Writing archive
Published analysis and commentary.
Articles, essays and journal publications examining defence, international affairs, resilience, energy and institutional change.
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12 June 2026
AUKUS After AUKMIN: The Test Beyond Washington
The Diplomat
Why closer collaboration between Canberra and London will be vital as AUKUS moves from declaration into delivery.
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10 June 2026
Actually, the UN is broken – and that’s exactly why reform matters
Lowy Institute · The Interpreter
An argument for procedural accountability when permanent members use the Security Council veto to shield their own breaches of the UN Charter.
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13 May 2026
The budget patches an energy system built for a different world
Lowy Institute · The Interpreter
Australia’s fuel-security package is a serious policy shift, but still retrofits resilience into a system that was never designed to provide it.
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12 March 2026
The Iran War Is Now Impacting AUKUS
The Diplomat
What HMS Anson’s abrupt departure from Australia revealed about the limits of Britain’s stretched fleet and the implications for AUKUS.
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12 December 2025
AUKUS After AUSMIN: Why Canberra Must Read Washington Clearly
The Diplomat
Washington’s political message remained supportive, but its strategic priorities no longer clearly aligned with the long-term demands of the partnership.
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22 October 2025
The Most Dangerous Invention: Gwynne Dyer and the History of War
Wavell Room
A review of The Shortest History of War and its argument that war is a political and institutional invention rather than a biological imperative.
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6 August 2025
Eighty years after Hiroshima, the big nuclear risks are in Asia
Australian Strategic Policy Institute · The Strategist
Why the erosion of nuclear restraint is most dangerous in Asia, where deterrence, proliferation and regional rivalry increasingly intersect.
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11 June 2021
Credit Where Credit is Due: China and the Integrated Review
Wavell Room
An assessment of how the United Kingdom’s Integrated Review approached China and the wider Indo-Pacific.
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20 April 2021
Progressive Insanities: Women in Defence
Wavell Room
A critique of arguments against women serving in defence and the assumptions that sustain them.
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1 January 2021
The Geopolitical Imperative for 1 (UK) Division Activity in Africa
British Army Review
Co-authored with Scott McCauley, examining how sustained engagement could counter Russian and Chinese influence in Africa.
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1 August 2020
Combating Sexism and Sexual Harassment in the Army Using Feminist Thinking
British Army Review
An article developed from postgraduate research into how feminist theory could inform improvements to the British Army’s gendered culture.
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