Dr Elizabeth Buchanan

Polar Geopolitics & Strategic Studies / Associate @IRSEM1 / US-Aus Alliance @CFTNI / Senior Fellow @ASPI_org / VIEWS OWN / RT NOT ENDORSEMENT

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

order my next book 📖

from Viking colonies that went missing to Cold War missile bunkers, and 🇺🇸 designs on this North American island - I’ve got some lessons to share.

https://t.co/PR3I2xro0i

@HurstPublishers

[National Interest @TheNatlInterest]

Indonesia will get its first aircraft carrier this fall.

Learn more: https://t.co/mTK5oK2S5W

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

@cdrsalamander @grok @DataRepublican @infantrydort Hey @grok, now please do me - Based off my posts, what historical figure do I remind you of?

[cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander]

Old. Few. Neglected.

The absolute state of our icebreaker fleet the last four decades in an indictment of everyone charged with the stewardship of this capability ignored until the last few years.

[Hurst Publishers @HurstPublishers]

We are delighted to be working with @_CreativeAccess to recruit for our new Publicity & Marketing Trainee! If you want to join our team, we’d love to hear from you: https://t.co/Hz737o2gGK

[Thomas Emanuel Dans 🇺🇸 @TomDansCFA]

The United States' most versatile and dependable icebreaker has suffered a major mechanical event and is now indefinitely out of service.

Coast Guard reports icebreaker breakdown near Seattle https://t.co/tTByhLd5dk

[USNI News @USNINews]

U.S. Navy Orders Low-cost Missiles to Expand Fleet, Allied Long-Range Maritime Strike Capabilities — USNI News
https://t.co/C5wPEeIQSO

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

“U.S. Government has flagged as a concern to national security” Australia’s premier Antarctic research unit’s (UTAS) long time partner Ocean University of China.

[Department of War CTO @DoWCTO]

The @DeptofWar published its Fiscal Year 2025 update listing 130 foreign academic and research institutions in China, Russia and Iran engaging in problematic activities. The NDAA Section 1286 List serves to counter unauthorized technology transfers and protect taxpayer-funded research.

Effective FY 2026, the Department is prohibited from using any funds for fundamental research that involves collaboration with any entity on the most recent Section 1286 List. The Department advises researchers, academic institutions and industry partners to exercise strict caution regarding collaboration or data sharing with the named entities on the Section 1286 List.

View the Section 1286 List here: https://t.co/hhFqJaqIU9

[USARC @US_ARC]

Notice of the Establishment of the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee; Solicitation of Nominations for Membership https://t.co/10DpaJV5AZ

[Malte Humpert @malte_humpert]

🚨 My latest scoop. Healy experienced a major engine casualty and was towed back to Seattle. No timeline for return.

"Tugs safely towed CGC Healy back to homeport for an investigation into the incident and to undergo major repairs."

Big Bummer!

https://t.co/oYcxu5R0vw

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

…Port of Fremantle is no longer used after almost a decade of access by XL/XL2

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

US tracks Chinese icebreakers that visit Australian ports:

“ABC submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in May, seeking documents relating to Australian port access” 👀 watch this space… https://t.co/3yzWxbiD3D

[Saronic @Saronic]

Today, we're announcing a strategic partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries to accelerate the development of autonomy-capable maritime systems and technologies that strengthen America's shipbuilding industrial base.

Building on our shared strengths in maritime autonomy and shipbuilding, we will explore advanced development of autonomy, AI-powered digital solutions, and production infrastructure, including robotics-based process automation across our shipyards.

We're proud to have announced this partnership at the @CommerceGov event recognizing the launch of the Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC). Thank you Secretary @howardlutnick and Minister Kim Jung-kwan for joining us to advance allied shipbuilding collaboration.

Learn more here: https://t.co/ifm7Fij4xd

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

Boeing mulls building ‘many’ Ghost Bat production hubs overseas https://t.co/aD5JJcqWqP

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

EXCLUSIVE: A mere 6% of people in the UK would volunteer to fight for the country in the face of an imminent invasion, a new @YouGov survey has revealed.

A further 14% of Britons would agree to serve if called up, but 17% said they would refuse any order to defend their homeland, while a whopping 52% of people polled said they would be ineligible because of age or disability.

As for the chances of war, the survey - shared exclusively with @SkyNews, found that almost one third of people - 29% - said they believe it is likely the UK will come under a full-scale military attack within the next decade.

By contrast, the majority of respondents - 51% - described such a threat as unlikely.

They will hope that they are right as the poll exposed a lack of confidence in the ability of the military to keep the UK safe should the worst happen.

Some 53% of people said they were not confident their armed forces are strong enough to defend the country against an attack, while just over one third - 38% - said they were.

In another interesting finding, the survey discovered that an overwhelming majority of the British public - 57% - believe the government is spending too little on defence. A mere 6% said they thought the defence budget was too big.

However, there was no agreement among the more than 2,300 British people surveyed on where any extra money to invest in the armed forces should come from.

More than half said they opposed funding a bigger defence budget by raising taxes, reducing expenditure in public services or by borrowing more.

The poll was conducted in June following the publication of a new defence investment plan that Sir Keir Starmer’s government failed sufficiently to fund, leaving at least a £5bn blackhole for the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to fill.

Successive governments have reduced spending on defence since the end of the Cold War as they shifted resources into peacetime priorities such as health, welfare and education.

But politicians across Europe now say the so-called “peace dividend” is over following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Yet a switch back to spending a much larger chunk of national wealth once again on defence has yet to happen in Britain.

YouGov also polled people in the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Poland as part of its survey.

Everyone was asked what they viewed as the biggest global threat from a list of options, which included a military attack but that only came out on top in Poland.

Britons, Canadians and French cited climate change; Germans said mass migration; Americans said political extremism; and Australians said religious terrorism.

Opinion was also divided on which country posed the biggest threat to world peace.

The UK and other European nations said Russia but ranked the United States second.

For the Australians and Canadians this order was reversed, with the US seen as a greater threat to peace than Russia. In the US, the biggest threat was seen as Iran.

As for whether countries think the US is a force for good in the world with Donald Trump as president, the overwhelming view was no, it has become a “force for bad”.

https://t.co/zbNATVnYsu

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

“shaken the nation’s defence establishment due to the officer’s seniority and close ties to many of the ADF’s top commanders and civilian officials” & how much of the Canberra bubble?

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

Navy officer facing ‘serious’ charges over lucrative defence contracts https://t.co/B8DyMTMsSP

[Dr Elizabeth Buchanan @BuchananLiz]

welcome @politico! congrats @politicoryan you legend. more to come...

[Ryan Heath @politicoryan]

I'm in Adelaide for Labor conference.

If you want to know more about @politico's Australia plans - come say hi! I don't bite 😇

Canberra Playbook launches August 17, sign-up is free.

#auspol #ALP26 #Adelaide

https://t.co/bXDQAW1T0U

[Malte Humpert @malte_humpert]

U.S. Polar Security Cutter Delayed to 2033 as Costs Top $6 Billion, GAO Warns

This is getting more and more absurd.

One year of construction resulted in an additional 3 year delay...

@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @BuchananLiz @DrPJSullivan

https://t.co/LD0cgRQ2DC

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

U.S. Polar Security Cutter Delayed to 2033 as Costs Top $6 Billion, GAO Warns

https://t.co/PXkQ5X2dh6

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Create Service Secretary for the Coast Guard — USNI News
https://t.co/0QBBTi7aKT