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War-warning assessment in Australia’s ‘most dangerous times’
Before 2020, Australian defence strategy was predicated on a planning assumption that we would have at least 10 years’ warning of an impending war. Th...
Aug 22, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Pressure Points: Economic Strain, Allied Discord, and War Fatigue
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Kor...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Space war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops
The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it “was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first,” an official at SP...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China’s Research Espionage Threat Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Western universities and laboratories are on the frontlines of a battle over talent and technology. This assertion may seem like scaremongering, but w...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Beyond Military Interoperability: The Coalition Challenge of Limited War
In our last two articles for The Cipher Brief, Sami Omari and I explained why modern limited wars are so challenging for democracies.We argued that mi...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
A Rock and China’s Three-Sea Problem
Two rocks surrounded by coral, with a total land size of less than 10 square meters (approximately 108 square feet) at high tide, are the entire basis...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Mental Health Is a Warfighting Readiness Problem for the U.S. Navy
“You cannot be at mental peace always. You will be worried. So even my family — they are scared all the time, and they were anxiously praying [for] th...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Next China Shock Will Hit Defence
If tomorrow’s wars are fought mainly by machines, victory belongs to the power that can fuse AI with robotics and build the result by the million. Tod...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
As pressure mounts on Putin, Russia is escalating against Ukraine’s allies
With the Russian army struggling to advance in Ukraine and Ukrainian strikes increasing inside Russia, Putin is escalating his gray zone campaign agai...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
To stop escalation in the Black Sea, Turkey needs a new regional strategy
As strikes continue to grow on shipping throughout the Black Sea, Turkey must reevaluate its approach to shipping and security in the region. The post...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Why Iran has not folded yet
Formed by the brutal Iran-Iraq War, the men who now lead the Iranian regime will fight back before giving in. But time is not on their side. The post ...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Australia’s critical-minerals strategy has a Brazil-sized gap
Both countries can dig up minerals at scale – neither controls what happens once they leave the ground.
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail