*Ulas Yildirim,
The government’s announcement of a defence strategic review comes as no surprise. A review of Australia’s force posture was an election commitment it is now following through on. The work intends to build on the 2020 defence strategic update and force structure plan.
The logic behind the review is that Australia’s strategic circumstances have deteriorated much more quickly than anticipated in the strategic update and force structure plan, which themselves recognised the 10-year warning time before major conflict was no longer valid.
