Air operations but no strategy against the Islamic State
News that the Pentagon’s Inspector General is investigating claims that intelligence documents assessing the success of American air strikes against… Read more >
Unemployment – the greatest national security threat of all
Free trade, globalisation, national politics, national community. What is wrong with this picture? Simple, these four terms are not mutually… Read more >
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings…
The Syrian civil war (2011-), just as the civil war that wracked Iraq after the toppling of Saddam (2003-11), and… Read more >
Canberra, we have a problem…
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is currently participating in some 13 military missions around the world and has conducted four… Read more >
Border security: Realism vs. Utopianism
In a world of nation-states and borders, is it right for us to believe that national borders are inviolable? At… Read more >