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

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

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

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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 […]

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

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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. […]

Chief defence scientist: We must get emerging technologies into the hands of our war fighters faster

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For chief defence scientist Tanya Monro, the concept of ‘minimum viable capability’

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Governing AI in the global disorder

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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that finding consensus on anything in the international system is difficult at the best of times…

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India in the Quad: insider or outlier?

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The Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, was held from 21 to 23 February this year…

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Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Xi’s house of cards

At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

The tides beat against Xi Jinping

As the Chinese Communist Party convenes next week to embellish…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Why a maritime focus is vital for Vietnam’s security

Geography influences the strategic choices of all countries,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Magnesium market highlights continuing fragility of global supply chains

Vast and, more often than not, hidden supply and value chains…

Suppressing the truth and spreading lies

How the CCP is influencing Solomon Islands’ information…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

How the Chinese Communist Party is spreading lies in Solomon Islands

The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to influence public…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Assessing the groundwork: Surveying the impacts of climate change in China

The immediate and unprecedented impacts of climate change are…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

A shift to Asia won’t solve Russia’s economic woes

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought this month to contrast…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

China’s Gorbachev phobia

There was a time when well-meaning, if not wishful-thinking,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Seeing the CCP’s external influence work through Beijing’s eyes

The Chinese government’s aggression towards Taiwan has highlighted…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

India’s window of opportunity to counter China’s influence in South Asia

Political dynamics in South Asia have been garnering fresh…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Burgeoning ties between Beijing and Ankara create an existential problem for the West

It’s easy to attribute all the problems and changes in Turkey…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Xi’s house of cards

At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

The tides beat against Xi Jinping

As the Chinese Communist Party convenes next week to embellish…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Why a maritime focus is vital for Vietnam’s security

Geography influences the strategic choices of all countries,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Magnesium market highlights continuing fragility of global supply chains

Vast and, more often than not, hidden supply and value chains…

Suppressing the truth and spreading lies

How the CCP is influencing Solomon Islands’ information…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

How the Chinese Communist Party is spreading lies in Solomon Islands

The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to influence public…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Assessing the groundwork: Surveying the impacts of climate change in China

The immediate and unprecedented impacts of climate change are…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

A shift to Asia won’t solve Russia’s economic woes

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought this month to contrast…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

China’s Gorbachev phobia

There was a time when well-meaning, if not wishful-thinking,…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Seeing the CCP’s external influence work through Beijing’s eyes

The Chinese government’s aggression towards Taiwan has highlighted…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

India’s window of opportunity to counter China’s influence in South Asia

Political dynamics in South Asia have been garnering fresh…
Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.Image: Poyang lakebed amid severe drought in August 2022. Only two years ago, the farmland visible lay along the banks of what was China’s largest freshwater lake. Satellite image collection and analysis by Nathan Ruser, ASPI ICPC. Source: ESA via Google Earth Engine.

Burgeoning ties between Beijing and Ankara create an existential problem for the West

It’s easy to attribute all the problems and changes in Turkey…