Australia is waging a quiet yet critical battle on a new front—its software supply chains. Attacks on this battleground infiltrate deep within the software development lifecycle, exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party components or open-source software. But …
Cooperation between federal and subnational Australian governments on national security must continue to evolve in the face of the complex terrorism, espionage and foreign interference threats. The tensions exemplified by Canberra’s unprecedented 2021 decision to …
With relations between Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) strong, the time is right for Australia to advocate for a high-level Australia–Indonesia–PNG trilateral strategic partnership. Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper identified the Pacific and …
Australia has all but institutionalised self-censorship in intellectual strategic thought. An absence of secure academic positions, widening of the policy-scholarly divide, and a corrosive culture of in-fighting over a piece of the same (dwindling) funding …
Australia’s food security should not be taken for granted. The Covid-19 pandemic shows what can go wrong with it during seismic strategic challenges. January’s empty supermarket shelves across Darwin, caused by flooding, illustrate the precarious …
