This paper examines the ongoing strategic competition and rivalry between India and China, suggesting it can be seen as a ‘New Great Game’, with parallels to the original ‘Great Game’ played out between Britain and Russia for control of South and Central Asia in the 19th century. It argues that like the original, the current...

This paper addresses the question of whether the US rebalance to the Indo-Pacific is good for Australia. It overviews the considerations that drove the policy and identifies the broad strategies being pursued by the US. The paper details the steps being taken to realise the policy and then considers the opportunities and issues for Australia...

This paper addresses the question of whether Australia and the near region are ready for the next attack of influenza. It notes that new pathogens are constantly emerging and also rapidly changing, developing better-tuned defences that resist human efforts to contain and control them.

The objective of this paper is to review the scholarly literature to ascertain how leadership can play its part in strengthening support for inclusion in military organisations. The review reaches four related conclusions. Firstly, support for inclusion is simply one of a number of similar ethical attitudes/values that are amenable to leadership influence, so there...

Rather than looking to create new policy prescriptions for the economic development and security of Papua New Guinea, Captain Stephen O'Keefe, Royal Australian Navy makes the case for improving on an existing set of policies. Through a series of coordinated and concurrent initiatives, termed the ‘Enhanced Strongim Gavman Program’, the paper details how existing strategies...