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.

Mike's recent articles

DeSantis ideology is clearer, darker and more coherent than Trumps

DeSantis ideology is clearer, darker and more coherent than Trumps

US National Defence Strategy reveals Australia's nuclear deterrence role

US National Defence Strategy reveals Australia's nuclear deterrence role

B-52s at RAAF Tindal commits Australia to America's nuclear war plans

B-52s at RAAF Tindal commits Australia to America's nuclear war plans

US Admirals driving AUKUS had conflict of interest: Washington Post

US Admirals driving AUKUS had conflict of interest: Washington Post

US National Security Strategy: dogma for a misconceived crusade

US National Security Strategy: dogma for a misconceived crusade

The Defence Strategic Review: Pop psychology and Game of Thrones drives fear of war

The Defence Strategic Review: Pop psychology and Game of Thrones drives fear of war

The Defence Strategic Review: The US Taiwan Policy Act would be a game-changing act of provocation

The Defence Strategic Review: The US Taiwan Policy Act would be a game-changing act of provocation

The Defence Strategic Review: the greatest threat to Australias security arises from its uncritical attachment to the United States

The Defence Strategic Review: the greatest threat to Australias security arises from its uncritical attachment to the United States

Would Australian defence of Taiwan amount to the crime of aggression?

Would Australian defence of Taiwan amount to the crime of aggression?

Defence reviews; what are they good for?

Defence reviews; what are they good for?

Ausmin and Aukus: It's even worse than you think. Australia is now openly a cog in Americas war plans

Ausmin and Aukus: It's even worse than you think. Australia is now openly a cog in Americas war plans

Facing "Hothouse Earth", will Labor continue half-a-century of inaction?

Facing "Hothouse Earth", will Labor continue half-a-century of inaction?

International law and rules-based order are different in important ways for Australia

International law and rules-based order are different in important ways for Australia

Mr Marles tugs the forelock in Washington

Mr Marles tugs the forelock in Washington

War over the rules-base order doesnt make sense

War over the rules-base order doesnt make sense

Beijing not Madrid, Prime Minister, would be more in Australia's interests

Beijing not Madrid, Prime Minister, would be more in Australia's interests

The American sophist: Blinken weaves a Bidenesque fantasy

The American sophist: Blinken weaves a Bidenesque fantasy

Proactive Defence diplomacy not American militarism better supports Australias security

Proactive Defence diplomacy not American militarism better supports Australias security

The window for Albanese to assert Australia's sovereignty is closing

The window for Albanese to assert Australia's sovereignty is closing

After Ukraine a fractured and unravelling global order will confront the next Australian government

After Ukraine a fractured and unravelling global order will confront the next Australian government

Ethics and war: The Ukrainian tragedy

Ethics and war: The Ukrainian tragedy

Habitual bipartisanship is toxic to good defence policy

Habitual bipartisanship is toxic to good defence policy

The need for a department of climate change is now self-evident

The need for a department of climate change is now self-evident

Don't swallow the prunes - ADF's inter-service rivalry on display

Don't swallow the prunes - ADF's inter-service rivalry on display

Ukraine: A victory narrative will be hard to maintain for Europe and America

Ukraine: A victory narrative will be hard to maintain for Europe and America

Australia is ignoring important lessons from war from Ukraine

Australia is ignoring important lessons from war from Ukraine

Australia's strategic fundamentals at risk from Ukraine war

Australia's strategic fundamentals at risk from Ukraine war

A national security yardstick on which the Coalition doesn't outshine Labor

A national security yardstick on which the Coalition doesn't outshine Labor

Can someone in government explain why we are buying tanks?

Can someone in government explain why we are buying tanks?

Australian Defence policy is a shambles and an election issue

Morrison pins his hopes on the complacency or ignorance of voters

Morrison pins his hopes on the complacency or ignorance of voters

No justice for Djokovic: the danger of different rules for politicians

No justice for Djokovic: the danger of different rules for politicians

Intolerance and political violence: a threat to US, and a worry for Australia

Intolerance and political violence: a threat to US, and a worry for Australia

Global warming: the nine essential questions for candidates at election 2022

Global warming: the nine essential questions for candidates at election 2022

More than an acronym: AUKUS must be an election issue in 2022

More than an acronym: AUKUS must be an election issue in 2022

Why the West must tread carefully in assessing China

Why the West must tread carefully in assessing China

Shutting down ASPI: Hugh White, Peter Jennings and China

Shutting down ASPI: Hugh White, Peter Jennings and China

No island is an island anymore: the flaw in Morrisons 2050 plan

No island is an island anymore: the flaw in Morrisons 2050 plan

The French disconnection: Australia's dysfunctional diplomacy

Zero chance of net zero: the human security challenge after 2050

Zero chance of net zero: the human security challenge after 2050

Magical thinking: nuclear submarines and Australias Maginot Line of the imagination

Distracted by the submarine bauble, Labor and the media miss the point

Distracted by the submarine bauble, Labor and the media miss the point

AUSMIN and AUKUS: Its even worse than you think

AUSMIN and AUKUS: Its even worse than you think

Mike Scrafton: Nuclear-powered submarines are just bad defence policy

Mike Scrafton: Nuclear-powered submarines are just bad defence policy

Obsessing over confrontation with China leads to arid policy grounds

Obsessing over confrontation with China leads to arid policy grounds

Bidens folly: a virtual summit with real consequences

Bidens folly: a virtual summit with real consequences

Afghanistan is a warning for all US allies

Afghanistan is a warning for all US allies

ASPI outsourcing our defence policy to the gun runners!

ASPI outsourcing our defence policy to the gun runners!

ASPI, AZERIs, the ADF, and the Defence hierarchy

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