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Australia and South Korea: leveraging the strategic potential of cooperation in critical technologies

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Stepping up military support to humanitarian assistance in the Pacific

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Preventing and countering violent extremism in Africa: mining and Australia’s interests

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Australia has commercial and strategic interests in helping to prevent and counter violent extremism in Africa. Australian mining companies are engaged across the continent in Mali, Burkina Faso, Kenya and many other countries where there have been high-profile terrorist attacks and kidnappings of foreign nationals, including Australians. Those threats already affect the way Australian mining […]

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Using open-source AI, sophisticated cyber ops will proliferate

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Open-source AI models are on track to disrupt the cyber security paradigm.

China is buying less from developed countries, but not Australia

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Australia’s exports to China have not returned to the peaks before the Chinese authorities started imposing discriminatory bans, but they are higher than five years ago, unlike China’s imports from every other major advanced economy. Although there is no official campaign to curb access of western exporters to Chinese markets, there has been a marked shift […]

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Needed: a viable strategy for the Indo-Pacific

Let me be clear: the United States and its allies and partners…
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China seeks to harvest user data from global apps to boost propaganda efforts

In the global discussion around data privacy and security,…
ASPI’s Bec Shrimpton testifies before the USCC

ASPI’s Bec Shrimpton testifies before the USCC

On 21 March, ASPI’s Director of Defence Strategy and National…
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More than one strategic challenge at a time. We’d better get used to it

Don’t be surprised if another complicated term soon enters…
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In a decade of danger, it’s time to prepare civil defence

Humanity again finds itself in an age of war. European political…
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How Australia can become the partner of choice in Pacific cyber resilience

In a bid to help Pacific island states become more resilient…
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China extends anticorruption drive to Belt and Road

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasingly taking a…
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The threat posed by Cambodia’s new strongman

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Solomon Islands goes to the polls. Here’s what to expect

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Canada’s biosecurity scandal: the risks of foreign interference in life sciences

In July 2019, world-renowned biological researchers Xiangguo…
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The trade routes vital to Australia’s economic security

A recurrent theme in Australia’s defence strategy has been…
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Deterring an attack on Taiwan: policy options for India and other non-belligerent states

India has a vital role to play in deterring China from unifying…
Building a Safer Internet – Advocate, Validate, Educate

Building a Safer Internet – Advocate, Validate, Educate

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The ADF’s Information Warfare Division needs more staff and a clear framework

As China and Russia stepped up their offensive cyber capabilities,…
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Introducing integrated e-government in Australia

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Huawei and Australia’s 5G Network

Over the course of 2018, ASPI staff and writers for The…
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The White House cyber strategy: words must be backed by action

To some fanfare, the White House announced a national cyber…
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Hacking for ca$h

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Sydney Recommendations – Practical Futures for Cyber Confidence Building in the ASEAN region

In the lead-up to the ASEAN–Australia Special Summit, ASPI’s…
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Cybersecurity and electoral integrity

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US moves to expose North Korea’s malicious cyber activity

Late last week, the US Department of Justice filed a criminal…
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Time for an about-face? Flaws in facial recognition plan

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Rethinking our approach to open-source data

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Policy, Guns and Money: 2021 in 30 minutes

Brendan Nicholson, executive editor of The Strategist, and…
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What is AUKUS and what is it not?

What IS the new AUKUS partnership between the US, the UK and…
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Has Jokowi fallen for Putin’s line on Russia’s benign utility to Indonesia?

If the Australian government is serious about tackling trolls,…
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Perfect timing for ASPI’s Washington outpost

Think tanks are a familiar feature of the public-policy landscape…
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AUKUS could help fill the gaps in ANZUS

What’s the essence of the US–Australia alliance? For the…
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AUKUS’s implications for Australia–South Korea defence collaboration

On 13 September, just days before the announcement of the AUKUS…
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Far from breaking with the past, AUKUS advances Australia’s commitment to collective defence

Canberra’s announcement that it will acquire nuclear-powered…
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The real potential of AUKUS is about far more than submarines

Last week’s surprise AUKUS announcement by the United States,…
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Policy, Guns and Money: AUKUS, climate change and Afghan opium trade

This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, President Joe Biden…