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The cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2025-2026

Building national preparedness: A road map for Australia and what we should learn from Finland

Shifting the needle: Making Australia’s research security ecosystem work smarter

Since 2018, the Australian Government has made serious strides in countering espionage and foreign interference, including introducing policy and legislative reforms aimed at protecting the research and university sector. That was necessary. Foreign states have actively targeted Australia’s research ecosystem—seeking to influence research agendas, extract sensitive information and exploit institutional vulnerabilities. However, the threat landscape […]

North of 26 degrees south and the security of Australia: views from The Strategist, Volume 11

The Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre’s latest report, North of 26 degrees south and the security of Australia: views from The Strategist, Volume 11, contains articles published in ASPI’s The Strategist over the last six months. Expanding on previous volumes, this edition introduces thematic chapters focused on a range of subjects relevant to northern Australia. […]

China’s failed information offensive in Fiji

On 30 March, the Chinese embassy in Fiji made an overt and…

O-RAN is overhyped as avoiding Chinese 5G influence

In recent years, countries have faced a stark choice between…

Is the Quad becoming a Potemkin alliance?

When four of the Indo-Pacific’s leading democracies—Australia,…

‘Four services and four arms’ lifts CCP control over information warfare

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has undergone its largest…

New Zealand is waking up to threats

While Australian defence policy looks north, Kiwis focus west. New…

Taiwanese politics under Lai: new ministers and a parliamentary minority

Under the theme ‘Weaving Taiwan’s story and advancing democracy’,…

Critical minerals need insulation from China’s market manipulation

Investors can handle lots of different risks. They can price…

Business is converging with organised crime in the Pacific islands

Economic diversification is exposing Pacific islands countries…

From the bookshelf: ‘The Political Thought of Xi Jinping’

At the Chinese Communist Party congress in October 2017, ‘Xi…

Focused on its region: an overview of Japan’s latest security moves

As Japan becomes more forward-leading in national security,…

US-China cooperation remains possible

When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing last…

Don’t overestimate China’s ambitions in the Arctic

Western analysts risk overestimating China’s emergence as…

China’s failed information offensive in Fiji

On 30 March, the Chinese embassy in Fiji made an overt and…

O-RAN is overhyped as avoiding Chinese 5G influence

In recent years, countries have faced a stark choice between…

Is the Quad becoming a Potemkin alliance?

When four of the Indo-Pacific’s leading democracies—Australia,…

‘Four services and four arms’ lifts CCP control over information warfare

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has undergone its largest…

New Zealand is waking up to threats

While Australian defence policy looks north, Kiwis focus west. New…

Taiwanese politics under Lai: new ministers and a parliamentary minority

Under the theme ‘Weaving Taiwan’s story and advancing democracy’,…

Critical minerals need insulation from China’s market manipulation

Investors can handle lots of different risks. They can price…

Business is converging with organised crime in the Pacific islands

Economic diversification is exposing Pacific islands countries…

From the bookshelf: ‘The Political Thought of Xi Jinping’

At the Chinese Communist Party congress in October 2017, ‘Xi…

Focused on its region: an overview of Japan’s latest security moves

As Japan becomes more forward-leading in national security,…

US-China cooperation remains possible

When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing last…

Don’t overestimate China’s ambitions in the Arctic

Western analysts risk overestimating China’s emergence as…

Top US cyber adviser Chris Painter announced as ASPI distinguished fellow

Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber…

US military to review policies after fitness tracker exposes base locations – Channel 9 News

According to Tom Uren, cyber security expert from the Australian…

What He Did on His Summer Break: Exposed a Global Security Flaw – The New York Times

Danielle Cave, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic…

A fitness-tracking app has released data that reveals secret military bases – ABC Radio National

Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas discusses Strava’s global…

Strava has published details about secret military bases, and an Australian was the first to know – ABC News

Danielle Cave, a senior analyst at the International Cyber Policy…

ASPI to bring out China defence & Artificial Intelligence specialist with Fulbright grant

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) International…

China hits back over criticism of its aid to Pacific islands

China has responded angrily to Australia's criticism of its…

Bitcoin Can’t Save World’s Autocrats From the Sanctions Squeeze

Bloomberg's David Tweed discusses Bitcoin with Tom Uren, visiting…

Notorious website with naked photos of Aussie schoolgirls returns months after being shut down

Fergus Hanson of the ICPC talks with Channel 7 News.

Meltdown CPU bug

Sky News spoke to Tom Uren about the recent revelations that…

Threat posed by evil nations and criminals in cyber-land is rising

We know very little about Kim Jong-un’s North Korea but we…

Report reveals growing cyber threat in Asia Pacific

Thomas Oriti of the ABC's The World Today speaks with lead…

Top US cyber adviser Chris Painter announced as ASPI distinguished fellow

Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber…

US military to review policies after fitness tracker exposes base locations – Channel 9 News

According to Tom Uren, cyber security expert from the Australian…

What He Did on His Summer Break: Exposed a Global Security Flaw – The New York Times

Danielle Cave, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic…

A fitness-tracking app has released data that reveals secret military bases – ABC Radio National

Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas discusses Strava’s global…

Strava has published details about secret military bases, and an Australian was the first to know – ABC News

Danielle Cave, a senior analyst at the International Cyber Policy…

ASPI to bring out China defence & Artificial Intelligence specialist with Fulbright grant

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) International…

China hits back over criticism of its aid to Pacific islands

China has responded angrily to Australia's criticism of its…

Bitcoin Can’t Save World’s Autocrats From the Sanctions Squeeze

Bloomberg's David Tweed discusses Bitcoin with Tom Uren, visiting…

Notorious website with naked photos of Aussie schoolgirls returns months after being shut down

Fergus Hanson of the ICPC talks with Channel 7 News.

Meltdown CPU bug

Sky News spoke to Tom Uren about the recent revelations that…

Threat posed by evil nations and criminals in cyber-land is rising

We know very little about Kim Jong-un’s North Korea but we…

Report reveals growing cyber threat in Asia Pacific

Thomas Oriti of the ABC's The World Today speaks with lead…