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An Australian Approach In recent years, we have seen a substantial rise in measures undertaken by foreign state actors that could be considered foreign interference . There has also been a notable increase in online activity that is labelled as coordinated inauthentic behaviour . Both of these trends have led to the gradual adoption of the terms like Cyber-Enabled Foreign Influence and Interference (C-E FI/I) in Australia’s academic and security community lexicon. Such terms seeks to remove the ambiguity …
Executive Summary The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are seemingly stabilising, with global economies, including Australia’s, on the road to recovery. The ‘securitisation’ of diversifying and expanding threats ‘in the national interest’ might counterintuitively inhibit the development of the resilience needed from across all of Australia’s elements of national power. The Quarter 3 Strategic Assessment concludes that Army will face a planning challenge of ‘building back better’ via an expanding scope of …
Welcome to the fifth issue of Future Land Warfare Branch’s Spotlight Brief from the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC). This issue has a particular emphasis on issues relating to Army’s workforce, culture and ethics in addition to its usual areas of interest. People are at the centre of our Army. Our people are diverse, skilled and resilient volunteers. They lead, inspire and make a difference in our communities, in our region and across the world. They deliver results for Australia every day. Every …
Overstating the Priority for United States Military Fuel Sustainability in Australia Abstract Reducing the United States military’s petroleum consumption became a declared Obama Administration-era policy. This policy was often framed as a measure to address the tactical losses suffered during fuel supply operations in the Middle East, but there were notable links to environmental and broader energy security agendas. While the US military undertook a large number of mostly modest initiatives to reduce …
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 …
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 …
Introduction During humanitarian and disaster relief responses, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) may be required to work on several different levels at once. In one moment in time, our ADF members support communities, volunteers, emergency responders and their leaders. In the next moment, they provide teams for evacuation, clean-up, clearance and repair tasks. Finally, they utilise their core skills, such as sea, land and air mobility, logistics, communications, medical and engineering—all on the same …
Hugh Manson is an Honours Student in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra and is currently posted to the Australian Army Research Centre in Canberra as part of the Chief of Army’s Honours Program. He commenced training at the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2016, graduating in 2018 before conducting training at the Royal Military College Duntroon, graduating in 2019. Hugh Manson is currently undertaking research into civil military cooperation during Australian bushfire emergencies. … Hugh …
