Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actions and developments shaping the regional order and Australia’s security. This edition covers the period from 7 August to 20 August …
The Pentagon’s top policy official, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, used his first Southeast Asian tour last week to make a pitch for why regional countries should partner with the United States …
Australia is helping Southeast Asian countries see more of what happens in their waters. It should now equip them to communicate what they see. On 21 July, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced an additional …
Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actions and developments shaping the regional order and Australia’s security. This edition covers the period from 24 July …
Southeast Asian countries looking for security against China should shift the weight of their defence spending to deploying highly mobile, mostly inexpensive equipment that it would struggle to counter. These would be strike missiles, cheap …




