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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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Chinese innovation, regulation and AI

What follows is an interview by Project Syndicate with Angela…
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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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India has its own reasons for preventing a Taiwan war

With expanding national interests, India has stronger compulsions…
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Why cyber indictments and sanctions matter

On 25 March, the US and Britain attributed malicious cyber…
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Don’t expect much from EU efforts in the Indo-Pacific

Can the European Union facilitate a more stable and prosperous…
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China’s use of foreign open-source software, and how to counter it

The Wall Street Journal recently exposed a 2022 Chinese government…
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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…
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Punishing the dragon—it’s not about Tomahawk missiles from SSNs

What, exactly, is Australia’s intended fleet of nuclear-powered…
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The new Great War for Civilisation: defending the Ukraine front

There are times when we must deal with the world as it is,…
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From the bookshelf: Assignment China: an oral history of American journalists in the People’s Republic

Journalists, it has been said, write the first rough draft…
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Indonesia harnesses Chinese capital and innovation to dominate world nickel production

Indonesia’s success in deploying Chinese capital and innovation…
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Chinese innovation, regulation and AI

What follows is an interview by Project Syndicate with Angela…
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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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India has its own reasons for preventing a Taiwan war

With expanding national interests, India has stronger compulsions…
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Why cyber indictments and sanctions matter

On 25 March, the US and Britain attributed malicious cyber…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

Don’t expect much from EU efforts in the Indo-Pacific

Can the European Union facilitate a more stable and prosperous…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

China’s use of foreign open-source software, and how to counter it

The Wall Street Journal recently exposed a 2022 Chinese government…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

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…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

Punishing the dragon—it’s not about Tomahawk missiles from SSNs

What, exactly, is Australia’s intended fleet of nuclear-powered…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

The new Great War for Civilisation: defending the Ukraine front

There are times when we must deal with the world as it is,…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

From the bookshelf: Assignment China: an oral history of American journalists in the People’s Republic

Journalists, it has been said, write the first rough draft…
SR202-Deterring-an-attack-on-Taiwan_bannerhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/taiwan-and-india-two-flags-together-textile-cloth-fabric-texture-gm1124487967-295217758

Indonesia harnesses Chinese capital and innovation to dominate world nickel production

Indonesia’s success in deploying Chinese capital and innovation…
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Understanding the cyber threat: defence, response, democracy

As Russia’s campaign to influence the US election falls out…
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World Order 2.0

For nearly four centuries, since the Peace of Westphalia in…
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International cyber norms: an Australian private sector perspective

On 10 November the government announced the appointment of…
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Cyber norms & the Australian private sector

Across the world, there are conflicting ideas about how to manage…
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Cyber wrap

Last week progress was made on three initiatives announced in…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

The ACSC Threat Report: a useful contribution to the cyber conversation

Yesterday the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

The inaugural Australia-US Cyber Security Dialogue was held…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber maturity in the Asia-Pacific region 2016

The 2016 Cyber Maturity report is the culmination of 12 months’…
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Cyber wrap

Kicking off this week, China has invited foreign tech corporations…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Bit by bit: China’s quantum cryptography system

I read Geoff Slocombe’s recent post about quantum computing…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

The banking world is usually a pretty cutthroat place, but the…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

Las Vegas was the place to be last week, with the world’s…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Understanding the cyber threat: defence, response, democracy

As Russia’s campaign to influence the US election falls out…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

World Order 2.0

For nearly four centuries, since the Peace of Westphalia in…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

International cyber norms: an Australian private sector perspective

On 10 November the government announced the appointment of…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Cyber norms & the Australian private sector

Across the world, there are conflicting ideas about how to manage…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

Last week progress was made on three initiatives announced in…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

The ACSC Threat Report: a useful contribution to the cyber conversation

Yesterday the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

The inaugural Australia-US Cyber Security Dialogue was held…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber maturity in the Asia-Pacific region 2016

The 2016 Cyber Maturity report is the culmination of 12 months’…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

Kicking off this week, China has invited foreign tech corporations…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Bit by bit: China’s quantum cryptography system

I read Geoff Slocombe’s recent post about quantum computing…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

The banking world is usually a pretty cutthroat place, but the…
cyberMaturity-2016-photo-bannerASPI 2016

Cyber wrap

Las Vegas was the place to be last week, with the world’s…