Our Belief

International Relations is the preserve of the diplomat, the 'pragmatist' who understands the nature of international affairs and how it affects the national interest. Strategic Studies is the preserve of the soldier who understands the nature of modern weaponry and how it can be used to intimidate challengers to the nation–state.

Our Objective

Is to challenge established presumptions on national security and the human condition in the diplomatic and military spheres. By seeking the deeper truth we liberate our minds, stay clear from dogma and give ourselves the chance to make the right decisions for conscience, country and the international community.

Our Motto

"If it is not right do not do it;
if it is not true do not say it"

– Marcus Aurelius –

Latest Articles

In Response to - 'The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade'

To claim, as Feinstein does, that the arms trade subverts and weakens democracy is to ignore the reality that many ruling elites have no intention of surrendering an opportunity to gain wealth and power. The arms trade is too good an earner for the minority who run our supposedly democratic Western system.

By David J. Olney, Assoc. Lecturer, School of History & Politics, University of Adelaide

China's Dependence Upon Oil Supply

The Dragon is seeking to quench its immense thirst by wholesale purchase of oil/gas supplies from all corners of the planet. In 2010 it is simply flapping its wings, by 2030 it will be soaring above the world and by 2050, if world oil supply runs out, it may spiral back down to earth.

Part 1 of this serialised study is reproduced with the kind permission of CAPT David L.O. Hayward Australian Army Reserve (Retd.), Central Coast, Queensland

Drone Wars and the Death of the Warrior Culture

Each of these bloody steps of 20^th Century organised violence ushered in new technologies that epitomized the way sanctioned killing was conducted.

By Dr. John Bruni, Director SAGE International, Adelaide, South Australia