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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. […]

Feeling edgy: Japan’s new defence white paper

The Japanese government released its annual Defense White Paper…

China: ‘largest trading partner’ isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

The insight that for the first time Australia’s largest trading…

Has Indonesia welcomed the US pivot?

It's no secret that in the early days of the US pivot's announcement,…

Investing in the future: international scientific collaboration

The weight of global investment in science and technology is…

Asian gazing (10): deal or no deal in the South China Sea

As the curtain comes down on this series of posts surveying…

Asian gazing (9): South China Sea

For ASEAN, the Philippines has become the canary in the mine…

Asian gazing (7): the China choice

If Australia’s 2009 Defence White Paper was a red rag to…

Asian gazing (6): The gosh and gee of the g2

The big O and the big X are to meet at a big summit in what…

The Defence White Paper’s vague hope

The Defence White Paper gives an excellent description of the…

We don’t have to choose between the US and China

What will the new White Paper say about China? More precisely,…

Australia still might face the China choice

Peter Jennings’ recent op-ed in The Australian (PDF) recognises…

ASPI suggests

There’s been a lot of reflection on Australian blogs and…

Feeling edgy: Japan’s new defence white paper

The Japanese government released its annual Defense White Paper…

China: ‘largest trading partner’ isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

The insight that for the first time Australia’s largest trading…

Has Indonesia welcomed the US pivot?

It's no secret that in the early days of the US pivot's announcement,…

Investing in the future: international scientific collaboration

The weight of global investment in science and technology is…

Asian gazing (10): deal or no deal in the South China Sea

As the curtain comes down on this series of posts surveying…

Asian gazing (9): South China Sea

For ASEAN, the Philippines has become the canary in the mine…

Asian gazing (7): the China choice

If Australia’s 2009 Defence White Paper was a red rag to…

Asian gazing (6): The gosh and gee of the g2

The big O and the big X are to meet at a big summit in what…

The Defence White Paper’s vague hope

The Defence White Paper gives an excellent description of the…

We don’t have to choose between the US and China

What will the new White Paper say about China? More precisely,…

Australia still might face the China choice

Peter Jennings’ recent op-ed in The Australian (PDF) recognises…

ASPI suggests

There’s been a lot of reflection on Australian blogs and…