BLUF
Decades of U.S. dominance have bred complacent assumptions about mobility and sustainment in the Indo-Pacific. Williams argues planners must confront logistical, geographic, and force design limits, adopting realistic, resilient postures grounded in war-gaming and analysis.Learning Outcomes:
- Understand how historical success can foster strategic blindness and apply this lesson to Australian planning against peer or near-peer adversaries in the Indo-Pacific.
- Appreciate how iterative wargaming and simulation can challenge comfortable assumptions and improve ADF readiness for high-end contingencies.
