Series

The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) aims to advance the study of strategic problems, especially those relating to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific region. The Centre of Gravity series is the flagship publication of SDSC and aims to provide high quality analysis and to generate debate on strategic policy issues of direct relevance to Australia.

Publishers: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
Publications: Whatever the Security Question, the Answer is a National Security Strategy
Paying for War: How to Afford a Future of Strategic Competition
Beijing’s Belligerent Revisionism: Reconstituting Asia’s ‘End of History’?
China´s New Navy: A Short Guide for Australian Policy-makers
The Economics-Security Nexus Under Trump and Xi: Policy Implications for Asia-Pacific Countries
Prospects for the Rules-Based Global Order
The South China Sea: Middle Power Perspectives
US Congress and the Politics of Strategy
MANIS: Time for a New Forum to Sweeten Regional Cooperation
Mexican Drug Cartels and Dark-Networks: An Emerging Threat to Australia’s National Security
The ANZUS Alliance in an Ascending Asia
Asia’s Strategic Challenge: Manoeuvring between the US and China
A Strategy Towards Indonesia
The A Word: An Accomodationist Strategy for US-China Relations
Escalation in North Asia: A Strategic Challenge for Australia
Defence Diplomacy: Is the Game Worth the Candle?
The Geopolitical Implications of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
What the Next Defence White Paper Should Do About the Budget
Outgoing Australia
North Korea: Beyond the Nuclear Challenge
Contingencies and Warning Time
Ringing in a New Order?
Alliances Under Austerity
Preparing to Face Our Next Enemy
What Should We Do About China?
The Sino-Indian Border Dispute and Asian Security
A New Flank: Fresh Perspectives for the Next Defence White Paper
The US Pivot to Asia and Implications for Australia
An Australia-Japan Alliance?
A Sovereign Submarine Capability in Australia's Grand Strategy
Australian Defence Engagement with Southeast Asia
Pivoting the Map: Australia's Indo-Pacific System
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