Hugh White | The Saturday Paper

Hugh White
is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. He is a former deputy-secretary of the Department of Defence and wrote Australia’s Defence White Paper 2000.

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Opinion September 18, 2021

From the submarine to the ridiculous

“The old plan was to build a conventionally powered version of a nuclear-powered French submarine. It was crazy. The new plan – to buy a nuclear-powered submarine instead – is worse.”

News May 08, 2021

Hugh White on how a conflict with China ‘would very likely become a nuclear war’

As the Morrison government attempts a policy of containment against China, it risks the real prospect of war and one of the biggest failures of statecraft in Australia’s history.

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