Early warning alert

Dictators and hostile states from Hitler’s Germany to Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China tend to flag their actions long before the shooting starts, and a new national Centre to issue strategic warnings of all types could help Australia prepare.

License to thrill

James Bond first appeared 70 years ago, playing roulette at three o’clock in the morning, in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, and the character has had almost as much impact on the real world of counter-intelligence as popular culture.