A weekend report in The Australian has raised questions about whether the foreign university affiliations of an interpreter for successive Australian prime ministers are a national security issue. The fact that successive Australian leaders – …
It was 25 years ago that the Australian Strategic Policy Institute opened its doors, an event that both of us believed in. By the beginning of 2001 we had developed the view that establishing a …
A lack of meaningful context makes discussions of Australia’s foreign and national security policy too uninteresting or difficult for many young Australians to understand. This works against the long-term development of a public mandate for …
Once just a marketplace, the financial system is now a weapon of statecraft. Australia’s financial regulators hold the data that shows where the country is most exposed. That intelligence is a national-security asset but sits …
In today’s national security environment, experience alone is no longer enough. As technology, industry and strategic competition evolve at speed, Australia needs to do more than rely on established voices. It needs to actively amplify …




