Sam Roggeveen

Sam Roggeveen

Stumbling towards sense on defence

Sam Roggeveen Pundits are searching for a political subtext behind yesterday's announcement that the defence white paper is to be brought forward a year to mid-2013.

Sam Roggeveen

A paper-thin defence

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Sam Roggeveen Canberra stumbles upon a few good military policies, but our capability is weak.

Sam Roggeveen

Don't let Twitter fool you, Derryn

Sam Roggeveen Veteran Australian tabloid journalist and radio shock jock Derryn Hinch earlier this year described Twitter as ''the biggest advance in journalism and news gathering in the 50 years I've been in the...

Sam Roggeveen

Resilience the key to fighting terrorism

Sam Roggeveen The concept of ''resilience'' has become a staple of international security conferences over the past few years and has now begun making its way into government documents.

Sam Roggeveen

Don't write off Europe yet

Sam Roggeveen When it was announced last month that the Europe-dominated G7 would be superseded as the world's leading economic forum, it was not enough for the Obama Administration to simply say that the more...