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A Wobbly Bridge: Strategic Interests and Objectives in Force 2030
Author: Hugh White
Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 2009), pp. 21-29.
Abstract
Clear definition of enduring strategic interests and objectives is fundamental to setting clear capability priorities, which is the key purpose of a Defence White Paper. Force 2030 recognises this, and offers the outline of a rigorous hierarchy of interests and objectives, modelled on the approach developed in Defence 2000. But the details raise perplexing questions about the nature of Australia’s strategic engagement in our immediate neighbourhood, our strategic relationship with Indonesia, our role in Northeast Asia, and about which objectives really drive our force priorities. These failings seriously undermine the new White Paper’s policy argument.
About the Author
Hugh White is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University and a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. His principle research interests are Australian strategic and defence policy, and the regional and global security issues that most directly affect Australia. He was Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Department of Defence 1995-2000, and principal author of the previous White Paper, Defence 2000. hugh.white@anu.edu.au.
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