Mike Scrafton

Mike Scrafton was a Deputy Secretary in the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, senior Defence executive, CEO of a state statutory body, and chief of staff and ministerial adviser to the minister for defence.

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Trump's quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order

Trump's quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order

How democratic are the Western democracies?

How democratic are the Western democracies?

Would Harris adopt the militarism of the failed Biden Doctrine?

Would Harris adopt the militarism of the failed Biden Doctrine?

The potential US withdrawal from AUKUS must be an election issue

The potential US withdrawal from AUKUS must be an election issue

Trump and Vance's theocratic republic of America

Trump and Vance's theocratic republic of America

Beyond the stockade - is Australia ready for US isolationism?

Beyond the stockade - is Australia ready for US isolationism?

Let's not forget our obligations to future generations

Let's not forget our obligations to future generations

The aimlessness of the G7 on Ukraine only delays the inevitable

The aimlessness of the G7 on Ukraine only delays the inevitable

Bidens distorted D-Day history seeks to rally others to his endless wars

Bidens distorted D-Day history seeks to rally others to his endless wars

Three compelling reasons to exit ANZUS

Three compelling reasons to exit ANZUS

Australia's AUKUS tributes

Australia's AUKUS tributes

It's a huge policy failure that Australia can't defend itself

It's a huge policy failure that Australia can't defend itself

The new Pericles: Marles, master of the Seas

The new Pericles: Marles, master of the Seas

Biden re-elected could be the worst strategic outcome for Australia

Biden re-elected could be the worst strategic outcome for Australia

Ethics-free realism explains, but shouldn't justify, Western responses to Gaza

Ethics-free realism explains, but shouldn't justify, Western responses to Gaza

Dangerous missionary: Biden's fanaticism is a threat to peace everywhere

Dangerous missionary: Biden's fanaticism is a threat to peace everywhere

Bidens Valley Forge myth-making divides America and boosts Trump

Bidens Valley Forge myth-making divides America and boosts Trump

Abandoned sovereignty: Australia's intelligence function colonised by US

Abandoned sovereignty: Australia's intelligence function colonised by US

O tempora. O mores.: Will the American republic survive the continuing corrosion of political norms?

O tempora. O mores.: Will the American republic survive the continuing corrosion of political norms?

AUKUS: Conroy's justification of the "greatest industrial undertaking" falls short

AUKUS: Conroy's justification of the "greatest industrial undertaking" falls short

Australians need to know what lies beneath the new era of US-Australia strategic cooperation

Australians need to know what lies beneath the new era of US-Australia strategic cooperation

West must acknowledge Israels rights are not untrammelled

West must acknowledge Israels rights are not untrammelled

Climate policy: The widening reality gap

Climate policy: The widening reality gap

America: a wounded hegemon

America: a wounded hegemon

AUKUS: The greatest policy blunder

AUKUS: The greatest policy blunder

Preparing for America's Gleichschaltung

Preparing for America's Gleichschaltung

Illiberalism rising: Will a post-liberal America threaten the international order?

Illiberalism rising: Will a post-liberal America threaten the international order?

Republicans push for Mexican-American war: Don't rule it out

Republicans push for Mexican-American war: Don't rule it out

The intergenerational report - a climate fairy tale

The intergenerational report - a climate fairy tale

The AUKUS folly: Albanese and the US presidential election

The AUKUS folly: Albanese and the US presidential election

Public service reform must be future focussed

Public service reform must be future focussed

Abandoned sovereignty: Australia's intelligence function colonised by US

Abandoned sovereignty: Australia's intelligence function colonised by US

AUKUS: A US device to lock Australia into the anti-China coalition

AUKUS: A US device to lock Australia into the anti-China coalition

Oh the weaponising: another symptom of decline

Oh the weaponising: another symptom of decline

The courage to end the Alliance

The courage to end the Alliance

The zealot, the disrupter, and the ideologue: America's presidential choices

The zealot, the disrupter, and the ideologue: America's presidential choices

The militarisation of space - can Australia avoid following America?

The militarisation of space - can Australia avoid following America?

Civil-military relations and the AUKUS debate: no public role for the military

Civil-military relations and the AUKUS debate: no public role for the military

Will Australia always follow the innocent nation into war?

Will Australia always follow the innocent nation into war?

Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems

Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems

All over bar the shouting: the inevitability of a submarine farce

All over bar the shouting: the inevitability of a submarine farce

AUKUS: time to talk about time and submarines

AUKUS: time to talk about time and submarines

An AUKUS mnage trois

An AUKUS mnage trois

American values on show in Jerusalem

American values on show in Jerusalem

Tanks for Ukraine won't bring peace negotiations and an end to the war closer

Tanks for Ukraine won't bring peace negotiations and an end to the war closer

All pathways to AUKUS submarines sub-optimal

All pathways to AUKUS submarines sub-optimal

Acquiring B-21s to attack Chinese Pacific bases ignores strategic reality

Acquiring B-21s to attack Chinese Pacific bases ignores strategic reality

Post-liberal, post-democratic and authoritarian; is that America's future?

Post-liberal, post-democratic and authoritarian; is that America's future?

America's shiny submarine lure reels in Australia's sovereignty

America's shiny submarine lure reels in Australia's sovereignty

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