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Steph Costa is a Captain in the Australian Army who has previously deployed to South Sudan. She is completing a Masters in Strategy and Security and has a particular interest in the relationship between gender and violence and how implementing a gender perspective can enhance security outcomes. … Steph …
Adaptation and Innovation in the British Military, 1792 -1945 Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies #3 Editor: Michael LoCicero , Ross Mahoney , Stuart Mitchell Helion , 256pp, Images: 10 tables 9781911096702 - Paperback 9781909384460 - Hardback Reviewed by BRIG Chris Roberts (Retd.) Being another excellent publication in the Wolverhampton Military Studies series (University of Wolverhampton), A Military Transformed? offers valuable insights into the factors that enable or impede adaptation, …
During the latter months of 2019 and the new year of 2020, Australia experienced catastrophic and widespread bushfires. As the situation worsened, the federal government unexpectedly called out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves to bolster an already significant deployment of ADF regular forces to contribute to a massive interagency and volunteer community response. This deployment was the largest ever peacetime domestic ADF operation in response to a natural disaster. As the lessons of Operation …
Peter J. Dean is chair of defence studies and director of the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia. … Peter J. Dean …
Troy Lee Brown is a Senior Research Officer with the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia. … Troy Lee Brown …
Brooke Barling is currently undertaking the Master of Special Operations and Irregular Warfare program at UNSW@ADFA. In addition to her current academic undertaking, Brooke holds a Bachelor of Social Science (with Majors in Psychology and Forensic Science), and an Honours degree in International Relations. Outside of academics, Brooke undertakes the role of Deputy Director Maritime Domain Support Office in Navy Headquarters. Moreover, she holds a seat on the Board of Directors at Pegasus Riding for the …
This article was originally published on 7th of October 2020. Our Unchecked Indo-Pacific Strategic Faultline Demanding greater strategic attention from Canberra is the future of the Antarctic, a frontier where Indo-Pacific contestation is rising. This is the second post in a two-part blog piece examining the strategic impact of inattention; Part 1 can be read from here . While the ATS explicitly bans militarization, incremental militarization is none the less underway in Antarctica. The grey-zone …
By Gwynne Dyer Black Inc , 2021, ISBN 9781760641696, 243pp Reviewed by Dr Albert Palazzo The eminent historian Michael Howard in his classic 1988 essay, “The Use and Abuse of Military History,” offered to the military profession his sage words on the education of its members. He advised soldiers to read military history in its width , depth and context so that the study of past wars can help them prepare for future wars. [1] Now along comes Gwynne Dyer and his notably brief book The Shortest History …
Clausewitzian friction and autonomous weapon systems Source: Comparative Strategy – Jan 21 Friction is a constant companion in the human activity of war. A lot of effort seeks to reduce this friction, with autonomous systems and weapons being amongst the latest solutions. It is a tempting argument: an autonomous system can be free of human frailty and errors, focusing on a single mission with relentless mechanical application. As with all solutions though, these systems bring in their own friction sources …
How Not To Do COIN The ongoing Malay-Muslim secessionist insurgency in Southern Thailand represents a cogent challenge to the legitimacy of the Thai state in the southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani, and adjoining districts of neighbouring Songkhla. Since re-igniting in the early 2000s, this conflict is far from abating. As the insurgency reaches its 17th year, Thai authorities are no closer to a solution than they were in the early stages of the conflict, with violence continuing at a slow …
