Publication

This paper discusses a 2013 publication by Australia’s government which sets the context for an upcoming defense White Paper. The author suggests that the document provides good coverage of broad security issues, but that it could have adopted a more expansive strategic worldview. Previous defense White Papers have shown that the government's approach to national strategic interests has been narrow and reactive. However, the authors suggest there are ways to avoid the trap of defense-oriented strategic interests and objectives and move to a more holistic Australian grand strategy.