ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker now covers global research efforts into 74 technologies, giving policymakers, industry and partners the clearest, most current picture of the tech race for strategic advantage. This expanded scope adds 10 technologies …
A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it became one. As Tropical Cyclone Fina tracked toward the Top End, port authorities expedited the arrival of …
Almost six years since Covid-19 shocked the world, the risk is that pandemic readiness slips precisely as the conditions for the next outbreak intensify. At the end of 2019, the world was not dealing with …
Global decarbonisation goals, the digital revolution and economic growth are driving an unprecedented rise in demand for critical minerals. At the same time, Southeast Asian nations are positioning themselves for varied roles in critical minerals …
Germany needs to rethink its balance of hard and soft power if it is to reinforce its global role as the conditions for projecting soft power rapidly deteriorate. Since reunification in 1990, Berlin has cultivated …
Governments across the Indo-Pacific are facing a critical question: who can be trusted to build and manage our most sensitive systems? Vendor choices, for everything from cloud infrastructure to identity platforms, are no longer just …
Australia’s escalating geostrategic threats demand more than military might. They require a resilient, united and proactive civil defence framework. The Defence Strategic Review says, ‘Defence must be the force of last resort for domestic aid …
Australia has always thrived when it builds for the future. The Snowy Hydro Scheme—a major hydroelectricity system that remains Australia’s largest engineering project—wasn’t developed in response to crisis. It was a bold investment made early, …
Picture yourself on a battlefield. It’s cold, the snow covers the ground, yet the sun shines brightly overhead. You gaze over the landscape and at your fellow soldiers. The prospects for the future seem grim. …
This year marks the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which first formally recognised women’s indispensable role in peace and security. Since the resolution’s passing, the threats that women face have evolved. …
Each major cyberattack is treated as a wake-up call. But by now, we shouldn’t be surprised. Last week’s Qantas data leak and September’s Collins Aerospace breach have revealed a pattern of tightly interconnected systems with …
For Fiji, hedging is not just survival, but a way of shaping its role as a confident, independent actor in the Blue Pacific. By engaging everyone while committing to no one, Fiji extracts maximum benefit, …
