The polar regions, long regarded as remote, frozen frontiers of science and exploration, are emerging as arenas of strategic competition and geopolitical tension. What happens at the ends of the Earth increasingly matters for global …
Preparedness, resilience and blurred threats were the top security concerns for panellists at ASPI’s Women in Defence and Security Network (WDSN) Gala on 12 November. In the speakers’ views, addressing these issues required collective effort …
On 9 October, ASPI appeared at Senate estimates. The following article is ASPI executive director Justin Bassi’s opening statement. The original can be viewed here, and the session can be found here. Good afternoon, Chair …
Greenland, an often-overlooked expanse of ice and rock, is fast becoming a focal point of strategic competition between the United States, China and Russia. Speaking on ASPI’s Stop the World, Elizabeth Buchanan—an Arctic specialist and author …
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has urged US President Donald Trump to use his influence—including through further sanctions pressure—to help free more than 1,200 political prisoners held by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, branding it …




