AUKUS Unpacked: Effective Command in the Indo-Pacific
In the second Q&A of Austability’s “AUKUS Unpacked” event series on the strategic implications of the AUKUS treaty, Brigadier Mark Smethurst DSC, AM (Ret’d), Senior Executive Leader in the Australian Army, will discuss how strong leadership, strategic partnerships and effective command strategies can help operational support providers successfully deliver in the Indo-Pacific.
Mark has over 35 years of military service, commanding at many levels across many regiments and forces, also becoming the inaugural non-US Deputy Chief of Operations for the United States Special Operations Command. With this, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge for an engaging and insightful discussion about security and operations in the Indo-Pacific.
The Indo-Pacific is quickly emerging as a new frontier in geopolitics, with the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the US, UK and Australia aiming to create a more secure, peaceful, and prosperous region. Yet its scale, stretching from North America’s western coast to the eastern shores of Africa, combined with a vast cultural, political and geographic diversity, make it a highly complex region to operate in.
This Q&A is the second in a series of in-depth sessions with AUKUS experts and follows on from Austability’s white paper series on the strategic implications of the AUKUS treaty. The series discusses how the treaty will influence:
- strategies for tackling security challenges in the region
- the unique challenges facing global defence contractors
- the steps they can take to meet the AUKUS framework standards
Austability is a global provider of integrated base operational support services and has extensive experience tackling the remote geographies, short supply chains, labor shortages, and varying levels of infrastructure that occur throughout the Indo-Pacific.
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