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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. […]

ASPI suggests

We’re kicking off today with an interesting question: can…

Playing the long game: the demise of China’s ‘strategic ambiguity’ in the South China Sea

China continues to play a long game in asserting its territorial…

Can the status quo last in Asia?

Well, this has been an interesting exchange and I thank Peter…

Choosing not to choose

Hugh White writes ‘I don’t believe that Australia must make…

Analysing the China choice

The recent posts by Peter Jennings and Hugh White outline an…

Reader response: Wrong turn on the White road

Peter’s sprightly post leaves no room for doubt: he doesn’t…

Response to ‘The road to Tokyo, via Washington DC’

If I understand Iain Henry correctly, he says that it’s okay…

Wrong turn on the White road

A journey even more remarkable than the Chinese Ming Dynasty…

The road to Tokyo, via Washington DC

Recently, commentators have argued that Australia should seek…

The new relationship of Japan and Australia

Japan has quickly risen to become a defence partner for Australia…

Australia’s best post war strategic policy decisions

Following the interest in recent Strategist posts on top five…

Questioning nuclear deterrence doesn’t weaken it

Rod Lyon and Malcolm Davis superbly articulate the inherent risk…

ASPI suggests

We’re kicking off today with an interesting question: can…

Playing the long game: the demise of China’s ‘strategic ambiguity’ in the South China Sea

China continues to play a long game in asserting its territorial…

Can the status quo last in Asia?

Well, this has been an interesting exchange and I thank Peter…

Choosing not to choose

Hugh White writes ‘I don’t believe that Australia must make…

Analysing the China choice

The recent posts by Peter Jennings and Hugh White outline an…

Reader response: Wrong turn on the White road

Peter’s sprightly post leaves no room for doubt: he doesn’t…

Response to ‘The road to Tokyo, via Washington DC’

If I understand Iain Henry correctly, he says that it’s okay…

Wrong turn on the White road

A journey even more remarkable than the Chinese Ming Dynasty…

The road to Tokyo, via Washington DC

Recently, commentators have argued that Australia should seek…

The new relationship of Japan and Australia

Japan has quickly risen to become a defence partner for Australia…

Australia’s best post war strategic policy decisions

Following the interest in recent Strategist posts on top five…

Questioning nuclear deterrence doesn’t weaken it

Rod Lyon and Malcolm Davis superbly articulate the inherent risk…