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ASPI suggests

It’s all happening over in Davos, Switzerland, as the World Economic Forum hosts its 2016 Annual Meeting. As The Economist mused earlier in the week, ‘The scope for Davos satire is boundless: billionaires fretting about …

ASPI suggests

Although it took place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars has again been making headlines this week, not only due to the release of The Force Awakens, but also …

Sea, air and land updates

Sea State The Philippine Government has voiced its interest in acquiring three more ex-Royal Australian Navy Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft (LCH). Retired in December 2012, the vessels have a military lift capacity of three medium …

Post-NATO Afghanistan: coping, but only just

The political and military environment in Afghanistan remains extremely challenging. While recent international attention has been drawn to the rise of the ‘Islamic State’ group in Iraq and Syria and by the Greek financial crisis, …

ASPI suggests

To get you across the week’s big stories in security and defence, here’s ASPI Suggests with new reports, videos and podcasts. Following Hillary Clinton’s announcement of her run for the White House, Strategist editor David …