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Foreword We stand at another inflection point in our Army’s history. In April this year, our government delivered clear direction for our Army in response to the Defence Strategic Review. The review recognised a pressing need for our ADF to adapt more quickly to the changing character of war to ensure we are best positioned to fulfil our purpose of deterring conflict and protecting Australia’s national interests. While we must adapt to war’s changing character, we know that war remains an enduringly human …
Statecraft in the Information Age University of Calgary Press , 2024, 400 pp Print ISSN 1716-2645 Online ISSN 1925-2919 Editors: Eric Ouellet, Madeleine D’Agata and Keith Stewart Reviewed by: Dr Cathy Moloney One could be forgiven for thinking that this is just another book adapting the deterrence theory of old to a new buzzword-laden changing strategic environment. Yet Deterrence in the 21st Century: Statecraft in the Information Age is a significant contribution to the field of defence and security …
Dr. Cathy Moloney is Australia Vice President at The Asia Group (TAG), a Washington based Geo-political Advisory firm with 13 offices across the Asia-Pacific. She is on the Executive Committee of Women in Nuclear (WiN) Australia and a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Non- Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN). Cathy is a specialist in Australian foreign policy, defence and national security, including nuclear and strategic policy, forging a highly successful career spanning industry, …
Title of Book: Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. 321 pp Paperback ISBN 9781107643338 Editors : Williamson Murray and Peter R. Mansoor Reviewed By : Chris Roberts With the advent of the atomic bomb, pundits predicted that war had changed forever. The intervening years have proven them wrong. Since the United States became embroiled in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first decade of the 21st Century, analysts posited the …
Speech to the Australian Army Land Forces 2024, Melbourne Convention Centre, 12 September 2024 ‘People. Ideas. Hardware. In that order.’ That was John Boyd’s direction for how militaries should deliberately transform to remain competitive. And when armies have successfully transformed, they have usually followed that process. In the US Army’s case, the formation of TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command), and the empowering of a team under General Donn A Starry, enabled the emergence of ideas which started …
Vital Stepping Stone in America’s War Against Japan Casemate , 2020, 240 pp Paperback ISBN: 9781636241319 Author: Nathan N Prefer Reviewed by: John Nash There is no shortage of amphibious operations to study from the Second World War, especially from the Pacific theatre. The battle for Tinian in July 1944 is one of the most overlooked, arguably because of how successful an operation it was. This is the argument put forward in the beginning of Nathan N Prefer’s introduction to his study of the battle. …
Rethinking Force Development in an Age of Disruption Routledge , London, 2024, 280 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9781032503561 Editors: Tim Sweijs, Saskia van Genugten and Frans Osinga Reviewed by: Adam Lockyer In a time of rapidly changing geopolitical landscapes and increasing complexity in global security dynamics, Tim Sweijs, Saskia van Genugten and Frans Osinga’s edited volume Defence Planning for Small and Middle Powers emerges as an important contribution to the discourse on national security strategy. The …
