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Clive Williams

Canberra Times

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Decoding Trump: How Australia must navigate the President's erratic behaviour

Decoding Trump: How Australia must navigate the President's erratic behaviour

When I was in the Defence Intelligence Organisation, we analysed foreign military leaders - their strengths, weaknesses, health status and likely...

23.03.2026 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Decoding Trump: How Australia must navigate the President's erratic behaviour

Decoding Trump: How Australia must navigate the President's erratic behaviour

When I was in the Defence Intelligence Organisation, we analysed foreign military leaders - their strengths, weaknesses, health status and likely...

23.03.2026 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

If rules matter when it comes to China and Russia, why not for our allies?

More than a week after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the conflict has escalated into a multi-front war. Subscribe now for unlimited...

06.03.2026 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

If rules matter when it comes to China and Russia, why not for our allies?

More than a week after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the conflict has escalated into a multi-front war. Subscribe now for unlimited...

06.03.2026 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

$30bn commitment should focus defence minds on AUKUS

19.02.2026 20

The Australian

Clive Williams

Selling our barracks is not a defence strategy – it’s surrender

We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations. 

06.02.2026 8

WA Today

Clive Williams

Selling our barracks is not a defence strategy – it’s surrender

We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations. 

06.02.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Clive Williams

Selling our barracks is not a defence strategy – it’s surrender

We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations. 

06.02.2026 10

The Age

Clive Williams

Selling our barracks is not a defence strategy – it’s surrender

We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations. 

06.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Clive Williams

Trump, Tehran talk tough, but protesters left to help themselves

30.01.2026 10

The Australian

Clive Williams

No perfect outcomes for Iran if regime collapses

15.01.2026 20

The Australian

Clive Williams

Rivalries, flashpoints and rattled cages: what could trip us up in 2026

07.01.2026 10

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Rivalries, flashpoints and rattled cages: what could trip us up in 2026

07.01.2026 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Maduro grab a legal and moral dilemma for US

05.01.2026 20

The Australian

Clive Williams

Surveillance in 2025: how the Bondi festival could have been managed better

02.01.2026 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Surveillance in 2025: how the Bondi festival could have been managed better

02.01.2026 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Why we shouldn’t expect 2026 to be any less violent

02.01.2026 10

The Australian

Clive Williams

The uncomfortable truth: It's not how little ASIO did. It's how much we want them to know

25.12.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

A stark reminder we are not insulated from terror and the gun problem was not solved

15.12.2025 10

The Examiner

Clive Williams

A stark reminder we are not insulated from terror and the gun problem was not solved

15.12.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

The intelligence game has changed and it's rewriting the rules of old alliances

09.12.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Australia is losing the global drone race. A big part of the problem is in Canberra

09.12.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

The world in 2100: A China-led global order and a changing Australia

30.11.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Why our debate on defence is focused on the wrong threat

23.11.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

More money, less defence: Australia's capability gap

16.11.2025 10

The Examiner

Clive Williams

More money, less defence: Australia's capability gap

16.11.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Foreign assassinations in Australia: from zero to realistic possibility?

07.11.2025 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Foreign assassinations in Australia: from zero to realistic possibility?

07.11.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Don't believe the drug war lie: The US is fighting Venezuela for its oil

03.11.2025 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Don't believe the drug war lie: The US is fighting Venezuela for its oil

03.11.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Here's what weaknesses criminals would be scouting for in our institutions

20.10.2025 10

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Here's what weaknesses criminals would be scouting for in our institutions

20.10.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

How we should respond to getting pulled in opposite directions by the US and China

18.10.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Who do sanctions really hurt? The surprising truth about Western policy

24.09.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Why organised crime pays so well, and how criminals get away with it

17.09.2025 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Why organised crime pays so well, and how criminals get away with it

17.09.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Here's how police can track you through your phone

02.09.2025 20

The Examiner

Clive Williams

Here's how police can track you through your phone

02.09.2025 20

Canberra Times

Clive Williams

Counter-terrorism challenges in an AI-driven and geopolitically unstable world

27.07.2025 10

Canberra Times

Clive Williams