out in the decades ahead and about the significance of the United State’s pivot toward Asia and how we should respond.
Will climate change be the security challenge of the 21st century?
Professor Alan Dupont outlines the variety of security issues that climate change will present for all nations, explaining that these are problems that need to be addressed.
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Interview with Professor Alan Dupont
Professor Alan Dupont is interviewed by Military Associate James Brown, following the launch of his paper – Inflection point: the Australian Defence Force after Afghanistan – at the Lowy Institute. Read more
Australia’s new Defence White Paper, what it must do? A forum hosted by the Menzies Research Centre
An address by Professor Alan Dupont and Michael Hintze – Chair of International Security and Director, Centre for International Security Studies, to the Menzies Research Centre’s ‘Australian Security in the 21st Century’ Seminar Series in Canberra on 13 March 2008. Read more
North Korea’s Weapons Program
On 1 November at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Alan Dupont, the Michael Hintze Chair of International Security at the University of Sydney, explored the implications of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program for global and regional security following Pyongyang’s provocative nuclear test on 9 October.
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2009 Defence White Paper
Is the Rudd Government’s new Defence White Paper more of the same or a significant departure from the previous strategic orthodoxy? More importantly, is it affordable, and will future governments commit to the level of spending necessary to ensure that the White Paper’s ambitious goals for the Australian Defence Force are realised? What about the strategic judgements underpinning the decisions on spending and force structure? Is concern about China’s burgeoning military power real, or merely Defence ‘spin’ designed to justify expensive acquisitions?
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