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Did Wong’s China comments land a blow?
May 21 2021
Senator Penny Wong attacked the Morrison government over its handling of the China crisis at a recent book launch, but did her comments manage to land...
Is Australia’s Defence spending equal to the security threat?
Is Australia’s Defence spending equal to the security threat?
The Commonwealth government should ramp up spending to match the growing security threat posed by Beijing, according to ASPI’s executive director.
May 20 2021
Op-Ed: Strategic update from Naval Group Australia program director Graeme Bent
Op-Ed: Strategic update from Naval Group Australia program director Graeme Bent
Australia’s Future Submarine Program is on the cusp of an exciting new phase as a new and modern shipyard rises from the ground and preparations are put in place for Attack...
May 18 2021
Building new alliances in the era of the Quad
Building new alliances in the era of the Quad
Will the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue mean that the West should abandon Pakistan in the goal for geostrategic dominance in Asia?
May 17 2021
Will Australia’s Afghanistan withdrawal rekindle the terror threat?
Will Australia’s Afghanistan withdrawal rekindle the terror threat?
Will the withdrawal of a Western military presence in Afghanistan breathe new life into wounded Islamic terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and Daesh?
May 14 2021
Why Australia needs an ‘annual threat assessment’
Why Australia needs an ‘annual threat assessment’
The federal government should dispel “shapeless war talk” and institute a formal review assessing the nation’s security threats to enhance strategic clarity, one Lowy...
May 12 2021
Is the West playing into China’s hands by ‘stoking’ fears of war?
Is the West playing into China’s hands by ‘stoking’ fears of war?
Australia and its allies may be serving China’s interests by beating the war drum, according to a Lowy Institute analyst.
May 11 2021
Op-Ed: The Need to Define an Australian Company
Op-Ed: The Need to Define an Australian Company
July last year, the Prime Minister released the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, which set out the deterioration in Australia’s strategic circumstances. This triggered...
May 10 2021
China's next headache, a new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
China's next headache, a new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Perhaps, just perhaps, there’s more than meets the eye with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
May 07 2021
Port Darwin
Why Defence must axe the Port of Darwin lease
The Commonwealth government must “take a shot at redemption” and scrap Chinese firm Landbridge’s leasing rights over the Port of Darwin, according to a senior...
May 06 2021
Lessons from Mao’s ‘On Guerilla Warfare’
Lessons from Mao’s ‘On Guerilla Warfare’
What can Australia learn from Mao Zedong’s 1937 book On Guerrilla Warfare?
May 05 2021
David Abel and Phil Stancliff
Op-ed: Integration and interoperability through generic architectures – A benefit to Defence, and paving the way for AIC
Generic architectures can increase capability and performance for Defence. It can lower through-life costs and cost of ownership. Defence is investing in it as a part of the...
May 03 2021
Op-Ed: Industry confidence in future submarine project sunk
Op-Ed: Industry confidence in future submarine project sunk
"We’re six years and $2 billion into the project and Australian industry isn’t happy. And they shouldn’t be." Senator Rex Patrick compiled his analysis on...
April 30 2021
Turkey’s growing isolation
Turkey’s growing isolation
Will there be ramifications for Turkey’s geostrategic policies in the Middle East?
April 29 2021
Beware Beijing’s ‘magic weapons’
Beware Beijing’s ‘magic weapons’
Australia and its allies must not be charmed by the CCP’s “magic narrative”, which threatens to condition nations into accepting Chinese propaganda at the expense of...
April 28 2021
How should Australia advance sovereign guided missile capability?
How should Australia advance sovereign guided missile capability?
A new analysis proposes a blueprint for the local production of guided missile technology.
April 26 2021
ASEAN must be decisive on Myanmar
ASEAN must be decisive on Myanmar
The recent coup in Myanmar threatens regional stability. Conflict between the junta and the emboldened street protest movement risks the creation of a political vacuum in the...
April 23 2021
Matt Medley
Op-Ed: Disconnected operations — Keeping military assets and critical information in sight when ‘Going Dark’
The tools to manage that 1 per cent period when military assets have no connectivity. Military organisations face increasing pressure to move to a more distributed...
April 21 2021
All eyes on the Indo-Pacific following Afghanistan withdrawal
All eyes on the Indo-Pacific following Afghanistan withdrawal
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is an “uncomfortable but necessary” reorientation of the United States’ strategic priorities in...
April 21 2021
Recent US freedom of navigation strains US-Indian relationship
Recent US freedom of navigation strains US-Indian relationship
A recent freedom of navigation exercise conducted by the US Navy on the coast of India has strained the US-Indian military relationship, as the US did not provide India...
April 20 2021