• ASPI ranks as a global go-to think tank
  ASPI has been ranked among the top 30 security and international affairs think tanks in the world in the Go-to Think Tanks index compiled annually by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more about the Go-to Think Tanks index here.

• ASPI-Boeing National Security Lunch
  The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister
  Tuesday, 17 April 2012. Read more...
• ASPI-Point Trading Group Dinner with the Chief
  LTGEN David Morrison, Chief of Army
  Wednesday, 12 April 2012. Read more...

• ASPI-Hewlett Packard Defence and Security Lunch
  Dr Mark Thomson, Budget and Management Program Director, ASPI
  "What does the 2012 Budget mean for the 2009 Defence White Paper?"
  Thursday, 24 May 2012. Read more...

• Delivering the goods: the ADF’s future battlefield airlifter by Tom Savage and Andrew Davies. Read more...
• What price the future submarine? by Andrew Davies. Read more...
• The eagle returns: resurgent US strategy in Southeast Asia and its policy implications by William Tow. Read more...
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• Social networks and national security
  The internet has become a central part of modern life. And the spread of social media—blogs, web forums, chat sites and media-sharing platforms—is attracting attention from national security planners. The collection of views here provide insights into the implications of these networks. Read more...

• Where could the 9/11 terrorist trials go next?
  Gregory Rose and Anthony Bergin look at the tribulations of criminal trials for those accused of committing the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ABC's The Drum, 11 May. Read more...
• Defence priority needs to swing back to our Asia-Pacific neighbours
  The next defence white paper presents regional opportunities and challenges, writes Peter Jennings. The Australian, 14 May, p12. Read more...
• Volatile cargoes found in our midst
  A consistent, nation-wide approach is required to manage maritime security, write Anthony Bergin and Sam Bateman. The Weekend Australian, 5 May, Inquirer section, p17. Read more...
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• Next Defence White Paper to be completed in 2013
  The Gillard government has commissioned the next Defence White Paper to be completed earlier than expected. Some past ASPI documents relevant to this issue include Assessing the Defence White Paper 2009 and Peter Abigail's speech to the 2011 Global Forces Conference, Australia's next Defence White Paper: an ASPI update.
• Defence Force Posture Review released
  ASPI's thoughts on the government's recently released Australian Defence Force Posture Review are in Who goes where?
  

Our near abroad: Australia and Pacific islands regionalism
With Chinese influence in the region rising, the US appears to doubt that Australia can deliver on South Pacific issues. Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin provide recommendations for Australia to re-gather the threads of regional leadership in the South Pacific. Read more...

Australian Defence Almanac 2011-2012. The Almanac brings together a wealth of information across the full-range of Defence activity in a single, easy-to-use reference source.  Read more...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard MP
"We are serving our national interest in Afghanistan"
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