David M. Andrews
Examining security, politics, society, and the systems that connect them.
Recent Posts
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Understanding alliances and parsing Australia’s Pacific security pacts
The Australia Chair of the US think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently released an interactive map visualising the security relationships between Pacific Island countries and… Read more ⇢
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The Quad: A strategic minilateral in search of an enduring role
My first academic book chapter was published a few weeks ago, part of the edited volume Strategy and Airpower in the East and South China Sea: China, the United States,… Read more ⇢
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The Jakarta Treaty, “Common Security”, and International Law
Originally published in ANZSIL Perspective on 27 April 2026, co-authored with Associate Professor Danielle Ireland-Piper. What is the Jakarta Treaty? The Australia–Indonesia Treaty on Common Security (the Jakarta Treaty), which contains a duty to consult, was signed… Read more ⇢
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“War were(n’t) declared?”: the politics, semantics, and strategy of Australia’s support for the UAE against Iran
There were several perspectives published last week which addressed the question of whether Australia was now at war with Iran, but to me they left some major aspects unanswered. Consequently,… Read more ⇢
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Carney bells the cat?
On Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered what has been described by many prominent analysts and commentators as one of the most… Read more ⇢
