Defence Studies
Series editors
Professor Peter J. Dean and
Professor Brendan Taylor
The aim of this series is to publish outstanding works of research on strategy and warfare with a focus on Australia and the region. Books in the series take a broad approach to defence studies, examining war in its numerous forms, including military, strategic, political and historic aspects. The series focus is principally on the hard power elements of military studies, in particular the use or threatened use of armed force in international affairs. This includes the history of military operations across the spectrum of conflict, Asias strategic transformation and strategic policy options for Australia and the region. Books in the series consist of either edited or single-author works that are academically rigorous and accessible to both academics and the interested general reader.
Peter J. Dean is Professor of War Studies and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is a specialist on the ANZUS Alliance, Australian strategic policy, military operationsespecially amphibious and expeditionary warfare, and the Pacific War. Peter has been a Fulbright Fellow in AustraliaUnited States Alliance Studies and an Endeavour Research Scholar as well as a non-resident fellow with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He is the author or editor of nine books, including The Architect of Victory (Cambridge University Press), and MacArthurs Coalition (University Press of Kansas). He is also the editor (with Brendan Taylor and Stephan Frhling) of Australias Defence: Towards a New Era? and Australias American Alliance (Melbourne University Press, 2016). He is co-editor (with Brendan Taylor) of the Melbourne University Press Defence Studies series, a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Army Journal and a former managing editor of the journal Security Challenges. He is a regular media commentator on Australian, United States and regional defence issues.
Stephan Frhling is an Associate Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and the Associate Dean (Education) of the College of Asia and the Pacific of the Australian National University. He has widely published on Australian defence policy, defence planning and strategy, nuclear weapons and NATO. Dr Frhling was the Fulbright Professional Fellow in AustraliaUS Alliance Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 2017, and has worked as a Partner across the globe research fellow in the Research Division of the NATO Defense College in Rome in 2015. He was a member of the Australian Governments External Panel of Experts on the development of the 2016 Defence White Paper.
Brendan Taylor is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. He was Head of the Centre from 20112016. He is a specialist on great power strategic relations in the Asia-Pacific, East Asian flashpoints, and Asian security architecture. His publications have featured in such leading journals as The Washington Quarterly, International Affairs, Survival, Asian Security, Asia Policy, Review of International Studies and the Pacific Review. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Sanctions as Grand Strategy, which was published in the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Adelphi series. He is also the editor (with William Tow) of Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security (Routledge, 2013); and (with Peter Dean and Stephan Frhling) of Australias American Alliance (Melbourne University Press, 2016). His latest book, The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War, was published by La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. in August 2018.
After American Primacy
Imagining the Future of Australias Defence
Edited by Peter J. Dean, Stephan Frhling and Brendan Taylor
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First published 2019
Text Peter J. Dean, Stephan Frhling and Brendan Taylor 2019
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Contents
Peter J. Dean, Stephan Frhling and Brendan Taylor
Stephan Frhling
Danielle Chubb and Ian McAllister
Richard Brabin-Smith
Rod Lyon
John Lee
William T. Tow
Nick Bisley
Kim Beazley
Brendan Taylor
Andrew Carr and Christopher Roberts
Robert Ayson
Peter J. Dean
Sarah Percy
Acknowledgements
This book is the third in a trilogy of texts examining the past, present and future of Australias defence. The authors are grateful to all of the contributors to those earlier volumesas well as to the research assistants who supported their publicationfor laying such solid foundations to this final, future-facing volume. The financial and administrative support provided by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and by the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University has been especially valuable. The support of Melbourne University Press has been equally indispensable. We are particularly grateful to our wonderful editor, Catherine McInnis, for her guidance and support, as well as to Cathryn Game, who copyedited the manuscript, and to Jon Jermey who compiled the index.
We are indebted to Andrew Carr for suggesting and organising a panel drawing on the books contribution at the 2018 International Political Science Association in Brisbane, which provided a useful opportunity to test some of the ideas in this volume.
This book would not exist were it not for the sterling research assistance support provided by Bradley Wood. His responsiveness, attention to detail and subject matter expertise have been highly appreciated. Bradley is a rising star in the field of Australian strategic and defence studies and a name to watch in future. It has been our privilege to work with him on this project.
