Australian forces: Drinking the Kool-Aid?
Wednesday, 10 March 2010Guest bloggerMajor Gen (Retd) Jim Molan is author of Running the War in Iraq. I recently came across this...
View ArticleThe looming transformation of the ADF
Wednesday, 1 February 2012Listening to the three service chiefs speak at the Seapower Conference* yesterday, three things seem clear. Firstly, the ADF of five years from now will look very little like...
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James Brown
Military FellowLowy Institute for International PolicyAreas of Expertise: Australian defence, intelligence and security; Asia-Pacific military forces; emerging threats; AfghanistanRelated Regions:...
View ArticleArmy be happy
Monday, 26 March 2012An injunction from the Old Digger Almanac rises from the mists to take on fresh force as Defence turns towards a new era: Army be happy with what you've got, For Sea and Air must...
View ArticleAs we head for the exits, are the Afghans ready?
Thursday, 19 April 2012Guest bloggerPeter Leahy, a former Chief of Army, is Director of the University of Canberra's National Security Institute. The Prime Minister has...
View ArticleLHDs risk our Indonesia relations
Thursday, 3 May 2012In the midst of a number of ongoing national security debates here on The Interpreter, Hugh White this week opened a third front in The Age, exposing the dubious...
View ArticleThe ADF's amphibious future
Tuesday, 8 May 2012Guest bloggerMajor Gen (Retd) Jim Molan is author of Running the War in Iraq. Both...
View ArticleGood for Army, good for Australia?
Friday, 11 May 2012Jim Molan does the Army an injustice when he says it did not have the foresight to invent an amphibious future for itself a decade ago. He does himself an even bigger injustice,...
View ArticleA leaner, more effective Army Reserve
Thursday, 26 July 2012Imagine if we decided that, at $17 million per gold medal, preparing elite athletes for the Olympics was too expensive and that instead we'd pay our fastest and fittest to train...
View ArticleADF and the Afghan army: A question of command
Wednesday, 10 October 2012Guest bloggerTom Hyland is a freelance journalist and former foreign editor of The Age and The Sunday Age. This is the first of a two-part post.When Australian troops go on...
View ArticleMorrison stands up for Army
Friday, 26 October 2012The Australian labels it an 'extraordinary public intervention by a serving senior ADF officer', but the national newspaper is only partly right....
View ArticleBlog feature ends, challenges remain
Thursday, 6 December 2012Today The Interpreter concludes its discussion on Australia's Defence Challenges, a sponsored partnership with the Department of Defence aimed at supporting external engagement...
View ArticleUS pivot is faltering, which might be a good thing
Monday, 14 April 2014guest blogger – blankBy Geoff Miller, former Australian Ambassador to Japan (1986-89) and former Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (1989-95).In their...
View ArticleThe Keogh Oration - The Strategic Utility of Land Power by Eliot Cohen
Wednesday, 13 August 2014http://soundcloud.com/lowyinstitute/the-strategic-utlity-of-land-power-eliot-cohen
View ArticleChina Australia relationship needs to broaden from trade
In a feature article for The Saturday Paper, James Brown argues that protestations of the strength of the China–Australia relationship are...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleAustralia won't 'better mankind' in Iraq if we instinctively reach for our...
In an op-ed for The Guardian James Brown argues that on Iraq, Australia’s political rhetoric has advanced well beyond our capabilities and we need...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleAustralian forces could face heavy burden in Iraq
In an op-ed for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, James Brown analyses the announcement that Australia will deploy aircraft and special forces to...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticleBurning questions over ADF deployment to Middle East
In an op-ed for The Saturday Paper, James Brown argues that the counter-terrorism campaign against ISIL will be slowly effective, but...Publication Type: Commentary
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Full spectrum defence: Re-thinking the fundamentals of Australian defence...
In this Analysis, Alan Dupont argues that successive Australian governments have failed to define an effective national defence strategy. Australia needs a defence strategy that counters threats across...
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