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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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Espionage or interference? The attack on Australia’s parliament and political parties

It doesn’t get much bigger than attacking the home of democracy—parliament…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Suspicion for parliamentary hack must fall on China

Scott Morrison’s shock announcement in parliament that the…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Australia’s defence and security: are we doing enough?

One of the proudest boasts of the Coalition government is that…
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US could ask Australia to host nuclear missiles

What would we say if Washington asked to base nuclear-armed…
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Editors’ picks for 2018: ‘It’s time to get things straight with China’

Originally published 20 September 2018. The relationship between…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Papua New Guinea’s foreign relations in the era of Sino-American rivalry

Observers outside of Papua New Guinea may find it a somewhat…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Espionage or interference? The attack on Australia’s parliament and political parties

It doesn’t get much bigger than attacking the home of democracy—parliament…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Suspicion for parliamentary hack must fall on China

Scott Morrison’s shock announcement in parliament that the…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Australia’s defence and security: are we doing enough?

One of the proudest boasts of the Coalition government is that…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

US could ask Australia to host nuclear missiles

What would we say if Washington asked to base nuclear-armed…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Editors’ picks for 2018: ‘It’s time to get things straight with China’

Originally published 20 September 2018. The relationship between…
Cover image: Parliament House, Canberra: iStock photo/Eddisonphotos.https://www.istockphoto.com/au/portfolio/Eddisonphotos?mediatype=photography&sort=best

Papua New Guinea’s foreign relations in the era of Sino-American rivalry

Observers outside of Papua New Guinea may find it a somewhat…