Just hours after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Fiji on 6 July to agree enhance cooperation with the island state, Beijing fired a ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean. Australia swiftly deplored the ‘provocative …
Counter-disinformation should become a bilateral Australia–Japan priority, an explainer published today by ASPI and Japan Nexus Intelligence argues. Mission leads should be appointed in Australia’s Office of National Intelligence and Japan’s newly established National Intelligence …
A new element has just appeared in Australia–Japan defence and security cooperation: strategic depth. But the two countries, having mentioned it, haven’t gone far to explain what they mean by it. Nonetheless, some fairly safe …
AI is the most consequential technology we will ever create. The visit by Japan’s pro-industry Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to Australia this week was a chance to bind our efforts with those of a natural …
The international system is currently experiencing a period of profound structural upheaval. The long-standing, rules-based international order – the very foundation of global stability since the mid-20th century – is being openly challenged to varying …




