US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has just arrived in Singapore, where he’ll deliver a major address on Indo-Pacific security. He’s the first member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet to visit Southeast Asia. Not surprisingly, …
In this ASPI explainer, Robert Glasser, head of ASPI’s Climate and Security Policy Centre, and Anastasia Kapetas, The Strategist’s national security editor, outline the risks of sea-rise level in the Indonesian archipelago and the consequences …
ASPI’s Lisa Sharland is joined by Joanne Wallis, professor of international security at the University of Adelaide, to discuss her chapter on ‘Strategic competition and the Pacific islands’ in the Institute for International and Strategic …
Recently, national security debates in the United States and Australia have been heavily focused on the possibility of conflict in the Taiwan Strait. The Strategist’s Anastasia Kapetas is joined by Ryan Hass, senior fellow at …
Climate change has emerged as a rare zone of cooperation and civility between China and the West this year, but it remains to be seen if this will last through to, or beyond, the 26th …
Despite their increasingly bitter rivalry, the United States and China have recently been sending the right signals regarding potential cooperation on combatting climate change. The joint statement issued after the mid-April meeting between John Kerry, …
President Joe Biden’s two-day climate change summit, which was timed to coincide with Earth Day in the US and continues tomorrow, is intended to rebuild bridges with most of world that were damaged by four years of …
Up to 40 world leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will participate in a two-day virtual leaders’ summit convened by US President Joe Biden and timed to coincide with Earth Day. The summit is …
This week, ASPI launched the Climate and Security Policy Centre, headed by Robert Glasser. The Strategist’s Anastasia Kapetas is joined by Dr Glasser to discuss the centre’s objectives as well as his new ASPI report, …
The capacity of the Australian Defence Force and other key agencies must be increased urgently to enable them to deal simultaneously with climate-driven disasters at home and in the region while countering worsening security threats, …
The Royal New Zealand Navy recently launched its own journal, which aims to build the service’s professionalism and ‘engage and exchange views with all those who have an interest in naval and maritime affairs’. The most …
Many parts of Asia seem to be emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic relatively well. But overcoming the public health crisis is only one challenge the region faces. Where climate change is concerned, Asia may be …