This special issue, with a foreword from Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, features a selection of some of the best articles published by the Journal over the past ten years (2007 to 2017). They cover a range of topics and contributions by ADF members representing each of…

This issue comprises a range of quality contributions, including letters to the editor, Dr Brendan Nelson's speech as the inaugural presentation in the Defence Mental Health Speaker Series and Anne Goyne's essay on the difficult question of ADF suicide. We also present the keynote speeches from the…

This issue of the Australian Defence Force Journal features articles and commentaries on the evolving nature of air power within the joint force. The articles examine the fundamental importance of air power, within a joint or coalition construct, to achieving the security of our nation. Debate and…

Issue No. 200 of the Australian Defence Force Journal is a commemorative achievement coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Journal's reintroduction in 1976. The Board notes that it is refocusing the Journal more closely on the 'profession of arms' in Australia, and the Chair noting the…

At the time of publication the release of the 2013 Defence White Paper was pending, so the Board decided to publish a further selection of related articles in this issue, even though it meant deferring some articles and publishing several others via the Australian Defence College's website to the…

This edition features ten articles, the majority of which specifically address the challenges and opportunities facing the ADF in the wake of the 2013 Defence White Paper, and, particularly, in the 'post-Afghanistan' environment. The lead article by Major Giles Cornelia, which was also been awarded…

In this issue of the ADF Journal, Major Michael Thomas's article exploring the debate on the securitisation of climate change was joint winner of the 'best article' prize. His co-winner was Midshipman Nam Nguyen, writing on the complex and vexed issue of disputed claims in the South China Sea.…

The lead article in this edition of the ADF Journal, by Brigadier Dan Fortune on 'Self-reliance: an outdated and unaffordable concept for the ADF', was judged the 'best article' in this issue. Also, in this issue, Major Kathryn Ames addresses the contemporary influence of social media on Defence,…

In this issue of the ADF Journal, Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Beng of the Singapore Armed Forces provides a useful account of submarine developments in Southeast Asia, Chris Brookes addresses Japan's future strategic policy and its implications for Australia, and Rachel Mourad examines the lessons to…

This 2014 issue of the ADF Journal begins with an address by the Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin. He addresses his vision for the ADF and some of the challenges and opportunities he foresees for the ADF in the context of the 2015 Defence White Paper, the downing of MH-17…

This issue of the ADF Journal includes articles submitted by contributors from each of the Services and the Australian Public Service, as well as students of the Australian Command and Staff College and the Defence and Strategic Studies Course at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies. The '…

This issue of the ADF Journal is the first in its “new-look format” and see it return to publication in both electronic and hard copy. It features two articles on cyber security in the ADF, as well as a articles on a wide range of topics. The Board selected the article by Sub Lieutenants Nick…

In this first issue of the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies (AJDSS), we present the inaugural J.G. Grey Oration delivered by Dean Eliot A. Cohen of Johns Hopkins University at the Strategy and Future of War Conference held in Canberra on 21 August 2019. Major General Mick Ryan,…

In this issue, Bates Gill, Adam Ni and Dennis Blasko lead off with a broad overview of the People's Liberation Army's ambitious structural reforms and modernisation program to develop a highly joint 'world-class military' by mid-century. This article leads to Ross Babbage's challenging discussion…

Against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, changing power dynamics in our region, and reflections on 20 years supporting US and coalition efforts to establish stability and peace in Afghanistan, this fourth edition of the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies (AJDSS) brings…

This issue presents Michael Clarke's 'What type of revisionist is China (and why it matters)?' His paper provides insight into how China's position has shifted over the past 70 years and informs how we might better perceive (and respond to) contemporary Chinese rhetoric and foreign policy. In the…

This issue starts by paying tribute to Brendan Sergeant and republishing his 2021 discussion paper, 'Challenges to the Australian strategic imagination', with an introduction from Greg Moriarty, Secretary of the Department of Defence. The AJDSS team are grateful for the support of Brendan's wife,…

This issue of the AJDSS considers questions of continuity and change in war through to challenges and opportunities for Australia and what conventional deterrence means in the Australian context. The issue starts with Professor Beatrice Heuser JG Grey Oration, delivered at the Blamey Theatre at…

This report is the outcome of the study conducted by Elizabeth A Thomson as the 2013 Secretary of Defence Fellow. Battling with words report takes a distinctive sociolinguistic approach to current efforts by Defence leadership to bring about cultural change in the Department of Defence and…

This paper examines the dispute between China and India over their shared Himalayan border. It assesses that the likelihood of a major Sino-Indian conflict over the border is remote, notwithstanding the ever-present possibility of limited skirmishes and territorial forays. It argues that there are…

This paper examines Australia's involvement and responsibilities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, in the context that both have increasingly become areas of interest to Australia as a result of a number of environmental and socio-political drivers, notably climate change, resource exploitation…

While terrorism and specifically the Islamic State are dominating the national security agenda at the moment, this paper contends that cyber security is still an important issue for the Australian Government. The issue can be articulated both in terms of the economic costs and personal impacts that…

This paper addresses Australia's 'Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme' (PSWPS)—since replaced by the 'Seasonal Worker Scheme'—a program intended to provide seasonal employment in the horticultural sector for workers from Pacific island countries. One of those countries is Tonga, which was one of…

This issue of Indo‑Pacific Strategic Digest is a collection of the best student essays of 2015 from the senior professional development and education program of the Defence and Strategic Studies Course at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College. The papers were…

This paper explores Prime Minister Abe's new international agenda, examining how it is changing Japan's strategic posture within the Japan-US alliance, and assessing its implications for regional security. The paper looks at Abe the individual, his political ideas and how his vision for Japan is…

This is a story of grassroots leadership and Nick Jans' personal experience in a process in which a group of ordinary citizens, with no formal authority whatsoever and operating within a stunned, fractured and dispersed community, achieved some remarkable things in the months that followed the '…

The paper addresses the complex and usually volatile issue of separatist movements in nation‐states, examining the options other than war or independence. It explores the origin and function of the nation‐state as it operates in the current international system. It then discusses the range of…

The objective of this paper by Brigadier Nicholas Jans 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…

What do chaplains do? What is their role and their effectiveness? When asked about chaplaincy, many Defence leaders reply something like, 'I don't know what they do, but whatever they do seems to work'. For some people outside Defence, and maybe even inside, 'the clerical collar suggests an…

This paper analyses Russia's security influence in Northeast Asia. It notes that while Russia's security influence in the region declined considerably in the post‐Cold War era, its membership of the UN Security Council still provides it with considerable influence and opportunity to frustrate the…