Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Data localisation is an increasing trend that threatens to stifle growth without any tangible cybersecurity benefit.

The government must reject Hong Kong-based consortium CKI's $13 billion bid for gas company APA Group, as it is a vital part of Australia's energy infrastructure.

The government's claim to be prioritising the South Pacific needs to be backed up with action, and not undermined by policy statements—particularly on climate change.

The so-called ASEAN way is coming under threat from a number of places and the bloc will need to remain united if it is to remain relevant.

Malcolm Turnbull isn't the only world leader in recent times to be susceptible to the demands of a coalition he doesn't see eye-to-eye with.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has managed to offend a number of countries with foreign policy heavy on symbolism but lacking in substance.

ASPI warmly invites you to attend a panel discussion on whole-of-government coordination in outbreak responses.
Threats like ebola, SARS, bird flu and others have cost millions of lives and wiped billions from the global economy. Australia’s step-up in our region includes the establishment of the Health Security Initiative for the Indo-Pacific. Health security, for Australia, means the avoidance and containment of infectious disease threats with the potential to cause massive... social and economic damage to ourselves and our neighbours.
Dr Jonathan Quick currently serves as chair of the Global Health Council and is the author of The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It. Currently speaking around Australia, from Brisbane to Melbourne, Dr Quick offers new perspectives from firsthand accounts of successes and failures in containing these diseases.
Other panel members include:
1) Ms Sharon Appleyard, First Assistant Secretary Office of Health Protection, Department of Health 2) Mr Blair Exell, seconded to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet as First Assistant Secretary of Education, Community Safety and Health division
A drinks and canapes reception will conclude the event.
The event is generously sponsored by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, located in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which brings together expertise from relevant Australian government agencies to implement Australia’s Health Security Initiative for the Indo-Pacific region.
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Much of the debate about nuclear weapons centres on their abolition when we should really be asking what is so important that we would be willing to fight a nuclear war over it.

Chief of the Australian Army Rick Burr tells ASPI what drone racing has to do with his concept of 'accelerated warfare'.

The latest from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on cyber warfare should be cause for a fundamental reorientation in thinking for armed forces around the world.

A more inward-looking United States, greater international diffusion of power, increasingly militarized foreign policy, and shrinking space for multilateralism and diplomacy are now common features of the international order. The ASPI Global Powers masterclass is a half-day intensive event that will give participants a strategic overview of the prospects for peace and/or conflict in 2019 between the major powers: Russia, China and the United States.
Following individual prese...ntations from speakers, each representing a specific global power, presenters will then come together for an interactive panel discussion with the audience.
Speakers include:
1) Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, former Chief of British Secret Intelligence Service 2) Mr John Garnaut, former China correspondent and senior government adviser 3) Dr Elsina Wainwright AM, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre 4) Mr Peter Jennings, Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
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The power of Donald J. Trump's rhetoric will be seen in the US midterm elections, but everything he says is aimed at hardening his existing base and not expanding it.

As Scott Morrison MP - ScoMo makes his first overseas trip as prime minister, Michael Shoebridge writes that the trip's symbolism must be backed up by meaningful action on Australia–Indonesia relations.

ASPI is currently seeking a Financial Controller. This is an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated, results focused individual to lead and drive the ongoing development of the finance function, ensuring alignment with ASPI’s broader strategic plan

If the Australian Army is to adopt the concept of 'Accelerated Warfare' then its budget shouldn't be locked in large part to spending on one type of armoured vehicle.

Episode 3 of 'Policy, Guns & Money' is out! In this episode: #ScoMo diplomacy – our two grumpy strategists unpack the defence and foreign policy agenda of Australia’s newest Prime Minister, Scott Morrison MP - ScoMo; much-ado about Huawei – the Chinese tech company gets banned from Australia’s 5G network; and Madeleine Nyst and Jacqueline Westermann discuss the economic crisis in Venezuela and explore the changing face of journalism and how it impacts press freedom

ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre and Omni Executive warmly invite you to attend a panel discussion on the future of cyber defence.
This special ASPI event will examine the fundamental cybersecurity conundrum: humans are critical parts of both the cybersecurity problem and the solution. Around this conundrum, the international and Australian panel members will look at the emerging cybersecurity threats and challenges and the next generation cyber workforce – how we bui...ld it and how it can be augmented with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
The panel will feature two international guests: former Deputy Chief of the US National Security Agency and Director of Intelligence for US Strategic Command, Mr Scott George and the Director of the Advanced Cyber Technology Centre at Northrop Grumman, Dr Dennis McCallum. An Australian perspective will be offered by Dr Lesley Seebeck, CEO of ANU’s inaugural Cyber Institute.
A drinks and canapes reception will conclude the event.
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Tomorrow marks 100 years since the battle described as the finest achievement of the AIF.