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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...
Defence strategy fills gaps but misses holes
April 18, 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review 17 April 2024 We need to move towards a wider conversation around national security, mobilisation, and be clear on the vulnerability in our capabilities until the late 2030s. Image: Defence Minister Richard Marles at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra discussing the first National Defense Strategy and attendant Integrated Investment Program 17 April 2024. The launch of the
No pot of gold: Understanding Defence’s Integrated Investment Program
April 12, 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist on 12 April 2024 Image: Hunter-class frigate: BAE Systems. Almost a year ago, the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) set homework for the Department of Defence, including reprioritising the country’s rolling plan for military capability spending, the Integrated Investment Program (IIP). That update is now nearly due. But we should not assume that the government can address defence funding problems by shift
Awakening of a maritime nation 50 years in the making
21 February | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review 21 February Image: HMAS ANZAC, Royal Australian...
What did Australia's support to US/UK strikes against the Houthi consist of? Hard to say - history of maritime operations in the MEAO gives some insight.
January 12, 2023 | Jennifer Parker *originally published as a Twitter thread here Image: Jennifer Parker and other Australian Defence...
An Australian maritime strategy: resourcing the RAN
30 October 2023 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Strategist 30 October 2023. Link to original here Image: Department of...
Australia cannot stay silent on China’s bullying of the Philippines
25 October 2023 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review 25 October 2023 Defence Minister Richard...
With delay of fleet review, RAN must be prepared to fight with what it has now
27 September 2023 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist 27 September 2023. Link to original version. Image:...
Effective anti-submarine warfare requires much more than submarines
7 August 2023 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist 7 August 2023. Link to original version. Image: Royal Australian...