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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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The 2016 Defence White Paper, China and East Asia: the end of an illusion

The strategic narrative of Australia’s new Defence White Paper…
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Heading for confrontation: China’s Paracel play

Credible reports are circulating that China has deployed an HQ-9…
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ASPI suggests

Everyone’s favourite hermit kingdom has done much to excite…
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Is President Xi really all-powerful? (part 2)

It hardly needs to be said that the name and mind-set of persons…
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Is President Xi really all-powerful? (part 1)

There’s something odd about the Australian view of the power…
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The strategic implications of the Taiwanese elections

As widely expected, the Taiwanese presidential and legislative…
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Australia must rearm for cyber-enabled war

Australia’s response to the emerging centrality of cyber space…
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Musing on the South China Sea

The US Navy and the Australian Air Force have recently been…
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Don’t be complacent about China!

When I first moved from China to Australia in 2011 I was surprised…
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Cyber wrap

China hosted the second World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen,…
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ASPI suggests

Although it took place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far…
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Chinese investment in the Port of Darwin: A strategic risk for Australia?

Few strategic issues have galvanised public attention in Australia…
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The 2016 Defence White Paper, China and East Asia: the end of an illusion

The strategic narrative of Australia’s new Defence White Paper…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Heading for confrontation: China’s Paracel play

Credible reports are circulating that China has deployed an HQ-9…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

ASPI suggests

Everyone’s favourite hermit kingdom has done much to excite…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Is President Xi really all-powerful? (part 2)

It hardly needs to be said that the name and mind-set of persons…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Is President Xi really all-powerful? (part 1)

There’s something odd about the Australian view of the power…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

The strategic implications of the Taiwanese elections

As widely expected, the Taiwanese presidential and legislative…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Australia must rearm for cyber-enabled war

Australia’s response to the emerging centrality of cyber space…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Musing on the South China Sea

The US Navy and the Australian Air Force have recently been…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Don’t be complacent about China!

When I first moved from China to Australia in 2011 I was surprised…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Cyber wrap

China hosted the second World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen,…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

ASPI suggests

Although it took place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far…
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Chinese investment in the Port of Darwin: A strategic risk for Australia?

Few strategic issues have galvanised public attention in Australia…