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Ukrainian drone strikes show up Australia’s out-of-date defences

With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

04.06.2025 10

WA Today

Mick Ryan

Ukrainian drone strikes show up Australia’s out-of-date defences

With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

04.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan

Ukrainian drone strikes show up Australia’s out-of-date defences

With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

04.06.2025 20

The Age

Mick Ryan

Ukrainian drone strikes show up Australia’s out-of-date defences

With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

04.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

Putin no show is playing Russian roulette with Trump

The Kremlin leader is not the master chess player that his propaganda portrays him as. He’s made many strategic errors in this war, and this may be...

15.05.2025 10

Financial Review

Mick Ryan

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action...

30.03.2025 10

WA Today

Mick Ryan

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action...

30.03.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action...

30.03.2025 20

The Age

Mick Ryan

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action...

30.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

What I learnt about the future of war in Ukraine this week

The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, perhaps the best-known military intelligence leader in the world, has three lessons from this war.

14.03.2025 10

Financial Review

Mick Ryan

For three years, Ukraine’s shown us the meaning of courage. Have we learnt anything?

The political storm fronts that have swept Europe are heading our way. And we have a decision to make.

24.02.2025 8

WA Today

Mick Ryan

For three years, Ukraine’s shown us the meaning of courage. Have we learnt anything?

The political storm fronts that have swept Europe are heading our way. And we have a decision to make.

24.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan

For three years, Ukraine’s shown us the meaning of courage. Have we learnt anything?

The political storm fronts that have swept Europe are heading our way. And we have a decision to make.

24.02.2025 10

The Age

Mick Ryan

For three years, Ukraine’s shown us the meaning of courage. Have we learnt anything?

The political storm fronts that have swept Europe are heading our way. And we have a decision to make.

24.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coast

The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new...

22.02.2025 10

WA Today

Mick Ryan

From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coast

The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new...

22.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan

From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coast

The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new...

22.02.2025 20

The Age

Mick Ryan

From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coast

The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new...

22.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

Trump retreat emboldens Putin and Xi. Australia must rethink its whole US relationship

Australia needs a Plan B: if we can no longer rely on America’s intervention to defend our interests, we need to bolster our own defences.

16.02.2025 20

WA Today

Mick Ryan

Trump retreat emboldens Putin and Xi. Australia must rethink its whole US relationship

Australia needs a Plan B: if we can no longer rely on America’s intervention to defend our interests, we need to bolster our own defences.

16.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan

Trump retreat emboldens Putin and Xi. Australia must rethink its whole US relationship

Australia needs a Plan B: if we can no longer rely on America’s intervention to defend our interests, we need to bolster our own defences.

16.02.2025 10

The Age

Mick Ryan

Trump retreat emboldens Putin and Xi. Australia must rethink its whole US relationship

Australia needs a Plan B: if we can no longer rely on America’s intervention to defend our interests, we need to bolster our own defences.

16.02.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war

After the setback of the Battle of Kyiv in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin evolved the theory of victory in his war against Ukraine. Since...

02.01.2025 10

WA Today

Mick Ryan

Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war

After the setback of the Battle of Kyiv in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin evolved the theory of victory in his war against Ukraine. Since...

02.01.2025 10

The Age

Mick Ryan

Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war

After the setback of the Battle of Kyiv in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin evolved the theory of victory in his war against Ukraine. Since...

02.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Mick Ryan

Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war

After the setback of the Battle of Kyiv in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin evolved the theory of victory in his war against Ukraine. Since...

02.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mick Ryan