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Defence Diplomacy And The Australian Defence Force: Smokescreen Or Strategy?, Daniel Baldino, Andrew Carr
Defence Diplomacy And The Australian Defence Force: Smokescreen Or Strategy?, Daniel Baldino, Andrew Carr
Daniel Baldino
The practice of military-to-military engagement has been stronglyembraced in the last few decades as a central tool for strategic
management. Many governments in the Asia-Pacific, including
Australia, have accepted the practice as an instrument ofstatecraft to achieve comprehensive strategic outcomes: as ameans of defusing tensions, reducing hostility and shaping thebehaviour of states towards each other. This article examines
Australia’s broad approach and practice, and argues that such
transformative ambitions are overstated. The evidence suggests
that the benefits from defence diplomacy are evident at the
tactical and operational level. It is a mode to deal …
Assessing 'Deacon' Mccormick From The Perspective Of The Intelligence Community, Daniel Baldino
Assessing 'Deacon' Mccormick From The Perspective Of The Intelligence Community, Daniel Baldino
Daniel Baldino
F.A. Hayek (1899-1992), the co-leader of the Austrian free market school, embraced the transparently fraudulent assertion made by Donald McCormick, aka Richard Deacon, in The British Connection which accused A.C. Pigou, the co-leader of the Cambridge market failure school, of being a Soviet spy. [Book]
Cyber-Terrorism: The Phantom Menace, Daniel Baldino
Cyber-Terrorism: The Phantom Menace, Daniel Baldino
Daniel Baldino
Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed our attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security.
In this book a prominent group of writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia.
Their compelling book cuts through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the money we spend on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are our spies up to the job, and how do we know anyway as we only hear about their failures? Is …