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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. […]

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The Philippines’ General Emmanuel Bautista on standing together against Chinese assertiveness

In today’s episode of Stop the World, we hear from Emmanuel…

Beijing’s economic playbook for Taiwan: big carrots and small sticks

Beijing’s approach to economic coercion against Taiwan is…

US strikes on Iran warn adversaries, re-establish deterrence

The US strike on three Iranian nuclear facilities has ended…

It’s time to be up front. Tell Australians why we’re preparing to host US forces

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating argues that Defence…

China’s meeting was mostly talk, but the Pacific still listened

China’s first in-person meeting with Pacific island foreign…

Now show the US, and Australians, how AUKUS addresses China threat

The Pentagon’s review of the AUKUS defence partnership has…

Bookshelf: How China won over America, and then lost it

In the four decades before 2010, the United States maintained…

The West should still look towards peeling Russia away from China

As tensions grow between China and the West, and Moscow drifts…

Thinking about Chinese Australians: how to mention the war

After the federal elections of 2022 and 2025, a certain supposed…

Silent risk to net-zero commitment: climate policy meets national security

Australia faces a growing dilemma: in attempting to ease genuine…

Taiwan has 12 diplomatic partners left. Who’ll drop it next?

Beneath Taiwan’s high-profile fight for global recognition…

Ukraine’s drone attack offers fearful lessons for a Chinese invasion force

Ukraine’s massive drone strike against Russian air bases on…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

The Philippines’ General Emmanuel Bautista on standing together against Chinese assertiveness

In today’s episode of Stop the World, we hear from Emmanuel…

Beijing’s economic playbook for Taiwan: big carrots and small sticks

Beijing’s approach to economic coercion against Taiwan is…

US strikes on Iran warn adversaries, re-establish deterrence

The US strike on three Iranian nuclear facilities has ended…

It’s time to be up front. Tell Australians why we’re preparing to host US forces

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating argues that Defence…

China’s meeting was mostly talk, but the Pacific still listened

China’s first in-person meeting with Pacific island foreign…

Now show the US, and Australians, how AUKUS addresses China threat

The Pentagon’s review of the AUKUS defence partnership has…

Bookshelf: How China won over America, and then lost it

In the four decades before 2010, the United States maintained…

The West should still look towards peeling Russia away from China

As tensions grow between China and the West, and Moscow drifts…

Thinking about Chinese Australians: how to mention the war

After the federal elections of 2022 and 2025, a certain supposed…

Silent risk to net-zero commitment: climate policy meets national security

Australia faces a growing dilemma: in attempting to ease genuine…

Taiwan has 12 diplomatic partners left. Who’ll drop it next?

Beneath Taiwan’s high-profile fight for global recognition…

Ukraine’s drone attack offers fearful lessons for a Chinese invasion force

Ukraine’s massive drone strike against Russian air bases on…
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The road to artificial general intelligence, with Helen Toner

Australian AI expert Helen Toner is the Director of Strategy…

Red tape that tears us apart: regulation fragments Indo-Pacific cyber resilience

The fragmentation of cyber regulation in the Indo-Pacific is…

The five-domains update

Sea state Australian assembly of the first Multi Ammunition…

The threat spectrum

  Information operations Australia has banned cybersecurity…

Reaction isn’t enough. Australia should aim at preventing cybercrime

Australia’s cyber capabilities have evolved rapidly, but…
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‘Amusing ourselves to death’ in age of TikTok

Forty years ago, in a seminal masterpiece titled Amusing Ourselves…
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Status update: Responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

2025 is a pivotal year for international cyber governance. Not…

States vulnerable to foreign aggression embrace the cloud: lessons from Taiwan

Taiwan is among nations pioneering the adoption of hyperscale…

ASEAN cyber norms need broad stakeholder engagement

As Malaysia assumes the chairmanship of the Association of…

State-Sponsored Economic Cyber-Espionage for Commercial Purposes

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has launched…
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The road to artificial general intelligence, with Helen Toner

Australian AI expert Helen Toner is the Director of Strategy…

Red tape that tears us apart: regulation fragments Indo-Pacific cyber resilience

The fragmentation of cyber regulation in the Indo-Pacific is…

The five-domains update

Sea state Australian assembly of the first Multi Ammunition…

The threat spectrum

  Information operations Australia has banned cybersecurity…

Reaction isn’t enough. Australia should aim at preventing cybercrime

Australia’s cyber capabilities have evolved rapidly, but…
‘Amusing ourselves to death’ in age of TikTok - opinion bannerAFP

‘Amusing ourselves to death’ in age of TikTok

Forty years ago, in a seminal masterpiece titled Amusing Ourselves…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

Status update: Responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

2025 is a pivotal year for international cyber governance. Not…

States vulnerable to foreign aggression embrace the cloud: lessons from Taiwan

Taiwan is among nations pioneering the adoption of hyperscale…

ASEAN cyber norms need broad stakeholder engagement

As Malaysia assumes the chairmanship of the Association of…

State-Sponsored Economic Cyber-Espionage for Commercial Purposes

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has launched…

AUKUS and deterrence: what, exactly, are we trying to deter?

AUKUS is one of the most ambitious allied defence undertakings…

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element of…

Britain recasts AUKUS for a new era

Britain once risked a reputation as the weak link in the trilateral…

Australia’s plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines is on track

Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia intended…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…

The trials ahead for Pete Hegseth

Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous…

AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence

AUKUS has a fundamental, unaddressed challenge: the differences…

Delivering AUKUS with Australia’s premier state

The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership has now survived…

Australia enters the America First era: an analysis of the executive orders

The litany of executive orders that have dropped on the White…

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…

AUKUS: Beyond submarines, a blueprint for allied Industrial Integration

The AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, the UK and US has…

John Curtin’s legacy

On this day 27 December in 1941, John Curtin famously declared…

AUKUS and deterrence: what, exactly, are we trying to deter?

AUKUS is one of the most ambitious allied defence undertakings…

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element of…

Britain recasts AUKUS for a new era

Britain once risked a reputation as the weak link in the trilateral…

Australia’s plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines is on track

Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia intended…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…

The trials ahead for Pete Hegseth

Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous…

AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence

AUKUS has a fundamental, unaddressed challenge: the differences…

Delivering AUKUS with Australia’s premier state

The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership has now survived…

Australia enters the America First era: an analysis of the executive orders

The litany of executive orders that have dropped on the White…

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…

AUKUS: Beyond submarines, a blueprint for allied Industrial Integration

The AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, the UK and US has…

John Curtin’s legacy

On this day 27 December in 1941, John Curtin famously declared…
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Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…
Ice panda_ navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda_bannerByron Illyes, ASPI 2024

The TikTok boomerang

Few predicted that TikTok users in the United States would…
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How To Ensure AUKUS’ Success

AUKUS is a multigenerational project, and it’s time to…

The 2024 US Elections and the Pax Americana

Under a new US president, will the United States stand by Ukraine,…

Trump’s meaning for America, win or lose

See Donald Trump as a symptom, not a cause. Trump has a massive…

China sharpens the BRI with better risk management, ESG focus

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for investment abroad…
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Stop the World: TSD Summit Sessions: AUKUS – lowering barriers, increasing capability with Abe Denmark

In the latest episode of Stop the World, Justin Bassi speaks…

Lessons in leadership: Interviews with 11 of Australia’s former Defence Ministers

In a time of growing strategic uncertainty, 11 of Australia’s…

The future of intelligence analysis: US-Australia project on AI and human machine teaming

Dr Alex Caples is Director of The Sydney Dialogue, ASPI's annual…
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When China knocks at the door of New Caledonia

China’s covert foreign interference activities in the Pacific…
Ice panda_ navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda_bannerByron Illyes, ASPI 2024

Ice panda: navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda

Antarctica is often overlooked in strategic discussions, but…
Ice panda_ navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda_bannerByron Illyes, ASPI 2024

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…
Ice panda_ navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda_bannerByron Illyes, ASPI 2024

The TikTok boomerang

Few predicted that TikTok users in the United States would…
USS Minnesota sails through Darwin harbour and prepares to come alongside the Port of Darwin, Northern Territory.Defence Images 2025, POIS Leo Baumgartner

How To Ensure AUKUS’ Success

AUKUS is a multigenerational project, and it’s time to…

The 2024 US Elections and the Pax Americana

Under a new US president, will the United States stand by Ukraine,…

Trump’s meaning for America, win or lose

See Donald Trump as a symptom, not a cause. Trump has a massive…

China sharpens the BRI with better risk management, ESG focus

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for investment abroad…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

Stop the World: TSD Summit Sessions: AUKUS – lowering barriers, increasing capability with Abe Denmark

In the latest episode of Stop the World, Justin Bassi speaks…

Lessons in leadership: Interviews with 11 of Australia’s former Defence Ministers

In a time of growing strategic uncertainty, 11 of Australia’s…

The future of intelligence analysis: US-Australia project on AI and human machine teaming

Dr Alex Caples is Director of The Sydney Dialogue, ASPI's annual…
When China knocks at the door of New Caledonia - report banneriStockphoto/bogdanserban

When China knocks at the door of New Caledonia

China’s covert foreign interference activities in the Pacific…
Ice panda_ navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda_bannerByron Illyes, ASPI 2024

Ice panda: navigating China’s hybrid Antarctic agenda

Antarctica is often overlooked in strategic discussions, but…