SIMULEX Duquesne 2025

Australia

1. Political

• What Trump’s Iran and NATO Show Means for Australia | Hudson Institute

2. Economic

• Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy amid US–China Geopolitical Rivalry | Royal United Services Institute

3. Military

3a. Military - Land

• To “Protect-and-Project” – a Call for Australian Land Power in the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• US, Australia launch largest-ever Talisman Sabre drills aboard HMAS Adelaide | Stars and Stripes
• US Army drops into Australia for massive war games

3b. Military - Navy

• China – Australia and New Zealand's Threat to the Homeland | RealClearDefense
• Some of China’s Educated Youth Just Asserted Sovereignty Over Australia | RealClearDefense
• U.S. Starts Two Pacific Submarine Drills, Chinese Surface Group Operating Near Australia - USNI News
• NonPlayable - Australia - Australia's Sovereign Weapon Systems (2023)
• Latticework: Indo-Pacific Security Moves Beyond U.S. Naval Primacy | RealClearDefense
• USS George Washington Joins Talisman Sabre Exercise off Australia - USNI News

3c. Military - Air

• The Quad Should Work Together on Maritime Surveillance To Counter China | RealClearDefense

3d. Military - Technology

4. Diplomatic

• NonPlaybale - Australia - Australia's Taiwan Problem (2024)
• Needy, Dismissive and Critical: Australia & the U.S. Allliance | RealClearDefense
• US, Australia launch largest-ever Talisman Sabre drills aboard HMAS Adelaide | Stars and Stripes
• Army To Test New Hub for Stockpiling in Australia | RealClearDefense
• DoD Conducting Review of AUKUS Security Pact | RealClearDefense
• Latticework: Indo-Pacific Security Moves Beyond U.S. Naval Primacy | RealClearDefense
• A conversation with Assistant Secretaries Daniel Kritenbrink and Ely Ratner on US alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific | Brookings
• What Trump’s Iran and NATO Show Means for Australia | Hudson Institute
• USS George Washington Joins Talisman Sabre Exercise off Australia - USNI News
• US Army drops into Australia for massive war games

5. Strategy

• China – Australia and New Zealand's Threat to the Homeland | RealClearDefense
• NonPlaybale - Australia - Australia's Taiwan Problem (2024)
• The Geopolitics of Darwin, Australia - The National Interest
• Since Australia Hosts U.S. Facilities, We Need a Joint War Plan | RealClearDefense

6. Grand Strategy

• Australia's Littoral Defense Strategy and Regional Security - Second Line of Defense
• Australia and ‘Stable Nuclear Deterrence’ – Catching Up With a Changed World | RealClearDefense
• Australia’s First National Defence Strategy: Deterrence Rules | Royal United Services Institute