Geopolitics
Australia's Defence Strategy: A Timid Blueprint for a Bygone Era
Australia's 2026 National Defence Strategy pledges a major funding increase but fails to meaningfully adapt to the modern realities of multi-domain warfare, shifting alliances, and technological transformation. This timid, backward-looking strategy, clinging to a 'denial' doctrine and outdated platforms, is a dangerous failure of imagination that leaves Australia perilously unprepared for the 21st century's complex conflicts.
