Northern Australia is where national ambition meets national vulnerability. It is the frontline of defence posture, a hub for ...

Australia’s engagement with the Pacific must be built on strategic empathy rather than transactional language. Otherwise, it risks overlooking the region’s core priorities: preserving the Pacific Way ...

Australia is secure when Papua New Guinea is secure, and Papua New Guinea is secure when Australia is secure.’ So said Billy ...

Buried in the joint statement of an Australia–Japan defence and foreign ministers meeting on 6 September was a step-change: Canberra and Tokyo would deepen cooperation on current and future deterrence ...

ASPI’s newly expanded China Defence Universities Tracker reveals how leading Chinese research institutions, including ...

Australia should position itself as the trusted technology partner for core infrastructure across the Pacific. More than ...

A review of Australia’s law on sub-national foreign relations has erred in suggesting that universities should face less ...

Australia has weathered economic coercion before. Beijing’s tariffs on wine and barley, informal bans on coal and lobster, ...

Debate on Australia’s defence strategy often centres on the budget and the plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Both ...

Policing in the Pacific has never been about propping up governments; it has always been about serving communities. Yet ...

While existing regulators have most AI risks under control, our new report shows that national-security risks are falling ...

Within Southeast Asia, Indonesia stands out as the only country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations operating ...