The Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel is the first of the new build platforms. It provides the template with regard to the entire reset o

The bushfires, floods, and now COVID-19 will change the discussion of national security in Australia.

Edward Luttwak is a political scientist known for his works on grand strategy, military history, and international relations. Moving to...

Giulio Douhet’s theory of air power continues to be a topic of debate and controversy nearly a century after he wrote Command of the Air.

Phil Haun has compiled the lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) as a means of capturing some of the primary sources that led to

In this final of three posts on Indian Ocean air power, Peter Layton turns his attention to the importance of Australian air power in the re

In this second part of a three-part series exploring Indian Ocean air power, Peter Layton turns his attention to the extra-regional players:

The Indian Ocean has become an area of geostrategic competition. As Australia is an Indian Ocean country, it is incumbent our national secur

MAJGEN Gus McLachlan AO (Retd) shares his thoughts on how to best approach force structure to gain a winning advantage.

Brian Weston - continuing theme in Chinese strategic thinking is the concept of “island chains” with the First Island Chain stretching from

MAJGEN Gus McLachlan AO (Retd) shares his thoughts on how to best approach force structure to gain a winning advantage.

A basic premise was that the new capabilities being introduced into Australian service required an update to Australia’s manouevrist approac

As the political structure of the world changes, we confront an unknown military future. This fact is as old as war. However, the speed of c

the third part of Mick Ryan’s AugoStrat saga, a part of our #SciFi #AI and the Future of War fiction series.

Brian Weston - the activities of 1st October 2019 had little to do with some four millennia of China’s history.."

The Central Blue Wrap Up for 2019

In his first post with The Central Blue, Mark Bell encourages our readership to engage more, and encourage reading and reflection by merely

Transcript of presentation from Brendan Sargeant at Williams seminar Oct 19

Brian Weston - Williams placed emphasis on Australia’s proximity to South-east Asia and of the importance of Australia’s north

...major presentations and discussions at the Williams Foundation seminar on the requirements for fifth generation manoeuvre