Articles by: "Graeme Dobell"
ASPI’s decades: Exiting Iraq

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. Approaching Australia’s 2007 election, the Liberal government and Labor opposition were sharply divided over how to …

ASPI’s decades: The Iraq War

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ran through Australian military thought and actions for two decades. …

ASPI’s decades: Guarding the guardians

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. In the post-9/11 era, the oldest of questions for any republic still mattered in the capital …

ASPI’s decades: Hazards of many types

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. As the post-9/11 era took shape, the old demands of state security still stood at centre …

ASPI’s decades: Terrorism

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. Terrorism changed Canberra in ways big and small. The 9/11 era and the Bali bombings caused …

ASPI’s decades: Kit, complexity and capability

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The military needs kit. Cash builds capability. Such plain propositions to describe such expensive complexity. What …