For even the most casual of observers, it’s clear that over the past decade the global strategic security environment has become increasingly complex. With a rising and increasingly assertive China, a resurgent Russia and a …
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You might not consider disease to be a national security issue, but that depends on how you define national security. A ‘disease’, by the way, is a disorder of structure or function in a human, …
A federal parliamentary joint committee inquiry is examining the potential for new members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, and is assessing each individual case for accession against Australia’s national interests. The …
The concept of ‘sovereignty’ has recently gained new life in Australia and around the world. Increased tensions with China, a constant flow of fake news, frequent references to cyberattacks conducted by sophisticated state actors, and …
Australia has a highly capable, professional military equipped with small numbers of very complex, extremely expensive aircraft, ships, submarines and land vehicles. Australia could fight other middle powers and win, but Australia should only ever …
In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his version of Australia’s ‘Pacific step-up’, which was about taking ‘our engagement to a new level, launching a “new chapter in relations with our Pacific family”’. Under …
Australia and the United States share an increasing security burden thanks to the growing sophistication of information warfare, according to Jake Wallis, a senior analyst at ASPI, and Katherine Mansted, senior adviser at the ANU’s …
Planet A New research from the University of Melbourne may provide a better framework for biologists to predict individual species’ vulnerability to extinction as a result of climate change. The study examined the impact of …
Joe Biden has been president of the United States for 100 days, less than 7% of the time he was elected to serve. Still, it’s not too soon to draw some tentative conclusions about the …
ASPI will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The name is the game: the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. ASPI thinks about strategy. …
In the last 50 years, Germany has experienced three miracles. The one-time sick man of Europe became an Exportweltmeister (export world champion). It also overcame its past (Vergangenheitsbewältigung). And it built a political and economic …
The loss of any submarine should be a catalyst for countries with submarines to review the likely causes and responses to determine if any lessons can be learned, in much the same way that airlines …