Australia punching above its weight: Beazley
In an interview conducted at the end of his extended posting as Australian ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley told Fergus Hanson* that Australia punches above its weight in the alliance but may soon need to provide more military heft; and when it comes to Australia-US-China relations, Washington’s insights into how Beijing works are a long way ahead of anything available in Canberra.
Conference on after Collins in Canberra in November
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Independence, launched in July...
Kim Beazley reflects on US relationship
In an interview conducted at the end of his extended posting as Australian ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley told Fergus Hanson* that...
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Ian Croser, inventor of CEA family of naval radars, honoured by ANI
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The politics of the two-ocean Navy (Part 2)
By Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe*
THE Ocean Navy policy of 1987 is arguably the boldest shift in force posture Australia has made since the Second World War. In this second part or a two-part rare and exclusive insight into how this came into being, security analyst Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe interviewed former Defence Minister Kim Beazley, the policy's chief architect. He went on to discuss why the policy was strategically necessary, the rationale behind the expansion of HMAS Stirling (pictured), the challenges of implementation, and the contribution it has made to the future of Australia's national security.