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Defence spending – A question of capability
24 March 2025 | Jennifer Parker Image: Royal Australian Navy Minehunter Coastal HMAS Diamantina anchors in the Derwent River in support...
Trump’s rocked the boat, but now’s not the time to bail on AUKUS
14 March 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 14 March 2025 I mage: Virginia-class submarine USS...
If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war
27 February | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 27 February 2025 Image: People’s Liberation Army-Navy...
China’s expedition shows Australia must become a maritime power
23 February 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 23 February 2025 Image: Defence Images ...
Why attack missile boats can’t replace major warships
13 February | Jennifer Parker * Originally published in ASPI's The Strategist on 12 February 2025 Image of HMAS Hobart: Daniel...
The Next Government Needs a Bolder Plan for Maritime Defence
06 January 2025 | Jennifer parker *Originally published in The Australian on 6 January 2025 Image: HMAS Stalwart replenishing HMAS...
China's Push for Closer Defence Ties Is Unrealistic Without Behaviour Change
30 November 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 30 November 2024 While the relationship...
Australia needs a coastguard to meet modern maritime threats
25 November 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist on 25 November 2024 Image: HMAS Larrakia in Darwin Harbour:...
What New Zealand's loss of a ship underlines about Australia's hollow naval preparedness
14 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 14 October 2024 The loss of a New Zealand...
The Black Sea battle: Learning the right maritime lessons from Ukraine
11 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in Lowy's the Interpreter on 11 October 2024 Ukraine’s effective strategy in the...
A volatile world demands a rethink of national defence
4 October 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 4 October 2024 Image: This picture shows projectiles being...
Australia’s insurance policy: AUKUS Pillar I provides ‘bang for buck’
28 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published with the United States Studies Centre on 28 August Breaking down the figures of...
Indonesian deal a step forward, but let’s not overstep the mark
27 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 27 August 2024 Image: Indonesian Defence Minister and...
Australia needs to step up in the western Indian Ocean
22 August 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Strategist on 23 August 2024. Image: HMAS Darwin replenishing from USNS...
Interoperability: The missing link in Indo-Pacific security
August 16 2024 | Jennifer Parker * Originally published in Lowy's the Interpreter on 16 August. Settling on a definition of an overused...
Next AUSMIN needs to turn alignment into outcomes
Jennifer Parker | 9 August 2024 *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 9 August 2024 2024 AUSMIN moved away from...
Australia goes missing as Red Sea crisis deepens
22 July 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 22 July 2024 The Houthis have been remarkably...
There is no catastrophic failure of AUKUS Plan A
4 July 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 5 July The “optimal pathway” may not run...
Response to Professor Hugh White's 'Fatal Shores: AUKUS is a grave mistake'*
*Published in Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 20 Feb 24 June 2024 | Jennifer Parker **Originally published in Australian Foreign Affairs...
Time to promote a woman as deputy chief of Navy
21 June 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 21 June 2024 The officer second in charge of...