In a powerful essay on 🇦🇺 defence strategy since the pivotal 1987 White Paper, Michael Pezzullo traverses self-reliance, the dramatically changed Indo-Pacific strategic environment & the urgent need to lift defence spending to 3pc of GDP.

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‘Recent legislation allowing the repudiation of citizenship as part of a wider effort against people who engage in terrorism effectively excludes perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence from prosecution in Australia’, writes Susan Hutchinson. aspistrategist.org.au/australia-isnt…

‘To help strengthen the defence ecosystem, the territory government is investing in and supporting a range of initiatives that will also be useful to the forces of Japan, the United States & others when operating in the Top End’, writes Bernice Kissinger. aspistrategist.org.au/access-to-nort…

‘We should not expect a return to the strategy of engagement that marked the beginning of this century. But it is in both countries’ interests to avoid conflict, and to identify areas for cooperation when and where we can’, writes Joseph Nye. aspistrategist.org.au/us-china-coope…

Australia isn’t doing enough on conflict-related sexual violence | Susan Hutchinson | bit.ly/4b95uRy

🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨

The latest episode of Stop the World is now available!

This episode is all about 🇦🇺 defence innovation and capability with ASPI Visiting Senior Fellow Keirin Joyce, Anduril Industries's Pete Quinn and David Goodrich joining Bec Shrimpton to discuss autonomous…

More great speakers announced! Come along to engage with leading thinkers & - most importantly -key 'doers' in Australia's national defence. This conference is not just about listening - it's about participating & contributing. Come along, learn, have a say, debate, get involved!

📢 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We look forward to hearing from Marise Payne, Thales Australia's Jeff Connolly, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre's Prof Stephan Frühling, United States Studies Centre's Peter J. Dean and Gilmour Space's James Tennant at our upcoming defence conference 'JoiningFORCES' on 4-5 June!

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Access to Northern Territory can be a military asset for Japan | Bernice Kissinger | bit.ly/4ahdFK2

Highly relevant ASPI AUKUS Pillar 2 report.

It provides an operational perspective on practical barriers to the envisaged cooperation, informed by engagement with over 170 orgs & key individuals, and offers recommendations to help ensure this vital initiative succeeds. ⤵️

“The Chinese claim lacks any basis in evidence, and deliberately mischaracterises the actions of the Australians,” Dr. Malcolm Davis 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 tells Radio Free Asia on China's account of the recent Yellow Sea flare incident.

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This The Australian article mentions our new report 'AUKUS Pillar 2 critical pathways' revealing '🇦🇺’s defence sector risks being “crushed” by AUKUS' unless the federal government lifts R&D funding and supports the industry’s small and medium enterprises.

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US-China cooperation remains possible | Joseph Nye | bit.ly/3wkbXtN

‘Australia’s task and opportunity extend well beyond simply mining and processing its own critical minerals and supplying them to customers. Australia has an integral role in global supply chains’, writes Ian Satchwell. aspistrategist.org.au/australias-fut…

‘The Pact may hold positive lessons about EU politics and the union’s future. Most notably, the effort to pass it demonstrated the impact that leaders like Meloni can have when they bring to bear their coalition-building capabilities’, writes Ana Palacio. aspistrategist.org.au/why-the-eus-ne…

‘China’s potential in the Arctic is limited by Russia’s concerns of rivalry in the sole region where it remains a first-rank power, especially as the power gap between the two countries widens in other fields,’ writes Henry Hopwood-Phillips. aspistrategist.org.au/dont-overestim…

Australia’s future must be made in global supply chains | Ian Satchwell | bit.ly/3wDaZsq

Exciting collaboration, to have partnered with ASPI to deliver workshops on Disinformation & Misinformation. Our 2 day workshop included Media, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament and CEOs.

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Why the EU’s new migration pact matters | Ana Palacio | bit.ly/44ypXfT