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Breaking down Australia's Defense White Paper 2013
Commentary
Breaking down Australia's Defense White Paper 2013
In this article on The Diplomat, Rory Medcalf looks at what the 2013 Defence White Paper says about China, the US, and its Indo-Pacific region.Rory Medcalf
Gillard has chance to champion rights of women in PNG
Commentary
Gillard has chance to champion rights of women in PNG
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Jenny Hayward-Jones writes that when Prime Minister Gillard visits Papua New Guinea, she could be an effective advocate for PNG's women,…
Spanner in the defence works
Commentary
Spanner in the defence works
In an opinion piece in The Australian, James Brown writes that when it comes to properly funding the ADF, big-ticket buys are only half the story.James Brown
Reading China’s White Paper
Commentary
Reading China’s White Paper
In an opinion piece in the Indian Express, Sam Roggeveen says China’s newly released Defence White Paper is nobody’s idea of light reading. But examined closely, it…
Australia, America's too-frugal ally
Commentary
Australia, America's too-frugal ally
In this opinion article in the Wall Street Journal (Asia), International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and Military Fellow James Brown argue that the 2013 Australian…
Sweet and sour in defence take on China
Commentary
Sweet and sour in defence take on China
In an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, Rory Medcalf, Director of the International Security Program, writes that the 2013 Australian Defence White Paper takes a…
Defence White Paper squibs key questions
Commentary
Defence White Paper squibs key questions
There's lots to like in today's Defence White Paper, but some big questions still remainJames Brown
Plenty of decisions to be made and a bit of vision would help
Commentary
Plenty of decisions to be made and a bit of vision would help
In a Sydney Morning Herald op-ed, Rory Medcalf and James Brown preview the 2013 Defence White Paper.James Brown , Rory Medcalf
Senator the Hon. David Johnston: speech to the Lowy Institute
Speeches
Senator the Hon. David Johnston: speech to the Lowy Institute
On 29 April 2013, Shadow Defence Minister Senator David Johnston gave a lecture to the Lowy Institute on the Coalition's defence policy in the lead-up to the release of the…