Richard Dunley

YouTube video by Maritime Matters Episode 33: Talisman Sabre & the Geelong Treaty

The latest #MaritimeMatters podcast is out.

@japarker29.bsky.social r29 and I discuss all things Talisman Sabre, Geelong Treaty, AUKUS and much more. ⛴️🎙️

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AUKUS: Building confidence in Australia’s submarine pathway Promises need to shift to performance, judged against a published timeline.

Insightful piece from
@japarker29.bsky.social
focusing on the deliverables for AUKUS, and highlighting 🇦🇺’s dubious record on infrastructure building.

My only query is whether current high level issues encourage 🇦🇺 govt to “lean in” to AUKUS? I’m not so sure.

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I have absolutely no idea about the state of Iran’s ☢️ programme, but I do know that immense damage is being done to the credibility of any 🇺🇸 intelligence assessment.

Well this is a side to you that I never expected to discover!

I wasn’t sure if that was pre-existing text as reader registration was already a part of the process - but hopefully you are right

Seeming closure of NARA College Park for researchers.

Despite the ironic cheers from those who’ve had to work there, it’s super worrying.

Episode 31: Iran, Chinese Carrier Deployments & AUKUS Review Maritime Matters Episode Title: Iran, Chinese Carrier Deployments & AUKUS Review In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://

The latest #MaritimeMatters podcast is out 🚢🎙️

@JAParker29 and I discuss the conflict in Iran, 🇨🇳 carrier operations, 🇺🇸 AUKUS Review and much more

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Thanks!

Trump backs AUKUS defense pact after Starmer talks Pact agreed under Joe Biden will see U.S. supply technology for Britain and Australia to make nuclear subs in a bid to counter China.

Trump backs AUKUS at G7 meeting with Starmer.

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Survey of Australian Public Opinion on Defence

For anyone interested in public attitudes towards the ADF, the full report from the survey we conducted at UNSW Canberra is now out.

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There is a real risk that if 🇺🇸 tries to use its position to either improve the deal, or leverage other issues such as wider defence spending, it could rapidly erode that trust.

The real Q is whether 🇺🇸 acknowledge or really care about that risk

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Trump administration's surprise AUKUS review is about more than subs An announcement the AUKUS deal is under review provokes a storm of speculation, with defenders taking to the battlements and sceptics declaring it's a golden opportunity for the Australia to escape th...

A key point hinted at, but not really discussed in the AUKUS review chat is trust.

Trust is fundamental to AUKUS - it is what let’s 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧 engage in a way that other partners could not.

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Across both 🇦🇺 and 🇬🇧leaders are talking a sensible game on defence and strategic policy, but are failing to translate that into action

On 1 level it’s had to see why, but on another, it is clear that public sentiment does not reflect the level of insecurity described by leaders

PM tells think tank to 'have a look at themselves' after defence report The prime minister has lashed out at one of the country's leading security think tanks and demanded it "have a look at themselves" after it warned Australia could be left with a "brittle and hollowed ...

I’ve long had issues with elements of ASPI’s make up and approach, but this seems like an ill judged attack given that such sentiments are almost universal across the nat sec community

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Australia must not become complacent to China’s aggression in the South China Sea History teaches that once coercion goes unchecked, it tends to escalate. Any disruption to our seaborne supply lines is a major risk.

Strong piece from @japarker29.bsky.social on why 🇦🇺 needs to take a firm stance on 🇨🇳 aggression in the SCS, and ultimately why what happens in the maritime domain a long way from our coasts matters to Australians

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Damning review reveals 'dehumanising' culture at ANU college A damning independent review into gender and cultural issues at the Australian National University's College of Health and Medicine reveals a "dysfunctional culture" of bullying, sexism, unfair worklo...

This is pretty shocking and one would hope unusual, but the broad point about universities being unwilling and unable to appropriately manage their staff seems pretty universal.

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YouTube video by Maritime Matters Episode 30: Indo-Pacific Maritime Round-Up – 22 May 2025: Regional deployments and new capabilities

🎙️ Latest ep of #maritimematters is out. In this ep
@redunley.bsky.social & I discuss recent RAN deployments & key regional capability developments including Japan's latest Frigate & the Philippines naval modernisation

You can watch here youtu.be/pQJxwL4s160?... or listen wherever you get your pods

Thanks mate!

The basic argument is that the discussion of deterrence in 🇦🇺 strategic documents is largely meaningless - and intentionally so. It’s fuzziness makes it extremely attractive to politicians, but is corrosive to our strategic debate.

‘Deterrence’—an agreeable word that obscures strategic debate | The Strategist Deterrence has become the centrepiece of Australian strategic thinking, but its value has become more political than strategic. The focus on deterrence has advantages in terms of messaging, but this h...

What do we mean by deterrence, why has it come to take centre stage in our strategic documents, and what are the problems with that?

My latest piece for @ASPI_org The Strategist

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Inhumane, treacherous or uselessly cruel? Debating underwater weapons, 1880–1939 In the first half of the twentieth century, there were concerted efforts to restrict or proscribe the use of underwater weapons, including submarines, mines and torpedoes. These efforts largely fai...

My latest article is out with Dr Elena Kempf from MIT History.

We look at the arguments used to justify efforts to ban underwater weapons between 1880 and 1939, and what that tells us about modern arguments around arms control

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Military Revolutions from the Spanish Tercio to First-Person View Drones - War on the Rocks By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away.

“First-person view drones are unleashing the most significant transformation in land warfare since the rise of the Spanish tercio in the 16th century”

There’s hyperbole, and then there’s this!!! 😂😂😂

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AUKUS and deterrence: what, exactly, are we trying to deter? | The Strategist AUKUS is one of the most ambitious allied defence undertakings in decades. But for all the high-end platforms and advanced capabilities it promises, a fundamental question remains underexplored: what,...

"What, exactly, is AUKUS seeking to deter?"

A very good question and an interesting piece.

I'll have my own pop at Australia's jump on the deterrence bandwagon out hopefully later this week.

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#OTD in 1915 the Turks launched a costly attack all along the #Anzac line. A truce was soon arranged to bury the thousands of bloated bodies in no man’s land. Here’s a snippet from my #Gallipoli diary, which goes on sale this week.

U-28 was sunk by a lorry...! Well I guess that's a novel form of ASW!

This is the key argument, and its part of some wider work looking at sea power and information.

Undersea cable control: The information dimension Historical lessons on how control of undersea communication networks offers advantage beyond mere disruption.

If you fancy a break from discussing the Aus election, check out my latest piece for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social arguing that we need to reimagine how we think about submarine cables and information flows across the global commons.

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This was one of the issues that both parties managed to sidestep in the election - sticking it into the “too hard basket” with an electorate focused at home.

Labor will now no longer have the luxury of ignoring a defining issue for 🇦🇺.
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