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A Note from the Editors Welcome to the second issue of the Future Land Warfare Branch’s Spotlight Brief from the Australian Army Research Centre’s (AARC). This issue has a focus on the region. The Indo-Pacific Region is vitally important. It is not only where we live, but also the place where the Australian Army and its people work cooperatively and collaboratively with our many allies, partners and friends to advance peace and security for all. This will be on display at the forthcoming Chief of Army …

Australian Army Research Centre Spotlight Briefs provide a periodically released curated overview of issues relevant to Australian Landpower. Spotlight Briefs derive solely from available open source material. Inclusion of material in a Spotlight Brief does not imply or reflect Australian Army, Australian Defence Force or Australian Commonwealth Government policy. … Spotlight Brief …

Executive Summary There is a widespread lack of confidence in data concerning the impact of COVID-19, warranting ‘warlike’ government intervention in the economy. Economic problems are creating conditions for nation states to act with ‘hardening’ self-interest. Australia’s forecast economic downturn has now transitioned into recession. Human security costs from the COVID-19 pandemic will influence state fragility and increasingly create the conditions for conflict in our immediate region and across the …

  In times of peace, a nation goes with the Army that it can afford. In times of war, it goes with the Army that it has. The problem arises if it is not ready to scale up as needed. This study examines Australia’s sovereign industrial capability to scale up for war and other critical events such as the Australian bushfires and the COVID-19 global pandemic. Additionally, it determines whether Australia has the potential to leverage its existing capabilities and redirect defence-adjacent capabilities into …