Dr Albert Palazzo is currently an Adjunct Professor at UNSW Canberra and formally was the long serving Director of War Studies for the Australian Army. He completed his PhD at The Ohio State University in 1996 and his dissertation was published as Seeking Victory on The Western Front, The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I. His publications include: The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation, 1901-2001, The Australian Army and the War in Iraq, and Planning to Not Lose: The Australian Army’s New Philosophy of War. His latest book Climate Change and National Security: The Implications for the Military was published in 2022 by the US Army, Army University Press. His next book will argue the utility of the strategic defensive as Australia’s defence policy.