[ivory-search id="43761" title="Strategist search"]

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 ADF and strategic non-nuclear deterrence (part 1)

In his recent post on Australian policy towards acquisition…

China takes the lead in new climate change paradigm

What happens in China is central to the global effort to limit…

China’s approach to Syria and Afghanistan: the dilemmas of a partial power?

Prospective Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson made…

Silk roads, strategy and Landbridge

It’s puzzling that mixed messages appear to be the new preferred…

Landbridge and the port of Darwin: a postscript

My Strategist post on Monday has stimulated considerable interest…

China’s militarisation of the South China Sea and Australian defence policy

China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea has generated…

Landbridge, Darwin and the PRC

Peter Jennings’ ‘Darwin: storm in a port’ has brought…

Australia and ASEAN

Graeme Dobell and Matt Davies have both written engaging contributions…

An ADIZ with Chinese characteristics

While China’s unilateral declaration of an Air Defence Identification…

Afghanistan: An opportunity for US–China cooperation?

Michael Auslin has called for a ‘new realism’ in US foreign…

Letter from Washington: the Xi–Obama Summit, no lovefest

This was never going to be an easy meeting between the leaders…

Beijing’s anti-corruption drive: what’s at stake? (part 2)

In the first instalment of this two-part series I reflected…

The ADF and strategic non-nuclear deterrence (part 1)

In his recent post on Australian policy towards acquisition…

China takes the lead in new climate change paradigm

What happens in China is central to the global effort to limit…

China’s approach to Syria and Afghanistan: the dilemmas of a partial power?

Prospective Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson made…

Silk roads, strategy and Landbridge

It’s puzzling that mixed messages appear to be the new preferred…

Landbridge and the port of Darwin: a postscript

My Strategist post on Monday has stimulated considerable interest…

China’s militarisation of the South China Sea and Australian defence policy

China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea has generated…

Landbridge, Darwin and the PRC

Peter Jennings’ ‘Darwin: storm in a port’ has brought…

Australia and ASEAN

Graeme Dobell and Matt Davies have both written engaging contributions…

An ADIZ with Chinese characteristics

While China’s unilateral declaration of an Air Defence Identification…

Afghanistan: An opportunity for US–China cooperation?

Michael Auslin has called for a ‘new realism’ in US foreign…

Letter from Washington: the Xi–Obama Summit, no lovefest

This was never going to be an easy meeting between the leaders…

Beijing’s anti-corruption drive: what’s at stake? (part 2)

In the first instalment of this two-part series I reflected…