{"id":9357,"date":"2022-09-01T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=9357"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T03:55:08","slug":"an-australian-defence-strategic-review-of-limited-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/an-australian-defence-strategic-review-of-limited-ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"An Australian defence strategic review of limited ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a time when Australia\u2019s geostrategic environment is worsening, the outlines of the country\u2019s forthcoming defence review indicate that few changes will be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the late May Australian federal election, the Labor Party ousted the conservative Coalition (formed of the Liberal and National Parties), which had been in power for the past nine years. As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alp.org.au\/policies\/defence-force-posture-review\">promised in its election<\/a>&nbsp;campaign, the new government quickly commenced a Force Posture Review. This has now morphed into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/innovation\/military\/vital-australian-defence-review-amid-rising-risk-of-stateonstate-conflict\/news-story\/158b8f108414ca7e364f14b9c0a76afb\">a seemingly<\/a>&nbsp;more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/about\/reviews-inquiries\/defence-strategic-review\">comprehensive Defence Strategic Review<\/a>&nbsp;to report by March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The review builds from a key determination of the last government\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/about\/publications\/2020-defence-strategic-update\">2020 Defence Strategic Update<\/a>&nbsp;that the long-held assumption of a 10-year warning of \u2018the prospect of high-intensity military conflict\u2019 was unsustainable. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) might now be called on to fight at shorter notice \u2013 although how short was not defined. 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