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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. […]

South Korea seeks closer strategic links with Australia

Little noticed publicly in either Australia or South Korea,…

What does India want from Russia?

If there was a prize for the most quotable comment on international…

Xi’s guns of August

Much of the foreign-policy conversation in the United States…

What Australia must do next on Taiwan

Whatever we make of the visit to Taiwan by US congressional…

Taiwan shows a tango of engagement and deterrence against isolation and coercion

Like his strategic partner Vladimir Putin in his horrific war…

Policy, Guns and Money: Australia in space, India–China relations and digital Southeast Asia

As Australia’s space sector grows and continues to build…

Australia, the US and their partners need to engage with local media in the Pacific

US Vice President Kamala Harris appeared virtually at the Pacific…

Strategic review must drop business-as-usual approach to Australia’s defence

The Labor Party’s pre-election promise of a defence force…

Sogavare’s embrace of Chinese policing ignores Solomon Islanders’ needs

On 14 July, after months of controversy, Solomon Islands Prime…

Australia must speak carefully and carry a big enough stick in the South China Sea

Australia’s recent change of government provides a useful…

Pelosi’s visit and the coming Taiwan crisis

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival…

China’s new resource company could sideline Australian iron ore

Beijing’s creation of a new state-owned company to centralise…

South Korea seeks closer strategic links with Australia

Little noticed publicly in either Australia or South Korea,…

What does India want from Russia?

If there was a prize for the most quotable comment on international…

Xi’s guns of August

Much of the foreign-policy conversation in the United States…

What Australia must do next on Taiwan

Whatever we make of the visit to Taiwan by US congressional…

Taiwan shows a tango of engagement and deterrence against isolation and coercion

Like his strategic partner Vladimir Putin in his horrific war…

Policy, Guns and Money: Australia in space, India–China relations and digital Southeast Asia

As Australia’s space sector grows and continues to build…

Australia, the US and their partners need to engage with local media in the Pacific

US Vice President Kamala Harris appeared virtually at the Pacific…

Strategic review must drop business-as-usual approach to Australia’s defence

The Labor Party’s pre-election promise of a defence force…

Sogavare’s embrace of Chinese policing ignores Solomon Islanders’ needs

On 14 July, after months of controversy, Solomon Islands Prime…

Australia must speak carefully and carry a big enough stick in the South China Sea

Australia’s recent change of government provides a useful…

Pelosi’s visit and the coming Taiwan crisis

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival…

China’s new resource company could sideline Australian iron ore

Beijing’s creation of a new state-owned company to centralise…