ASPI Events

ASPI-Hewlett Packard Defence and Security Lunch - Ambassador Chen Yuming

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

12pm - 2pm
The Boathouse by the Lake
Grevillea Park, Menindee Drive, Barton, ACT

Mr Chen Yuming was born in Guangdong in July 1956. He began his diplomatic career in 1976 and has seen service in Romania, Lithuania and the United Nations (New York). These represent...

Presentation to RAN Seapower Conference 2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Henry Ergas presented a paper at the RAN Seapower Conference 2012, titled Should Australia build warships? The paper was co-authored by Andrew Davies, Henry Ergas and Mark Thomson....

Dinner with the Chief of Navy

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs spoke at a dinner hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The dinner was attended by business, government, media, academic and diplomatic officials.

You can download Admiral Griggs' speech ...

ASPI-Unisys Defence and Security Lunch on Australian Foreign Policy

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Mr Dennis Richardson was appointed Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 13 January 2010. Prior to becoming Secretary of DFAT he was the Ambassador of Australia to the United States from June 2005 to December 2009.

Mr Richardson was Director-General of the...

ASPI-Unisys Defence and Security Lunch on Meeting tomorrow's security challenges today

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

As the Commander-in-Chief Fleet, a position he took up in June 2009, Trevor Soar has full command of all deployable Fleet units, including the Royal Marines. He is responsible for providing ships, submarines, aircraft and Royal Marine units ready in all respects for any operations th...

ASPI-Unisys Defence and Security Lunch on Principles and priorities for the Pacific in the Asia-Pacific Century

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

David Feeney was elected a Senator for Victoria in the 2007 federal election, taking his Senate seat on 1 July 2008. On 14 September 2010, he was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in the Gillard Labor Government.

Senator Feeney’s interest in th...

ASPI's 10th Anniversary Dinner

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ASPI celebrated its 10 year anniversary dinner last night at Gandel Hall in Canberra. Chief of the Defence Force General David Hurley was the guest speaker, and he addressed fundamental shifts in the global strategic environment, including the shifting power balance in Asia. He also spoke about...

Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee
Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects
12/08/2011

Senator HUMPHRIES: Noting that you are not a submariner, you may have heard the previous witnesses from the Australian Strategic Policy Inst...

Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee
Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects
12/08/2011

The committee is hearing evidence today in relation to its inquiry into the procurement procedures for items identified in the defence white paper...

Australia's next Defence White Paper: An ASPI update

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Peter Abigail, ASPI's Executive Director, spoke at ASPI's Global Forces Conference 2011 on the topic of Australia's next Defence White Paper. He poses some questions to be considered in the lead up to the next Paper, which is forecast to be released in the first quarter of 2014.

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