Introduction - Breaching Institutionalised Habits of Mind / The Authors and Editors -- 1. Quo Vadis Australia? Framing the Defence and Security Debate Beyond the Cold War / Jim George -- 2. Sipping a Thin Gruel: Academic and Policy Closure in Australia's Defence and Security Discourse / David Sullivan -- 3. Security Discourse, the ANZUS Alliance and Australian Identity / Simon Dalby -- 4. The White Paper Trailing / Christine Sylvester -- 5. The Dread Frontier in Australia's Defence Thinking / Lachlan Strahan -- 6. Becoming Certain About Uncertainty: Political Processes and Strategic Consequences / Richard Leaver -- 7. Australia's Regional Peacekeeping Discourse: Policing the Asia-Pacific / Michael Sullivan -- 8. Back to 'Forward Defence' and the Australian National Style / Graeme Cheeseman -- 9. Prayers and Practice: Rational Defence Planning Under Labor / Trevor Warren