The compendium brings together articles published in The Strategist over the past 12 months, examining the most significant strategic, operational, technological and economic challenges facing Australia at a consequential moment in its history.

A common theme runs throughout the essays. Australia’s security will continue to depend on strong alliances and partnerships, but it will also increasingly depend on its ability to generate greater national resilience, preparedness and self-reliance. These are not competing objectives. They are complementary elements of a successful strategy for navigating a more contested world. 

The structure of the volume reflects the breadth of the challenges confronting Australia across five thematic parts:

1. strategy and deterrence
2. regional security
3. Taiwan
4. capabilities
5. defence spending.