Mark O'Neill
Areas of expertise
Biography
Publications
Defence and security policy; Counter-insurgency doctrine; Security issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Australia’s new strategic geography
The “sea-air gap” has collapsed amid the proliferation of technologies that are agnostic about distance and domain.
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Lowy Institute Papers
Confronting the hydra: Big problems with small wars
As a democratic middle power that chooses to wage counterinsurgency conflicts, Australia needs improved strategic policy approaches and capabilities to overcome a complex and many…