Northern Australia’s resilience in the face of crises depends not only on military facilities but on a network of civil infrastructure—ports, liquid-fuel facilities, airfields and logistics hubs that keep people, goods, and equipment moving. Whether …
Washington must regain its strategic focus. The Trump administration’s penchant for disruptive policymaking conveys ad hockery rather than deliberate strategy. Worse, strategic incoherence risks crippling the US’s ability to meet the twin geopolitical imperatives posed …
Defence’s role remains paramount in delivering national security, but hybrid threats, cyber security and access to space-based services are not problems for the military alone to solve. At ASPI’s annual defence conference on 4 June, …
The defence sector measures what it can and avoids what it can’t, and this is quietly costing billions. While systems, capabilities and schedules dominate the conversation around projects, one factor remains glaringly unattended: people. In …
Northern Australia holds the key to unlocking a new era of defence cooperation and regional development. Just as Singapore has successfully established a long-term training presence in Queensland backed by a $2.25 billion infrastructure investment, …
