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James O’KeefeAustralian Defence Force 

Introduction

Australia is a maritime, geographically vast, technologically capable, and globally connected nation. These attributes do not guarantee effective national security, but they do provide choice, and Australia is now under increasing pressure to make the right one.

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Dr. Martin Luther King said that a leader does not search for consensus, they mould it (2010).

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Introduction

There is a blunt but effective thought experiment for anyone in a leadership role: if you see yourself as the village hero, but everyone you lead sees you as the village idiot, you have a problem.