With the launch of the new and heavily anticipated 2016 Defence White Paper on Thursday 25 February, Australia has joined the Asia-Pacific arms race –- allocating up to $19 billion for weaponry and military forces. But the paper also reveals a lot more about Australia’s future role in an increasingly uncertain and contested strategic environment.
Here, experts from Australia’s leading university-based think tank, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, offer their key insight and analysis of the Defence White Paper from a range of perspectives. This collection of articles features commentary on the ideas, arguments and significance of the new Paper and its implications for Australia’s security in the 21st century.
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Read Australia’s Defence White Paper realistic, not radical, by Dr John Blaxland, in East Asia Forum, dated 23 March 2016. .
Australian Defence White Paper - good, bad, or just wrong? - Policy Forum Podcast with Professor Hugh White & Associate Professor Stephan Fruehling, dated 16 March 2016..
Read 2016 defence white paper: Solid policy with funding to match, by Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb, in The Australian, dated 11 March 2016..
ReadDWP 2016: an Indonesian perspective, by Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto - Indonesian Presidential PhD Scholar, in The Strategist, dated 11 March 2016. .
Read Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper: ASEAN And The South China Sea – Analysis, by Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto - Indonesian Presidential PhD Scholar, in Eurasia Review Journal & Think Tank, dated 9 March 2016. .
ReadAfter the Defence White Paper, it's time we talked about war with China, by Professor Hugh White, in The Financial Review, dated 8 March 2016..
Read Australia’s Defence White Paper has a hidebound view of Asia’s future, by Professor Hugh White, in East Asia Forum, dated 8 March 2016..
Read DWP 2016: China, Australia and the US rebalance?, by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs colleague, Dr Feng Zhang, in The Strategist, dated 4 March 2016. .
Listen to John Blaxland talks with Henry Shinn from tbs eFM Primetime about Australian strategy and the Defence White Paper 2016, dated 3 March 2016..
Read Australia’s balancing act with Beijing, by Professor Bates Gill, in The Australian, dated 2 March 2016..
Read DWP 2016: The return of geography, by Professor Paul Dibb, in The Strategist, dated 1 March 2016..
Read Defence White Paper fails to deal with the strategic risks we face in the Asian century, by Professor Hugh White, in The Age, dated 1 March 2016..
Read Playing by the global rules, by Greg Raymond, in The Canberra Times, dated 27 February 2016..
Read Defence White Paper: How many billions is enough to keep Australia safe?, by Dr John Blaxland, in The Guardian, dated 26 February 2016..
Read The end of 2%: Australia gets serious about its defence budget, by Dr Daniel Baldino and Dr Andrew Carr, in The Conversation, dated 26 February 2016..
Read 2016 Defence White Paper and the Academy Awards: a mixed review, by ANU Student Nicky Lovegrove, in The Monsoon Project, dated 3 March 2016..
Read SDSC students help inform the 2016 Defence White Paper..
Read Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper: ASEAN And The South China Sea – Analysis, by Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto, dated 9 March 2016.
Related articles:
Read Assertive China and re-emergent Russia loom large strategically, by Professor Paul Dibb, in The Australian, dated 24 February 2016. (Subscriber article).
Read The 2016 white paper must get it right on defence diplomacy, by Dr Daniel Baldino and Dr Andrew Carr, in The Conversation, dated 23 February 2016..
Read Defence White Paper: bin it and start again, by Professor Hugh White, in The Age, dated 29 September 2015..
Read What the next Defence White Paper should do about the budget, by Dr Andrew Carr and Dr Peter Dean, in the Centre of Gravity #15 (2014)..
Read A new flank: Fresh perspectives for the next Defence White Paper, by Professor Brendan Taylor, in the Centre of Gravity #6 (2013)..
