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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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China choice: Thai parallels for Australia

After my most recent trip to Thailand, I began to reflect upon…
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Grand Strategy, Australia and China

As the final post in this series on grand strategy, I’m going…
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Britain looks east

The Ditchley Foundation is a respected British think tank established…
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The future of US conventional extended deterrence (part II)

Last week, I identified some of the possible dilemmas for US…
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Abandonment, entrapment, and the future of US conventional extended deterrence in East Asia (part I)

In a recent contribution to The Strategist, Rod Lyon argues convincingly…
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The dragon in our backyard: the strategic consequences of China’s increased presence in the South Pacific

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s decision to attend…
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To shun or to embrace? Australia–US relations and China’s rise (part II)

In my first post, I argued while there are very good historical…
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To shun or to embrace? Australia–US relations and China’s rise (part I)

There’s a conundrum facing the writers of the Defence White…
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Australian response

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is the first multinational…
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China choice: Thai parallels for Australia

After my most recent trip to Thailand, I began to reflect upon…
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Grand Strategy, Australia and China

As the final post in this series on grand strategy, I’m going…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Britain looks east

The Ditchley Foundation is a respected British think tank established…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

The future of US conventional extended deterrence (part II)

Last week, I identified some of the possible dilemmas for US…
Genericreportbanner_2024ASPI 2024

Abandonment, entrapment, and the future of US conventional extended deterrence in East Asia (part I)

In a recent contribution to The Strategist, Rod Lyon argues convincingly…
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The dragon in our backyard: the strategic consequences of China’s increased presence in the South Pacific

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s decision to attend…
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To shun or to embrace? Australia–US relations and China’s rise (part II)

In my first post, I argued while there are very good historical…
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To shun or to embrace? Australia–US relations and China’s rise (part I)

There’s a conundrum facing the writers of the Defence White…
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Australian response

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is the first multinational…