Strategic Insights 17 – A Shift in Focus? Australia and stability in East Asia

This paper tracks some of the key recent changes in Australian perspectives on East Asian stability and offers broad recommendations for future policy towards the region.

It is authored by Dr Robert Ayson, Director of Studies at The Australian National University’s (ANU) Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence program.

Representative Views: Mass and elite opinion on Australian security

Authored by Professor Ian McAllister, of the Political Science Program at the Australian National University (ANU), the report gives Australians the opportunity to compare public and ‘elite’ opinion on a range of defence and security questions.

It draws on Australia’s most comprehensive and informative study of social attitudes: The Australian Candidate Study (ACS) and the Australian Election Study (AES).