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Debate: On ‘Ripping an Arm Off’

Contributors: Rory Medcalf, Peter Nicholson, and Robert Ayson

Volume 4, Number 2 (Winter 2008), pp. 147-164.

Abstract

This debate contains responses to Ross Babbage, ‘Learning to Walk Amongst Giants: The New Defence White Paper’, Security Challenges, vol. 4, no. 1 (Autumn 2008), pp. 13-20.

About the Contributors

Rory Medcalf is Program Director for International Security at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He is a former intelligence analyst, diplomat and journalist. rmedcalf@lowyinstitute.org.

Air Vice-Marshal Peter Nicholson (retd) has held several operational command and strategic level joint staff appointments. He has commanded the RAAF combat force, served as the Head of Strategic Policy and Plans, and as the Chief Knowledge Officer of the Department of Defence. pgnicholson@bigpond.com.

Robert Ayson is Senior Fellow in the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre where he directs the Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence program. He completed his PhD at King’s College London and has held official and academic positions in New Zealand. He can be contacted at robert.ayson@anu.edu.au.