Brazil's Critical Infrastructure Gap: Securing the Road Ahead

Brazil's march towards great power status will demand tough choices between satisfying infrastructural development and environmental pressures

Ethiopian Expedition and Inexpediency in the Horn of Africa

Ethiopia’s regional interference in the Horn of Africa has not only unsettled its neighbours, but invigorated internal disorder at home

Tactical and Operational-level Intelligence in Counter-Piracy Operations

Better use of intelligence could have a significant impact on the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean

NATO and North America’s ‘Other’ Alliance Member

With valued contributions to recent conflicts and an increasingly assertive Conservative government, Canada has crafted a role for itself as a prominent member of NATO

TADIC: A Watershed Moment for Political Leadership

A recent conference on industrial co-operation reveals a profound gap between shifting defence industrial market realities and the capacity of decision-makers

The Dragon Arrives: China in Kashmir

A large presence of Chinese construction workers in Pakistan risks transforming the sensitive territorial dispute into a trilateral concern

China’s Trojan Horse in Europe

Investment in debt-stricken Greece not only strengthens China’s role in world trade but also provides it with a foothold in a key location

Russian Bears Over the Sea of Japan

Recent increase in Russian military activity over the Sea of Japan has worried the Japanese - but it may be directed against China

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Alleged fraud in Russia’s recent parliamentary elections has unravelled Putin’s image as a strong, authoritative leader, exposing his weak basis of support to the Russian people

British Armed Forces and the Pitfalls of Popularity

Whilst public empathy and support for service personnel and their families are at a generational high, the cause is not entirely clear and the full range of its effects even less so

Iran: A Very British Problem

Iran’s continued domination of the international security agenda calls for a revision of British policy in the Gulf

Combat Ready: Women and the Australian Defence Force

Joanne Mackowski

The success of Australia’s decision to permit women to voluntarily engage in frontline service may determine whether similar reforms are made by other nations within their armed forces

The Indian Exception to Australia’s Nuclear Trade

Andrea Berger

Australia’s decision to allow for uranium exports to India may signal a shift in India’s status in multilateral export control arrangements