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September 2019
Publication: Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies
In this first issue of the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies (AJDSS), we present the inaugural J.G. Grey Oration delivered by Dean Eliot A. Cohen of Johns Hopkins University at the Strategy and Future of War Conference held in Canberra on 21 August 2019. Major General Mick Ryan, considers how militaries can gain a competitive advantage in an era of acceleration in 'Extending the intellectual edge with artificial intelligence'.
Next article is a warning to policymakers to not dismiss the similarities of China's tactics in the South China Sea to those used by Russia in Ukraine, and the potential risks this may imply. In the following article, Brigadier Christopher Smith argues that military regimentation, often dismissed as anachronistic in today's world, serves a vital purpose in inoculating armies against war's corrosive effects.
The commentary section presents a reflection on the unique characteristics of a ship's crew by Chief of the French Navy, Admiral Christophe Prazuck, and Ahmed S. Hashim considers the development, definition and critiques that have been levelled at the academic field of strategic studies. This is followed by Professor Michael Evans' reflections on the life's work of American strategist and head of the ONA for 40 years, Andrew Marshall.
In the wake of the publication of Hugh White's new book, How to Defend Australia, two respected thinkers, James Goldrick and Brendan Sargeant offer their views on White's thesis and the important debates it raises.
Content
| Article title | Article author |
|---|---|
| Welcome | |
| Editorial | |
| Civil-military relations in an age of disruption - The inaugural J.G. Grey Oration | |
| Extending the intellectual edge with artificial intelligence | |
| Competition short of war - how Russia's hybrid and grey-zone warfare are a blueprint for China's global power ambitions | |
| The Achilles effect and preventing armies from becoming mobs | |
| What makes a ship's crew so unique? | |
| Is strategic studies at risk? | |
| Reflections on an American seer: Andrew W Marshall and the mind of the strategist | |
| An invitation to isolation: there's more to national security than fortress defence | |
| If we must prepare for the worst, what must we do now? | |
| Review - Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century | |
| Review - LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media | |
| Review - Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America | |
| Review - The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity | |
| Review - The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War |