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ASPI's analysis and commentary site. For China watchers, there’s a grim irony contained in the 14 principles that former senior official Peter Varghese recommends in his long-awaited review into national security think tanks, released last week.
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Editors' picks for 2024: 'The house always wins: how to boost ADF ...
1 day ago · Originally published on 11 June 2024. The Australian Defence Force needs bold, creative initiatives to attract and keep enough personnel to reach expansion targets. Ask Australians in their 20s what matters to them right now, and housing will rank high. The response from Defence should be ‘Well ...
Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘The long arc of Australian defence strategy’
4 days ago · Michael Pezzullo was deputy chief of staff to the Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley, from 1997 to 2001.As deputy secretary in the Department of Defence, he was the lead author of the 2009 Defence White Paper. He was secretary of the Department of Home Affairs from 2017 to 2023.
The Strategist marks 10 years of commentary and analysis
Jul 20, 2022 · By late 2011, after a decade of effort, ASPI had made its mark with comprehensive long-form publications on defence and security issues. The institute’s senior analysts were assembled to plan an online presence, and The Strategist was born.. A key goal was to maintain quality in Strategist posts, and the targeted model was the New York Times.The Strategist was launched in July 2012 to give ...
Collaborative planning for Australian food security preparedness
Australia’s food security, commonly assumed safe thanks to our being a net food exporter, is increasingly vulnerable in a world marked by geopolitical and environmental instability. Our reliance on critical imports in food production and ...
Editors' picks for 2024: 'Faster, cheaper ways to expand Australia’s ...
Originally published on 22 March 2024. Following the release of the Australia’s Surface Fleet Review, a big problem remains: the Australian Defence Force lacks sufficient maritime firepower to credibly implement deterrence-by-denial in the next 10 years.
Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘Australia should grow its own fuel’
5 days ago · Originally published on 18 March 2024. Australia really does run on the smell of an oily rag. Our fuel reserves are pitifully low by international standards, and we produce very little fuel domestically. This is a risk, both strategically and economically. But it also presents an opportunity we ...
Critical Minerals Security Partnership may not be enough for …
Sep 25, 2024 · Fourteen countries this week took what they intended to be a big step in countering China’s dominance of critical minerals supply. But it’s unclear whether the initiative will restore competitiveness of Australian production and investment in the face of massive subsidies offered by China and, in response, the United States.
Securing Australia’s supply chains through targeted investments in ...
Australia needs a policy for delivering the minimum manufacturing capacity that would ensure national resilience, security and economic prosperity. Unfortunately, Australia’s domestic manufacturing capacity is generally declining, except in the defence industry and, in time, ...