Military experts warn of climate wars
“Accelerating climate disruption is the greatest threat to the human future: our safety and well-being, our homes and communities, and how and where we live and work,” a group of leading Australian military and security experts says.
Recent articles in Defence
4 September 2025
If you really want some subs – try this
While there is no doubt that our acquisition of nuclear subs from the US will either be massively delayed and over budget or binned on some Trumpian whim, what’s worse is that we may never get our multi-billion dollar deposit back if that occurs.
2 September 2025
Marking September 2: Lest we forget
This week marks 80 years since the end of World War II. While Europe celebrated the end of the war in May, hostilities dragged on for several months in the Far East until Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 and this declaration was formalised on 2 September.
29 August 2025
Chasing a chimera: The political dream of AUKUS that consumes reality
For the sake of taxpayers, let's hope that the Audit Office is inspecting the AUKUS books closely.
27 August 2025
For 35 years after Vietnam, we had a self-reliant defence policy. We need it again
The US is almost always at war, not in defence of values and democracy but in its “manifest destiny” as the world hegemon.
22 August 2025
Silver foxholes: A moral argument for older soldiers
The Australian Defence Force’s recruitment efforts are targeted primarily at teenagers and young adults.
12 August 2025
Germany's arms embargo on Israel isn't betrayal, it's a moral reckoning
The arming of Israel now, so that it can carry out its plan to take control of Gaza and carry out ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in the territory, is one of the most antisemitic and anti-Israeli measures imaginable.
11 August 2025
The British experience with nuclear-powered submarines: Lessons for Australia
My new report prepared for Friends of the Earth Australia demonstrates that the development of a nuclear-powered, conventionally-armed nuclear submarine fleet entails multiple public health risks and would inevitably suffer from delays and cost-blowouts.
8 August 2025
Layered perversion of Australia's defence policy
An amazing thing has happened. Our taxpayer-funded think-tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has commissioned analysis by Robert Macklin which shows that the public debate on Australia’s defence has been biased.
5 August 2025
Hiroshima anniversary – RAAF flying boat vs atom bomb
In World War II, did Aussie airmen in slow old flying boats do more to stop Japan than America’s atomic bombs – and leave a lesson for today?
3 August 2025
US Senate Dems vote to block arms sales to Israel – the tide is turning, says Bernie Sanders
The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza, said Senator Bernie Sanders. The Democrats are moving forward on this issue, and I look forward to Republican support in the near future.
2 August 2025
US integration of Pacific allies into war plans must be opposed
The United States is increasing its military footprint on Australia and Pacific and Pacific Rim countries as it prepares for war against China.
1 August 2025
Britain’s back, China’s the target. We’ll likely pay the price again
Britain's HMS Prince of Wales has docked in Darwin, flanked by other warships and declarations.
