All prime ministers and presidents frequently tell us that national security is the top priority for government, but does the ...

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Australia’s northern approaches are increasingly contested, yet the airspace over Cape York remains under-monitored and ...

Australia’s 2018 espionage laws are instrumental to defending against espionage, foreign interference, sabotage and theft of ...

Innovation policy is often built around optimism. But in a world of live contest across the economy, the environment and the ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks once remarked that Donald Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions—a sentiment ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to make a formal statement to the Australian Parliament addressing Australia’s place in ...

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Beijing’s coercion campaign against Taiwan is entering a more litigious phase. While military drills and cognitive warfare ...

Australia’s ability to generate breakthrough ideas has never been in doubt. But despite increasing recognition of the need ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China from 12 to 18 July, his office said yesterday. He’ll meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Here are ASPI analysts’ views on the visit, what ...