Reassessing Australia’s Defense Policy
Four years have now passed since the release of the 2016 defence white paper, the most recent…
Read More »Co-Opetition with Putin’s Russia
The liberal democracies are facing a major challenge from the 21st century authoritarian powers. These powers…
Read More »The Evolving Role of Northern Australia in Australian and Pacific Defense
ASPI’s ‘The north and Australia’s security’ program has just turned one. Over the past year, more…
Read More »Models of Technological Innovation: Charting an Australian Path
Discussions on technology and strategy in Canberra typically lead down one of three paths. The first…
Read More »Asymmetry and Russian New Generation Warfare
An often ignored aspect of Russian military art is the idea of asymmetry in warfare. As…
Read More »The National Security Cost of Blue Origin’s Bid Protest
The Air Force has been forced to change the procurement strategy of one of its flagship …
Read More »NATO Expansion: Rethinking the Limits of Direct Defense of Europe
Little noticed amid the controversies President Trump sparked at the recent NATO summit, the United States…
Read More »The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: EU and Japanese Concerns
In September, Japan and the EU launched the EU–Japan Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure, partly…
Read More »Widening the Aperture on Sustainability: The Key Significance of Fuel Security
Our colleague John Blackburn has focused on the challenges facing Australia with regard to fuel security…
Read More »Conventional Deterrence: The Case of the Chinese Threats to Australia
Until China’s emergence as a genuine military great power, conventional military threats to Australia were considered…
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