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Does Latent Nuclear Deterrence Really Work?
In 2025, Matthew Fuhrmann wrote, “U.S. Allies and Adversaries Are Attempting Nuclear Deterrence Without Weapons – Will It Work?,” where he argued coun...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea launches short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: JCS
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) toward its eastern coast late Thursday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Arsenal and the Statehouse: New Defense Firms, Venture Capital and State Industrial Policy
When Anduril announced a $910 million drone production facility in Ohio, it was not politics as usual. The main message came from Ohio’s governor, Mik...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russia to deploy North Korean missile unit and launchers to Ukraine border: Kyiv
North Korea could soon send a dedicated missile unit to a western Russian region bordering Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s military intelligence agency, ...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Learning from Ukraine: semi-autonomy can deliver combat mass
Generating operational mass in the Indo-Pacific requires new approaches to projecting, sustaining and employing military power across vast distances a...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Housing policy should serve Australia’s strategic interests
Australia’s housing debate is too often framed as a contest between investors and first home buyers. For northern Australia, the stakes are much highe...
Aug 06, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Instrumentalised Migration and Russia’s ‘Disposable Agents’
Instrumentalised migration and Russia’s recruitment of disposable agents exploit the same European weakness: treating deniable acts of coercion as iso...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Fault Lines – Scarborough Shoal, South Korea at RIMPAC, shipriders
Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actions and developments shaping th...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Beyond Hormuz: The Future of Maritime Chokepoints
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to extract payments for safe passage — plus, more recently, the Houthis’ move to attack Saudi shipp...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
There Will be Unseen Costs to be Paid over the War in Iran. Who is Weighing Them?
EXPERT INTERVIEW – With an interim agreement expected as early as today between the U.S. and Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping ...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
BLUF: The US Must Lead in Gray Zone Activity
As Washington works on the historically large defense budget, there is one theme which should loom large in the budget but comparatively, will cost li...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea threatens response to Japan’s arms buildup ahead of Asian Games
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday threatened Japan for transforming into a “war state,” citing Toky...
Aug 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail