ASPI Events

The Hon Gareth Evans AO, QC

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

"Eliminating Nuclear Threats - A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers"

Professor Evans was Australia’s Resources and Energy Minister (1984-87) and Foreign Minister (1988-96). He initiated the Canberra Commission (1996) and was a member of the UN High-lev...

Strategic insights on risk in Defence procurement

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dr Andrew Davies spoke at the ADM2010 Congress about identifying risks in Defence procurement....

Commissioner Tony Negus, Australian Federal Police

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

“The changing face of international policing”

Commissioner Tony Negus has been a member of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) since 1982. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Executive Leadership.

Tony ...

The challenges of the 21st century Asia Pacific and Australian anti-submarine warfare

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dr Andrew Davies spoke at the Defence Technology Symposium at the Pacific 2010 Cconference in Sydney. He said that it’s important to get the context right when discussing military capabilities. There is a tendency for discussions to quickly devolve into comparisons of platform A and platform B...

Mr Alastair MacGibbon, Managing Partner Surete Group

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

"The cyber-security challenge for Australia"

Alastair MacGibbon is an internationally-respected authority on high-tech crime including Internet fraud, consumer victimisation and a range of Internet security issues.

Alastair is now Managing Partner of S...

Strategic Policy Forum - Adelaide

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

ASPI held a strategic policy forum on Friday, 27 November 2009 at the Hilton Adelaide. This forum examined the strategic implications for Australia of off-the-shelf (OTS) defence procurement. Forum participants discussed the following issues:

The current state of Australian defence ind...

Release of ASPI Special Report 'We'll have six of them and four of those: Off-the-shelf procurement and its strategic implications'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute will release a Special Report on defence procurement tomorrow, 24 November 2009.

Defence procurement decisions must balance cost, risk and capability. One way to minimise risk is to acquire equipment that is ‘off-the-shelf’&mda...

Roundtable with Eliot Cohen, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Professor Cohen discussed a range of strategic issues, concentrating most on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan....

Roundtable on the Defence Capability Plan Review

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mark Thomson hosted a roundtable to discuss the commissioned review on the public release of information on the Defence Capability Plan....

Release of ASPI Annual Report 2008-2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

ASPI's annual report with details of operations, corporate governance and financials is now available in the publications section of our website....