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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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How China’s united front system works overseas

Led by United Front Work Departments of Chinese Communist Party…
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War in Ukraine holds sobering lessons for Taiwan

Russia’s terrible invasion of Ukraine is looming over the…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

In signing deal with China, Solomon Islands has broken the trust of its Pacific neighbours

In his statement to the Solomon Islands parliament on the draft…
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VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE: The PLA’s anti-ship cruise missile threat to Australian and allied naval operations

This report examines anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) possessed…
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Australia must prepare for the possibility of a Chinese base in Solomon Islands

News that a draft security agreement between Solomon Islands…
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Putin’s war could trigger a nuclear-arms race in Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endgame in Ukraine remains…
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Decision to bring China’s military into the South Pacific in the hands of Solomon Islands PM

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has a Chinese-government-proposed…
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Beijing’s goals and Putin’s war are meshing in nasty ways

Beijing’s goals, set out in numerous speeches by Xi Jinping…

Government commits $240 million to critical minerals projects in mission to end Australia’s reliance on China

Dr John Coyne speaks to ABC's Henry Belot.  The…
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Will Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy survive the war in Ukraine?

As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia,…
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Producing policy-relevant China research and analysis in an era of strategic competition

This brief report explores the challenge of producing policy-relevant…
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Taking the low road: China’s influence in Australian states and territories

In November 2020 a Chinese official passed a list of 14 grievances…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

How China’s united front system works overseas

Led by United Front Work Departments of Chinese Communist Party…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

War in Ukraine holds sobering lessons for Taiwan

Russia’s terrible invasion of Ukraine is looming over the…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

In signing deal with China, Solomon Islands has broken the trust of its Pacific neighbours

In his statement to the Solomon Islands parliament on the draft…
Cover image: Combat systems operators and electronic warfare sailors manning consoles in the operations room obnoard HMAS Anzac. Photo: Defence image libraryhttps://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20211016ran8535379_0121.jpg&Type=Filename

VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE: The PLA’s anti-ship cruise missile threat to Australian and allied naval operations

This report examines anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) possessed…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Australia must prepare for the possibility of a Chinese base in Solomon Islands

News that a draft security agreement between Solomon Islands…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Putin’s war could trigger a nuclear-arms race in Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endgame in Ukraine remains…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Decision to bring China’s military into the South Pacific in the hands of Solomon Islands PM

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has a Chinese-government-proposed…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Beijing’s goals and Putin’s war are meshing in nasty ways

Beijing’s goals, set out in numerous speeches by Xi Jinping…

Government commits $240 million to critical minerals projects in mission to end Australia’s reliance on China

Dr John Coyne speaks to ABC's Henry Belot.  The…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Will Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy survive the war in Ukraine?

As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia,…
China-research-and-analysis_banner-Feb22

Producing policy-relevant China research and analysis in an era of strategic competition

This brief report explores the challenge of producing policy-relevant…
Cover image: Design by ASPI, Chinese flag, iStockphoto/Igor IInitckii.https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/china-flag-a-series-of-flags-of-the-world-gm878587072-245012781

Taking the low road: China’s influence in Australian states and territories

In November 2020 a Chinese official passed a list of 14 grievances…