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Black M; MacGillivray I, 2026, America’s nuclear umbrella is fraying in the Indo-Pacific, The Lowy Institute, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/america-s-nuclear-umbrella-fraying-indo-pacific

Black M, 2026, The Innovation System as a Disruptive Battlespace, The RAND Corporation, https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2026/03/the-innovation-system-as-a-disruptive-battlespace.html

Black M, 2025, Eyes of the Dragon: Grey Zone Warfare and Australia’s Strategic Awakening, Security & Defence PLuS, https://securityanddefenceplus.plusalliance.org/eyes-of-the-dragon-grey-zone-warfare-and-australias-strategic-awakening-2/

Webster M; Black M, 2024, An office of national research: a new instrument of national power, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-office-of-national-research-a-new-instrument-of-national-power/

Black M; Webster M, 2024, Losing the insight of Australia’s myriad non-government security experts, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/losing-the-insight-of-australias-myriad-non-government-security-experts/

Black M, 2024, Antarctic ambitions are reshaping critical science at the pole, Axios Science, https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/antarctica-china-science-geopolitics

Black M, 2024, Can Antarctica serve as a model for international cooperation on the moon?, Space.com, https://www.space.com/moon-base-antarctica-international-cooperation

Black M, 2024, Coffee Chat - Digital Leader, The Digital Insurgency

Black M, 2023, AUKUS as Big Science?, The Lowy Institute, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/aukus-big-science

Black M; Wyatt A, 2023, Is Australia’s Defense Strategy Based on a Mistaken Assumption?, The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/is-australias-defense-strategy-based-on-a-mistaken-assumption/

Sacks BJ; Black M; Dortmans P, 2022, Arctic Governance is in Trouble. The Antarctic Could be Next, RealClearWorld, https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2022/12/06/arctic_governance_is_in_trouble_the_antarctic_could_be_next_868682.html

Black M; Dortmans P, 2022, Strategic advantage, sovereignty and Australia’s geopolitical identity, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strategic-advantage-sovereignty-and-australias-geopolitical-identity/

Black M; Dortmans P, 2022, Not so quiet on the Southern Front, The Lowy Institute, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/not-so-quiet-southern-front

Nicholson J; Black M; Dortmans P, 2021, Australia needs to build total defence in the face of national crises, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-needs-to-build-total-defence-in-the-face-of-national-crises/

Black M, 2018, The Army has a public perception problem. Here’s how it can regain trust with society., The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-army-has-a-public-perception-problem-heres-how-it-can-regain-trust-with-society-104855

Black M, 2018, Faith-based diplomacy in the new strategic order, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/faith-based-diplomacy-in-the-new-strategic-order/

Black M, 2018, In defence of Australian sovereignty, Australian Army Research Centre, https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/land-power-forum/defence-australian-sovereignty

Black M, 2018, In peacetime, why does sovereignty matter?, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs


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