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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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Can inexperienced new leaders save China’s economy from Xi?

The new leadership team selected by Chinese President Xi Jinping…

CCP constitutional change strengthens Xi’s power but avoids total personality cult

The Chinese Communist Party adopted a resolution on an amendment…

The evolution of America’s China strategy

In its new national security strategy, US President Joe Biden’s…

Who’s who in the new era of Xi Jinping’s China

The National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, ostensibly…

Was Xi behind Hu’s dramatic exit from the 20th CCP congress?

On Saturday, former Chinese Communist Party general secretary…

Xi’s CCP congress speech indicates a major push towards military intelligentisation

The party congress report is a highly official statement of…

Any conflict over Taiwan will be one that Xi and the CCP have chosen

Last Sunday, the head of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping,…

Frontier influencers: the new face of China’s propaganda

Executive summary This report explores how the Chinese party-state’s…

The US national security strategy and what it means for Australia

Last week, US President Joe Biden released his administration’s…

Internal divisions spell the end of ASEAN as we know it

As Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand gear up to host major world…

How firm is Xi Jinping’s grip on power?

Rumours that President Xi Jinping was under house arrest amid…