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es may exacerbate rather than alleviate the challenge leading to mal-adapted responses or preventing global mitigation responses. New ways to frame tradeoffs are required. For example, a rapid transition to new ener- gy coupled with the development of a Pan– Asian power grid anchored by Australia in the south and China in the north not only mitigates CO2 emissions but also provides south east Asian countries with the adaptive capacity to create water and food – reduc- ing the risk of collapse and mass migration that would require traditional security re- sponses. At roughly the cost of two to four new submarines this may provide a greater security dividend to the Australian people.
However, this requires a transition from enemy focused “rutting stag” security ap- proaches which achieve security through force to something more subtle, achieving security through mutual interdependency. Are we up to the challenge?
The need for a bipartisan national security strategy
The issues raised in this article cannot be ad- dressed by a single Government, Minister or Department. The lack of progress with any coherent energy or environment policy over the past six years is testament to that. This is a whole of nation challenge that has to addressed in close cooperation with other global partners. It is not just a Defence issue.
Australia does not currently have a Na- tional Security Strategy. We had one in 2013, but it has since faded from view to be replaced by stove piped, reactive, security policies. The Gillard Labor Government did launch its National Security Strat- egy in 2013, an Australian first according to the document. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Gillard failed to put her National Security Strategy to Parliament; it was not even tabled in the House. Despite the criticisms about the strategy, there were elements of it that reflected a level of ma- turity and completeness with regard to an understanding of what ‘national security’ actually needs to encompass.
The issues raised in this article lead to the conclusion that we need to resurrect the Na- tional Security Strategy and reinforce it if we are to face our climate and environmen- tal challenges in a coherent manner.
Note: This article was produced by the In- stitute for Integrated Economics Research (IIER) – Australia. Board Members are Neil Greet, Dr Gary Waters, Anne Borzycki and John Blackburn AO.
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