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The Next Government Needs a Bolder Plan for Maritime Defence
06 January 2025 | Jennifer parker *Originally published in The Australian on 6 January 2025 Image: HMAS Stalwart replenishing HMAS...


China's Push for Closer Defence Ties Is Unrealistic Without Behaviour Change
30 November 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 30 November 2024 While the relationship...


Australia needs a coastguard to meet modern maritime threats
25 November 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist on 25 November 2024 Image: HMAS Larrakia in Darwin Harbour:...


What New Zealand's loss of a ship underlines about Australia's hollow naval preparedness
14 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 14 October 2024 The loss of a New Zealand...


The Black Sea battle: Learning the right maritime lessons from Ukraine
11 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in Lowy's the Interpreter on 11 October 2024 Ukraine’s effective strategy in the...


A volatile world demands a rethink of national defence
4 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 4 October 2024 Image: This picture shows projectiles being...


Australia’s insurance policy: AUKUS Pillar I provides ‘bang for buck’
28 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published with the United States Studies Centre on 28 August Breaking down the figures of...


Indonesian deal a step forward, but let’s not overstep the mark
27 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 27 August 2024 Image: Indonesian Defence Minister and...


Australia needs to step up in the western Indian Ocean
22 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Strategist on 23 August 2024. Image: HMAS Darwin replenishing from USNS...


Interoperability: The missing link in Indo-Pacific security
August 16 2024 | Jennifer Parker * Originally published in Lowy's the Interpreter on 16 August. Settling on a definition of an overused...


Next AUSMIN needs to turn alignment into outcomes
Jennifer Parker | 9 August 2024 *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 9 August 2024 2024 AUSMIN moved away from...


Australia goes missing as Red Sea crisis deepens
22 July 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 22 July 2024 The Houthis have been remarkably...


There is no catastrophic failure of AUKUS Plan A
4 July 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 5 July The “optimal pathway” may not run...


Response to Professor Hugh White's 'Fatal Shores: AUKUS is a grave mistake'*
*Published in Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 20 Feb 24 June 2024 | Jennifer Parker **Originally published in Australian Foreign Affairs...


Time to promote a woman as deputy chief of Navy
21 June 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 21 June 2024 The officer second in charge of...


Urgent need: It’s time to address the maritime security challenge
8 June 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 8 June 2024 Image: HMAS Warramunga. Defence Images Australia is...


The threats and opportunities drawing Australia to the Indian Ocean
31 May 24 | Jennifer Parker & Grant Wyeth *Originally published in the ANU Policy Brief on 31 May 24. While the Government’s recent...


Here are the facts about Australia’s nuclear submarine program
28 May | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 28 May 2024 It is not an alliance of mutual...


China’s grim pattern in South China Sea needs a collective response
May 10, 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on Saturday 10 May A quiet tussle is going on...


Minimise capability gap while waiting for the new fleet to surface
6 May 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 2 May Ten years from now, Australia will...