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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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China feels it no longer needs the foreign media—but it still can’t hide

After declaring a resounding victory against the Covid-19 pandemic,…
The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency - static bannerProduced by Leslie Sharpe, https://www.lesliesharpe.work/

The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency

What’s the problem? China’s central bank digital currency,…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency

Globally, there’s increasing interest in the development…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Foreign correspondents don’t need to be in Beijing to report on China

For the first time since 1973, the Australian media has no…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

China expands its economic and political influence in northern Iraq

Autonomous Kurdistan is a federal administrative unit of Iraq…

Xinjiang Data Project website launch

ASPI's International Cyber Policy Centre has launched the Xinjiang…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Russia and China in the Arctic: assumptions and realities

Australian specialist in Russian polar strategy Elizabeth Buchanan…
Cultural erasure - static bannerASPI 2020

Cultural erasure

Tracing the destruction of Uyghur and Islamic spaces in Xinjiang This…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Will multilateral development banks step up to meet Sri Lanka’s funding gap?

After the outbreak of Covid-19 earlier this year, some predicted…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

China’s Zhenhua Data trove: Why do we care and what can we do?

So what if a small Chinese tech company called Zhenhua Data…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

TikTok and WeChat

Curating and controlling global information flows What's…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

China feels it no longer needs the foreign media—but it still can’t hide

After declaring a resounding victory against the Covid-19 pandemic,…
The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency - static bannerProduced by Leslie Sharpe, https://www.lesliesharpe.work/

The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency

What’s the problem? China’s central bank digital currency,…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

The flipside of China’s central bank digital currency

Globally, there’s increasing interest in the development…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Foreign correspondents don’t need to be in Beijing to report on China

For the first time since 1973, the Australian media has no…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

China expands its economic and political influence in northern Iraq

Autonomous Kurdistan is a federal administrative unit of Iraq…

Xinjiang Data Project website launch

ASPI's International Cyber Policy Centre has launched the Xinjiang…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Russia and China in the Arctic: assumptions and realities

Australian specialist in Russian polar strategy Elizabeth Buchanan…
Cultural erasure - static bannerASPI 2020

Cultural erasure

Tracing the destruction of Uyghur and Islamic spaces in Xinjiang This…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

Will multilateral development banks step up to meet Sri Lanka’s funding gap?

After the outbreak of Covid-19 earlier this year, some predicted…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

China’s Zhenhua Data trove: Why do we care and what can we do?

So what if a small Chinese tech company called Zhenhua Data…
TikTok and WeChat - static bannerIllustration by Wes Mountain, commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.

TikTok and WeChat

Curating and controlling global information flows What's…