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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 …

Brigadier Ian Langford, DSC and Bars, is a highly experienced Army officer who provides detail and fidelity to the concept of Accelerated Warfare, a framework for thinking about how the enduring nature of war and its rapidly changing characteristics in this age of social media, artificial intelligence and contemporaneous conflict and competition. In this fascinating presentation, Brigadier Langford provides some chilling insights into the future of the world in the next two generations and impact of …

One thing that occupies the minds of a lot of people in the ADF, is the future of force design.  One of the key considerations for future force design is, what are the mission sets that we are preparing our people for? That's where our seminar today comes in because we're speaking about the train, advise and assist mission set.  As our speaker points out, the ADF don't currently have forces specifically orientated to the mission of train, advise and assist. Instead this mission is regarded as something any …

Mr. Rubin was founder and first director (1991-1999) of the Israel Missile Defense Organization in the Israel Ministry of Defense, which developed, produced and deployed the country’s first national defence shield – the Arrow missile. He subsequently served as Senior Director for Proliferation and Technology in the National Security Council (1999-2001), and directed several defence programs at the Israel Aerospace Industries and in the defence ministry. He was twice awarded the Israel Defense Prize (1996 …

CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CHALLENGES SEMINAR A joint initiative between the Australian Army Research Centre and Charles Sturt University By the middle of the 21st century, military forces will contain tens of thousands of robots, and the decisions of human commanders at every level will be informed and shaped by artificial intelligence. While the future is impossible to predict, trends in technology and warfare make this a near certainly. Military organisations must plan now for this new era of warfare. …

A spectrum of security challenges ranging from great power contestation, looming environmental catastrophe and a spectrum of governance challenges are leading to a significant security overhaul in Australia with significant implications for. This talk reviews the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Australia and what that means for how the Australian Defence Force positions itself for the future. … Developing a Plan B for the ADF: some implications arising from a Geostrategic SWOT …

UK Army Brigadier Andrew Harrison, DSO, MBE, discusses the vagaries of warfare in the information age where barriers to communication can hinder the passage of information or where information may spill out into areas where it is undesirable. He discusses how changing behaviours in an adversary is the aim of information warfare and its influence. He also discusses strategic communication and the ‘unexploited ground’ between kinetic effects such as joint fires and manoeuvre and the virtual battleground of …

The British Army’s concept for future warfare Conceptual Land Force 2035: The British Army’s concept for future war emerging technologies, force structures and operating concepts required to fight and win from 2035 … The British Army's Concept for Future War …

Peter Singer and Emerson Brooking co-authored the best selling book, Like War: the weaponization of social media. This presentation will explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where victory or defeat is now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real‑world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the …

Since 2014 Colonel Pete Connolly has researched in China, PNG, Timor-Leste and Fiji for a PhD investigating Chinese interests in Melanesia.  He has sought to understand the deep complexity of Chinese economic, diplomatic and security interests on the ground, and how these interact with the interests of Pacific Islanders. This presentation will give a brief overview of these Chinese interests, and then focus on the security implications of the Chinese presence in Melanesia, including the potential for …