National Security Concepts Technological Evolution Thesis

Therefore, in the context of contemporary threats, forward defence is not an oxymoron but an absolute necessity.

Military Security, Australian Defence Policy, and the War on Terror:

At the simplest level, the participation of ADF in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased the risk of terrorism against Australian military forces and civilian targets. On a more complex level, the Commonwealth's participation in the global war on terror is part of a long-term defensive effort to protect the entire Southeast Asian and Pacific region against the international terrorist threat.

Task 2 Question Raised:

The nature of the most significant contemporary threat to international security and the domestic security of the Commonwealth raises the question of whether the Second Wave in the historical evolution of strategic military thought is experiencing a resurgence that is largely incapable of being countered effectively by the most sophisticated military resources relied upon by nations for security throughout the 20th century.

More specifically, the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated the power of asymmetric warfare such as originally conceived (at least in modern times) by Lenin and Mao Tse Tung to overwhelm even the most powerful and sophisticated modern military resources maintained by nation states and global superpowers. That concern raises the essential question of how to adapt systems and strategies that evolved over many generations to address threats imposed by state actors to effectively respond to international threats from non-state actors against soft targets rather than cross-border military incursions by recognized armies of hostile…