Prof of Strategic Studies @ SDSC , ANU; fmr Director, USSC & UWA DSI; NRF @SeaPowerCentre; Non-Res Snr Fellow @AtlanticCouncil; Indo-Pac Sec: RTs≠E
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@Qantas thanks again for a rubbish trip-every flight late by over an hour-on top of that you have fed me deliberately false information about the delays -telling passengers a boarding time for a plane that won’t even arrive then - you are really kicking customer service goals atm
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Buying thousands of drones now to sit on the shelf and be out of date in 3 months is not the answer
Innovation, experimentation and industry development is key-investing in these parts of capability is critical
Counter drone capabilities are short term investment priorities
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When discussing drone warfare for the ADF a couple of considerations are key:
The Indo-Pacific is not Ukraine
The Indo-Pacific is a maritime environment defined by extreme distances - it is not a short range continental environment -
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The UK has finished its Lovegrove review, the UK parliament review is look at how to better deliver AUKUS, Australia is doing a review of the ASA and the 2023 DSR reviewed AUKUS against the risks, new strategy and capability needs
The UK is conducting a review of AUKUS. The US DoD is conducting a review of AUKUS. But Australia, which has the most at stake, has no review. Our Parliament to date has been the least curious and least informed. Time to wake up?
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Timely and interesting data
As the Pentagon launches its AUKUS review, exclusive new @LowyInstitute polling shows that a clear majority of Australians (67%) continue to favour acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. This has held firm since the deal was announced four years ago.
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Clear and thoughtful analysis - unlike much of the hyperbole
Trump’s AUKUS review is routine, not a harbinger of collapse |
My thoughts on the US #AUKUS review 👇
@NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra @ConGeostrategy
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AUKUS Pillar II Is Failing in Its Mission @WarOnTheRocks warontherocks.com/2025/06/au…
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It’s fundamentally missing an evidence based understanding of the US-AUS alliance and how it functions here.
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Always great to talk defence policy with @JAParker29 and thanks to @InsidersABC for the invite.
If you listen/watch/read nothing else about Australian defence strategy during this election, then see this - @JAParker29 & @DefenceProf talk to David Spiers about funding Defence in the current security environment.
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SSK has no hope of keeping up with a SAG - that the key problem and even having 24 of them will never solve that problem
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When I was PVC-E at UWA I continued to teach - everybody asked “why?” - I thought it was self evident
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Yes rather than addressing this the coverage is all click bait about an inane debate that the review is payback and about China
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yes I was disappointed he didn't recommend more $$ immediately and the govt jumped on that to bury his advice on how to grow the sector. Pity all the chatter will not be around the substance of the report.
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no chance: I think it is a very balanced and sensible review. Good governance and transparency are key and he has highlighted that and outline sensible steps.
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As far as hit jobs goes this is so disingenuous:
AUKUS has broad based support from both major political parties and the public, the Thales investigation is from the Coalition government,
crikey.com.au/2024/11/27/ric…
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Great line up of authors
1: Curated by me from @CarnegieEndow and with contributions from a stellar group of strategists, I’m pleased to release “Alliance Future: Rewiring Australia and the United States.” It’s a hard look at challenges and opportunities in this pivotal alliance. carnegieendowment.org/resear…
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