Chairman's comments

摘要

Given the pending release of the 2013 Defence White Paper, the Board decided to publish a further selection of related articles in this issue, even though it meant again deferring some very worthwhile articles and publishing several others via the Australian Defence College's website in lieu. The first three articles are recent speeches by the Service Chiefs, which we gratefully reprint with their permission. All three are pitched at the strategic/doctrinal level and expound the views of the Service Chiefs on the challenges and opportunities confronting the ADFand Australia more broadlvin the Asian century'.