The Australian government’s 2020 defence strategic update was released with a catchy tagline: ‘Shape. Deter. Respond.’ The second two of these strategic objectives are incontrovertibly part of the traditional role of the military: to deter …
Last Saturday, in a two-paragraph statement, ASEAN foreign ministers said they were ‘deeply concerned over the evolving situation and armed hostilities in Ukraine’. They called on ‘all relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint and make …
This is the third in a series of edited extracts from a new ASPI publication, The geopolitics of climate and security in the Indo-Pacific, released today. The first article presented a 2035 climate security scenario, …
This is the first of several edited extracts from a forthcoming ASPI publication, The geopolitics of climate and security in the Indo-Pacific. The impacts of climate change on the Indo-Pacific, already the most exposed region …
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption and digital transformation in many regions of the world. In Southeast Asia, this has driven unprecedented demand for online services in retail, digital payments, education and health. However, …