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Lessons Learnt from the War in Ukraine Abstract  Drone operations have added a new chapter to modern warfare. In Ukraine, uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) have become an important weapon to gain an asymmetric edge over Russian forces. The lessons learnt from the use of UAS in Russia’s war against Ukraine are almost innumerable and extend from the individual soldier level to tactical, strategic and government levels. This paper summarises highlights from the first evidence-based research on the lessons learnt …

  … Autonomous Cyber Capabilities and International Law on the Use of Force, Self-Defence, Intervention, and Sovereignty …

An International Comparative Analysis   … Benchmarking Bottom Up Defence Innovation in the Australian Defence Force …

The Applied History of Domestic Operations Abstract How the military is employed domestically is shaped by anxiety: anxiety that fuels growth, and anxiety that constrains it. It is an area of war studies that uniquely impacts the citizens of a country, in a way that external military operations often do not. It is a particularly emotive area where policy and operations fail to apply historical lessons. This occasional paper seeks to provide the first definitive study of domestic operations in Australia …

Assessing Civilian Employer/Manager Support for Employees’ Part-time Military Service   … Drawing on Reserves …

Abstract The mobilisation of national economies, industries and armed forces for war has long been a complex problem. Mobilisation brings a range of issues that both government officials and military staffs must navigate to be successful; it is no easy task. As great power competition increases across the globe, and the likelihood of conflict in the region rises, the Australian Army should consider the ways in which it might find competitive asymmetry if it were to be mobilised in defence of Australia. …

It has been said that the impact of climate change on small islands is no less threatening than the dangers guns and bombs pose to large nations. [i] Rising sea levels, ocean warming, soil erosion, and increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters all impact most profoundly on the livelihoods, human security, food security and water security of the Pacific island countries that are least able to cope with these threat multipliers. In regions where natural resources come under strain—through …

In peacetime, the most important task of any army is to think about the requirements for future war and to prepare accordingly. As JFC Fuller observed, ‘preparation for war or against war, from the grand strategical aspect, is the main problem of peace’. [i] As war never stands still, much of this preparation should be spent on learning from past wars, examining the potential of new weapons and considering changes in strategic environment, in order to adapt to emerging conditions and to take advantage of, …

Introduction The capacity to generate and project power is central to state relations in what is an inherently anarchic environment. In the absence of a true supranational arbiter, it is the relations of power that establish and influence the normative boundaries that guide state behaviour. At the global and regional levels, states balance against one another to protect and further their own interests, while ensuring their continued survival. This emphasis on relative power necessarily focuses attention on …

  Penguin 2024, 480 pp $45.00 Hardback ISBN: 9781761342882 Author: Mike Carlton Reviewed By: John Nash   Mike Carlton has now written five books on Australian naval history, focused on the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in both the World Wars. His latest work is Dive! Australian Submariners at War , which starts by looking at the history of Australian submarines and submariners in the World Wars, and then branches out into more modern history. It is a topical work given submarines are a regular news item with …