Australian Strategic and Defence Issues

Table of Contents

Chapter 9. The Challenge of Coherence: Strategic Guidance, Capability, and Budgets

The Challenge of Defence Planning

Forty Years of Australian Defence Planning

1966

1976

1986

1996

2006

Trends

RAN

RAAF

Army

The tyranny of the balanced force?

Australian Defence Planning Today

Chapter 10. The Higher Command Structure for Joint ADF Operations

Before Vietnam

Commander Australian Force Vietnam

Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee

Defence Reorganisation

Towards a Joint Command Structure

1990–91 Persian Gulf War

Commander Australian Theatre

East Timor—INTERFET

The Bungendore Solution

Operation Slipper

2003 Iraq War

Headquarters Joint Operations Command

Conclusion

Chapter 11. Four Decades of the Defence of Australia: Reflections on Australian Defence Policy over the Past 40 Years

The ‘Defence of Australia’ Revolution

Was ‘Defence of Australia’ isolationist?

The policy balance

The Post ‘Defence of Australia’ Revolution

New roles

Northeast Asia

Turbulent Neighbours

Losing the Technology Edge

The Evolution of the ‘Defence of Australia’

Australia’s strategic planning during the 1990s

Defending Australia 1994

Australia’s Strategic Policy 1997

Defence 2000—Our Future Defence Force

Next Steps