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Australia should look to Norway for ways to build national resilience
ASPI The Strategist Institutional·2026-09-14AUS DefenceP2: Fiscal EngineP4: Demographics & CohesionP8: Northern Arc
Why it matters
Australia's 2026 National Defence Strategy emphasises national resilience as integral to defence; this article signals concrete alignment with Norwegian civilian-preparedness doctrine (household logistics, municipal planning, critical-sector integration). Such whole-of-nation framing strengthens Australia's non-kinetic deterrence posture and reduces vulnerability to grey-zone disruption campaigns.
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