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Australia’s defence spending must reflect worsening strategic outlook
31 Oct 2022 | Kim Beazley

In 1946, US President Harry Truman, addressing Congress on the state of the Lend-Lease program, observed: ‘On balance, the contribution made by Australia, a country having a population of about 7 million, approximately equalled that …

Signing of anti-satellite weapons ban a positive step for Australia in space
31 Oct 2022 | Malcolm Davis

Space is increasingly a contested operational domain. A major contributor to this is the development and testing of counterspace capabilities (also referred to as anti-satellite weapons or ASATs) by some countries. ASATs are designed to …

Advancing the women, peace and security agenda in the Pacific
31 Oct 2022 | Heather Wrathall and Melissa Conley Tyler

On this day 22 years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 in recognition of the fact that women experience and are affected by conflict in different ways to men. Since then, a …

Policy, Guns and Money: Non-proliferation, infantry fighting vehicles, Pakistan floods and Labor’s defence budget
31 Oct 2022 | ASPI staff

Moscow’s recent claims that Kyiv is planning to use a dirty-bomb have been condemned as ‘transparently false’ by France, the UK and the US. Given the renewed focus on nuclear threats, ASPI’s Alex Bristow asks …

The ANZUS rhymes of Australia’s quasi-alliance with Japan
31 Oct 2022 | Graeme Dobell

Australia’s quasi-alliance with Japan becomes less quasi and more alliance. The Australia–Japan partnership now uses language sourced from the 70-year-old ANZUS treaty, as the shared alliance with the US is emphasised. In Perth on 22 …

Beazley says rare-earth processing must be a strategic priority for Australia
28 Oct 2022 | Brendan Nicholson

As one of Australia’s most experienced past defence ministers, Kim Beazley has strategic issues still front of mind. He brought this strategic lens with him when he became governor of Western Australia and used the …

Australia’s extraordinary budget windfall could presage a painful return to earth
28 Oct 2022 | David Uren

Treasurer Jim Chalmers may talk about the tough times that Australia confronts, but the fine print of his budget papers reveals the extraordinary bounty which the global energy crisis is delivering to the federal budget …

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