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Agenda for change 2025: Preparedness and resilience in an uncertain world

For more than a decade, which has included the 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022 federal elections, ASPI has helped to generate ideas and foster debate about Australian strategic policymaking through Agenda for change, a wide-ranging collection of analyses and recommendations to assist the next Australian Government in its deliberations and planning.   Agenda for change 2025: Preparedness […]

South Korea and Australia in space: Towards a strategic partnership

Space cooperation between Australian and South Korea remains stuck in its infancy and, to some extent, is treated as an end in itself. This report argues that the time is ripe for both Australia and South Korea to embark on joint projects and initiatives that would deliver tangible and practical outcomes for both countries. For […]

Chinese pressure is a part of Solomon Islands’ politics. Other Pacific countries should take note

The Chinese embassy in Solomon Islands has reportedly pressured…

No, Australian trade isn’t diversifying away from China

Australia’s free-trade agreements with nations other than…

Sri Lanka holds its own amid economic uncertainty

In recent months, Colombo has faced two sharp blows from…

Creating an alternative to China’s dominance is hard. But this step will help

Australia's future prosperity will not be built on nostalgia…

Beijing finally slices off Sandy Cay

The Financial Times reported last week that…

Taiwan: the sponge that soaks up Chinese power

Taiwan has an inadvertent, rarely acknowledged role in global…

China targets Canada’s election—and may be targeting Australia’s

Following Canadian authorities’ discovery of a Chinese…

Bookshelf: How China sees things

Here’s a book that looks not in at China but out from…

Whatever the CCP says, regimes don’t have the rights of nations

All nation states have a right to defend themselves. But…
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The FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo on Trump’s tariffs and the disappearing Chinese general

The United States-China tit-for-tat tariffs have been escalating…

Reset Pax Americana: the West needs a grand accord

The world is trying to make sense of the Trump tariffs.…

Seabed sensors and mapping: what China’s survey ship could be up to

Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese…

Chinese pressure is a part of Solomon Islands’ politics. Other Pacific countries should take note

The Chinese embassy in Solomon Islands has reportedly pressured…

No, Australian trade isn’t diversifying away from China

Australia’s free-trade agreements with nations other than…

Sri Lanka holds its own amid economic uncertainty

In recent months, Colombo has faced two sharp blows from…

Creating an alternative to China’s dominance is hard. But this step will help

Australia's future prosperity will not be built on nostalgia…

Beijing finally slices off Sandy Cay

The Financial Times reported last week that…

Taiwan: the sponge that soaks up Chinese power

Taiwan has an inadvertent, rarely acknowledged role in global…

China targets Canada’s election—and may be targeting Australia’s

Following Canadian authorities’ discovery of a Chinese…

Bookshelf: How China sees things

Here’s a book that looks not in at China but out from…

Whatever the CCP says, regimes don’t have the rights of nations

All nation states have a right to defend themselves. But…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

The FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo on Trump’s tariffs and the disappearing Chinese general

The United States-China tit-for-tat tariffs have been escalating…

Reset Pax Americana: the West needs a grand accord

The world is trying to make sense of the Trump tariffs.…

Seabed sensors and mapping: what China’s survey ship could be up to

Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese…

The five-domains update

Sea state An Australian contingent participated in Exercise…

Agenda for change 2025: Preparedness and resilience in an uncertain world

For more than a decade, which has included the 2013, 2016, 2019…

Decrypting tomorrow’s threats: critical infrastructure needs post-quantum protection today

Some argue we still have time, since quantum computing capable…

Australia can learn from Britain on cyber governance

Australia needs to reevaluate its security priorities and…

Strengthening South Korea’s national security by adopting the cloud

To improve its national security, South Korea must improve…

Australia needs a civilian cyber reserve. State emergency services are the model

Australia should follow international examples and develop…

Australia’s cyber strategy needs a vulnerability disclosure upgrade

Australia is in a race against time. Cyber adversaries are…
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The road to artificial general intelligence, with Helen Toner

Australian AI expert Helen Toner is the Director of Strategy…

Red tape that tears us apart: regulation fragments Indo-Pacific cyber resilience

The fragmentation of cyber regulation in the Indo-Pacific…

The five-domains update

Sea state Australian assembly of the first Multi Ammunition…

The threat spectrum

  Information operations Australia has banned cybersecurity…

Reaction isn’t enough. Australia should aim at preventing cybercrime

Australia’s cyber capabilities have evolved rapidly, but…

The five-domains update

Sea state An Australian contingent participated in Exercise…

Agenda for change 2025: Preparedness and resilience in an uncertain world

For more than a decade, which has included the 2013, 2016, 2019…

Decrypting tomorrow’s threats: critical infrastructure needs post-quantum protection today

Some argue we still have time, since quantum computing capable…

Australia can learn from Britain on cyber governance

Australia needs to reevaluate its security priorities and…

Strengthening South Korea’s national security by adopting the cloud

To improve its national security, South Korea must improve…

Australia needs a civilian cyber reserve. State emergency services are the model

Australia should follow international examples and develop…

Australia’s cyber strategy needs a vulnerability disclosure upgrade

Australia is in a race against time. Cyber adversaries are…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

The road to artificial general intelligence, with Helen Toner

Australian AI expert Helen Toner is the Director of Strategy…

Red tape that tears us apart: regulation fragments Indo-Pacific cyber resilience

The fragmentation of cyber regulation in the Indo-Pacific…

The five-domains update

Sea state Australian assembly of the first Multi Ammunition…

The threat spectrum

  Information operations Australia has banned cybersecurity…

Reaction isn’t enough. Australia should aim at preventing cybercrime

Australia’s cyber capabilities have evolved rapidly, but…

AUKUS and deterrence: what, exactly, are we trying to deter?

AUKUS is one of the most ambitious allied defence undertakings…

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element…

Britain recasts AUKUS for a new era

Britain once risked a reputation as the weak link in the…

Australia’s plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines is on track

Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…

The trials ahead for Pete Hegseth

Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous…

AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence

AUKUS has a fundamental, unaddressed challenge: the differences…

Delivering AUKUS with Australia’s premier state

The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership has now survived…

Australia enters the America First era: an analysis of the executive orders

The litany of executive orders that have dropped on the White…

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…

AUKUS: Beyond submarines, a blueprint for allied Industrial Integration

The AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, the UK and US has…

John Curtin’s legacy

On this day 27 December in 1941, John Curtin famously declared…

AUKUS and deterrence: what, exactly, are we trying to deter?

AUKUS is one of the most ambitious allied defence undertakings…

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element…

Britain recasts AUKUS for a new era

Britain once risked a reputation as the weak link in the…

Australia’s plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines is on track

Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…

The trials ahead for Pete Hegseth

Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous…

AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence

AUKUS has a fundamental, unaddressed challenge: the differences…

Delivering AUKUS with Australia’s premier state

The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership has now survived…

Australia enters the America First era: an analysis of the executive orders

The litany of executive orders that have dropped on the White…

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…

AUKUS: Beyond submarines, a blueprint for allied Industrial Integration

The AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, the UK and US has…

John Curtin’s legacy

On this day 27 December in 1941, John Curtin famously declared…

The dangerous collapse of US strategic sealift capacity

The US Transportation Command’s Military Sealift Command…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…
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ASPI USA roundtable: Trying to understand US economic statecraft

Governments are outraged, industry leaders are keeping a low…
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A new world order? Ukraine’s Ambassador on Russia, the United States and Europe

In this special episode of Stop the World, ASPI’s David Wroe…
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What Donald Trump can learn from allies on foreign aid

There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and…
Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/8567813820/

What Donald Trump Can Learn From Allies on Foreign Aid

There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and…

The future of US Indo-Pacific policy

How might US policy in the Indo-Pacific change over the next…

The Pacific cocaine corridor: A Brazilian cartel’s pipeline to Australia

Australia faces an emerging national security threat from Brazilian…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

With US funding freeze, China nonprofits are facing extinction. They need emergency assistance

An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis.…
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DeepSeek is a modern ‘Sputnik’ moment for West

The release of China’s latest DeepSeek artificial intelligence…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…

The dangerous collapse of US strategic sealift capacity

The US Transportation Command’s Military Sealift Command…

British public opinion on foreign policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS

Results snapshot President Trump Britons support an open…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

ASPI USA roundtable: Trying to understand US economic statecraft

Governments are outraged, industry leaders are keeping a low…
Stop the World, an ASPI Podcast - bannerASPI 2024

A new world order? Ukraine’s Ambassador on Russia, the United States and Europe

In this special episode of Stop the World, ASPI’s David Wroe…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

What Donald Trump can learn from allies on foreign aid

There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and…
Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/8567813820/

What Donald Trump Can Learn From Allies on Foreign Aid

There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and…

The future of US Indo-Pacific policy

How might US policy in the Indo-Pacific change over the next…

The Pacific cocaine corridor: A Brazilian cartel’s pipeline to Australia

Australia faces an emerging national security threat from Brazilian…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

With US funding freeze, China nonprofits are facing extinction. They need emergency assistance

An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis.…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

DeepSeek is a modern ‘Sputnik’ moment for West

The release of China’s latest DeepSeek artificial intelligence…
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen.https://stock.adobe.com/au/contributor/206835375/vista-vault?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

Donald Trump, Jon Voight and the paths to transformation or upheaval

At a breakfast meeting in a well-known restaurant a stone’s…