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Military Strategy

September 7, 2026

AUKUS Has Put Australia's Submarine Effort Back on Track

The first question to consider when thinking about a major defence program such as AUKUS is this: defence against whom? Australian governments have...

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

Indo-Pacific/Asia

July 14, 2025

Since Australia Hosts U.S. Facilities, We Need a Joint War Plan

Australia hosts several joint Australian-American facilities and provides the U. S.

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

U.S. Navy

May 19, 2025

AUKUS: How To Help the US Navy As It Helps Australia

There’s a way for Australia to strengthen its case for the U. S.

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

Grand Strategy

April 11, 2025

Reset Pax Americana: The West Needs a Grand Accord

The world is trying to make sense of the Trump tariffs. Is there a grand design and strategy, or is it all instinct and improvisation?

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

Grand Strategy

February 28, 2025

The Geography of American Power

The United States is a secure power. Situated in a hemispheric citadel, and protected by wide oceans, the U.

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

Grand Strategy

January 12, 2025

Gradually, Then Suddenly: In Geopolitics, Decades Can Happen in Weeks

Ernest Hemingway wrote in The Sun Also Rises (1926) that bankruptcy occurs gradually and then suddenly. This should be treated as a rule of...

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Uncategorized

November 11, 2024

Trump's Likely Foreign Policy

Trump’s Likely Foreign Policy: Selective Engagement, and Helping Those Who Help Themselves In his second term, Donald Trump will be determined to...

Michael Pezzullo • The Strategist (ASPI)

Military Strategy

October 26, 2024

The Strategic and Moral Shock of War in the Modern Age

In his first autobiography, My Early Life: A Roving Commission, Winston Churchill set down a timeless formula for thinking about war odds: however...

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