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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. […]

The Quad and AUKUS show messy, creative democracies hard at work

Let’s hope the Quad and AUKUS get boring. It’s rare in…

Policy, Guns and Money: ‘China unbound’, tech diplomacy and climate security in the Middle East

In this episode, ASPI’s Fergus Ryan speaks to China expert…

China’s cultural industry is being co-opted for disinformation operations

Beijing’s quest to promote positive images of China overseas…

Xi Jinping and the CCP’s expanding technology agenda

Chinese Communist Party leaders use ‘collective study sessions’…

From Beijing 2008 to Beijing 2022: fourteen years and a world of difference

When China last hosted the Olympics, in the summer of 2008,…

Taiwan looks to Australia as pressure from China grows

‘Serving as minister of foreign affairs is not an easy task,’…

What’s China up to in Central America?

Few regions in the world wobble the tension of the tightrope…

How the US and Australia can support Taiwan before it’s too late

Remarks by Australia’s prime minister and defence minister…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘Military coup could cruel China’s plans for mining in Guinea’

Originally published 16 September 2021. On 5 September, Guinea’s…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘What drove the United States to AUKUS?’

Originally published 3 November 2021. September was a dizzying…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘Australia must take Southeast Asian reactions to AUKUS seriously’

Originally published 22 September 2021. When Australia announced…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘China’s actions, not Australia’s words, are the problem’

Originally published 28 April 2021. There’s a greater likelihood…

The Quad and AUKUS show messy, creative democracies hard at work

Let’s hope the Quad and AUKUS get boring. It’s rare in…

Policy, Guns and Money: ‘China unbound’, tech diplomacy and climate security in the Middle East

In this episode, ASPI’s Fergus Ryan speaks to China expert…

China’s cultural industry is being co-opted for disinformation operations

Beijing’s quest to promote positive images of China overseas…

Xi Jinping and the CCP’s expanding technology agenda

Chinese Communist Party leaders use ‘collective study sessions’…

From Beijing 2008 to Beijing 2022: fourteen years and a world of difference

When China last hosted the Olympics, in the summer of 2008,…

Taiwan looks to Australia as pressure from China grows

‘Serving as minister of foreign affairs is not an easy task,’…

What’s China up to in Central America?

Few regions in the world wobble the tension of the tightrope…

How the US and Australia can support Taiwan before it’s too late

Remarks by Australia’s prime minister and defence minister…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘Military coup could cruel China’s plans for mining in Guinea’

Originally published 16 September 2021. On 5 September, Guinea’s…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘What drove the United States to AUKUS?’

Originally published 3 November 2021. September was a dizzying…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘Australia must take Southeast Asian reactions to AUKUS seriously’

Originally published 22 September 2021. When Australia announced…

Editors’ picks for 2021: ‘China’s actions, not Australia’s words, are the problem’

Originally published 28 April 2021. There’s a greater likelihood…