The controversial $12-billion sale of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia has embroiled Justin Trudeau’s government in controversy. The vehicle in question is shown here at a news conference at a General Dynamics facility in London, Ont., in 2012.
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Canada used to be more careful about selling arms to countries that practised human rights violations. What happened?
What goes in must come out.
Sugiura & Sato, Kobe University
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
The government’s Defence Export Strategy aims to make Australia a world leader in arms exports.
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The government wants Australia to grow defence exports 800% by 2028. Investing in the cyber industry may be the only way to get there.
On the periphery.
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The French president has a vision for a more integrated Europe – and Brexit feeds right into that.
The Turnbull government appears determined to intensify Australian involvement in the Asia-Pacific’s strategic rivalries.
EPA/Frank Robichon
The underlying implication of Malcolm Turnbull’s Tokyo visit was the interest shared by Japan and Australia to counter the strategic rise of China.
EPA/Julien Warnand
A group of 25 EU countries is to work together more closely than ever before to develop military capabilities.
What will it take to give Australia’s space agency wings? Image from the opening ceremony at IAC2017.
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The excitement over the announcement of a space agency for Australia has now quietened. So it’s time to work out what we want, and how to get there.
The breaks are on for BAE’s Eurofighter Typhoon production.
Richard Deakin
We are witnessing the transformation of the existing defence business into one which embraces the new.
A heavyweight no more.
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A new position paper on co-operating with the EU on defence assumes a lot and suggests very little.
Malcolm Turnbull hit back at North Korea’s statement on Monday.
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The North Korean regime has lashed out at Australia, describing its participation in current military exercises with the US and South Korea as ‘a suicidal act of inviting disaster’.
A rocket is launched from Israel’s Iron Dome, an anti-missile system, in order to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in 2011.
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There is much debate over how to react to North Korean missile threats. What can we learn from Israel’s responses to actual rocket attacks?
Greg Moriarty, Australia’s new defence department secretary, replaces the recently retired Dennis Richardson.
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Malcolm Turnbull has appointed his chief-of-staff Greg Moriarty to head up the Department of Defence.
Malcolm Turnbull announced the proposed changes in front of heavily armed special forces soldiers.
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The effectiveness of the changes to the ADF’s role in counter-terrorism operations will depend heavily on the willingness of state police to accept military advice and assistance.
The Defence Act will be strengthened to enable defence personnel to play a bigger role in counter-terrorism.
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The changes are designed to assist in preparing for incidents, enabling a more comprehensive ADF response if needed, and improving the flow of information between the ADF and police.
The rules of engagement regulate the conduct of Australian troops in conflict areas.
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Unlike most domestic criminal law, the laws governing the behaviour of Australian armed forces apply to criminal conduct alleged to have taken place overseas.
South Korea’s subtly calibrated risk aversion in the face of outrageous North Korean aggression has kept the two countries from war.
EPA/KCNA
An aggressive posture is one thing – but doing something about it is another, as countries factor in the costs and risks of aggression.
The US and its allies currently deploy several ballistic missile defence systems that would be used in the event North Korea actually launched an attack.
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles, such as the one tested by North Korea this week, fly far too high and fast for current missile defence systems to engage with.
A Civil War re-enactment at Gettysburg, Pa., on the 150th anniversary of the battle in 2013.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pickett’s Charge was one of the seminal battles of the U.S. Civil War, setting the stage for the ultimate Confederacy defeat. Could it have played out differently?
As a very young public servant Dennis Richardson handed out how-to-vote cards for the ALP.
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Politics podcast: Dennis Richardson on telling it like it is
Dennis Richardson was never afraid to tell ministers what he believed they should hear, and any grudges they had as a result they apparently got over very quickly.
The Australian Federal Police will receive $321.4 million over four years for a range of measures.
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The Conversation’s political experts react to the 2017-18 budget’s key measures in the areas of welfare, foreign aid, defence spending and more.