Cameron Leckie

1. In trying to draw out lessons that 🇦🇺 should heed in developing its next National Defence Strategy, @WarInTheFuture has produced a classic example of why, for the sake of our national security, his analysis should be ignored lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Dr Al Palazzo has a new book out which "proposes a defence policy centred on the strategic defensive, which presents the best military fit for Australia, given its geography and the current state of military technology" Spot on Al!

. What, exactly, is this "freedom" the Western world brags about? Define it. Quantify it. What is it measured against? And how do you know that what you're measuring it against is true? Who told you? And why? To keep you informed? Or to keep you under control? .

A great critique of 'progressive patriotism' by @ArchiveBurning via @johnmenadue "🇦🇺 has fallen into line with 🇺🇸 positioning. 🇦🇺 supported illegal 🇺🇸 strikes on 🇮🇷 without question. Yet we sanction 🇷🇺 singers, because we believe in international law" johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/p…

I have been issuing FOIs and writing about the situation in Gaza since November 2023 (see all links below). The ICJ, in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro, held that the obligation to prevent genocide arises “at the INSTANT that the State learns of, or…