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Vietnam and Australia share a strong framework for deeper ties in a contested Indo-Pacific
11 Aug 2021 | Kyle Springer

Australia must diversify its economic and strategic relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia. Trade Minister Dan Tehan’s visit to Vietnam last month to shore up economic ties came while Australian exporters continued to suffer …

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  • Australia
  • Vietnam
  • regional security
  • trade
A sovereign Australian government data framework
11 Aug 2021 | Andrew Mitchell

The federal government set an example for state and territory counterparts in early June when it announced that all relevant government data under the Digital Transformation Agency’s hosting certification framework will soon need to be …

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  • Australian government
  • cloud computing
  • data
  • sovereignty
ANZUS at 70: A crucial security alliance examined in detail
11 Aug 2021 | Peter Jennings

This post is adapted from the introduction to ANZUS at 70, to be launched on 18 August. Over the coming weeks, The Strategist will be publishing a selection of chapters from this new ASPI book. …

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  • ANZUS
  • Australia
  • United States
  • alliance
The personal cost of protest in Hong Kong
11 Aug 2021 | Elena Yi-Ching Ho

On 9 June 2019, David* joined street protests, like other Hongkongers who feared for their future under plans to introduce extraditions to mainland China. He thought it was reasonable to hope that the government would …

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  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • authoritarianism
  • democracy
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  • Australia’s defence debate should focus on strategy and force structure, not tactics and tanks
    28 Jul 2021 | Thomas Lonergan
    Australia’s defence debate should focus on strategy and force structure, not tactics and tanks
  • US and Australia must deepen defence cooperation on climate security
    27 Jul 2021 | Robert Glasser and Erin Sikorsky
    US and Australia must deepen defence cooperation on climate security
  • Water disputes will compound instability in the Middle East 
    28 Jul 2021 | Amin Saikal
    Water disputes will compound instability in the Middle East 
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    29 Jul 2021 | Graeme Dunk and James Kruger
    An Australia DARPA would need to do development as well as research
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    Australia can learn from Biden’s domestic terrorism strategy
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