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WEB25 Sep 2024 | Jocelinn Kang and Jessie Jacob. Australia has an opportunity to strengthen its position as a regional digital hub in the Indo-Pacific, as the submarine cable industry undergoes a transformation. Capitalising on this chance will take strategic focus and decisive action. …. ASPI's analysis and commentary site.
How China’s military–civil fusion policy ties into its push for world ...
WEBWhen the University College Cork in Ireland withdrew from a partnership with Minzu University of China (MUC) in 2021, speculation cited concerns linking MUC with human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. This included the arrest of a Uyghur professor at MUC who was accused of separatism and escalating ethnic tensions.
ASPI’s decades: The Strategist
WEBSep 13, 2021 · ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The Strategist first went online on 17 July 2012, becoming a ‘blog’ that blossomed. ASPI’s publication set up its stall in the crowded town square of international affairs, seeking to make sense of the passing parade.
What’s the plan for ‘sovereign’ munitions for the ADF?
WEBThe company reportedly ‘has plans, subject to government approval to produce 155mm Assegai Projectiles, 30mm ammunition for the Boxer vehicle, hand grenades, aircraft bombs and artillery fuses’. At this stage, NIOA is not delivering these munitions to Australian defence users and these plans are therefore, presumably, not part of the GWEO.
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Defence needs to rethink its disaster-relief strategy
WEBApr 12, 2021 · A strategic rethink is needed in how Australia supports our Pacific neighbours to prepare for and recover from cyclones before they occur, and this should happen before HADR demand outpaces the ADF’s capacity to assist. Following the final report of the Royal Commission into National Disaster Arrangements and the government’s response last ...
The long arc of Australian defence strategy | The Strategist
WEBKim Beazley was appointed as Minister for Defence on 13 December 1984. He oversaw a revolution in Australian defence, as profoundly important in shaping the nation as were the economic reforms of the time. His enduring legacy is the idea of self-reliance in the defence of Australia. The 1987 Defence White Paper that Beazley delivered, taken ...
Developing a strike capability to hit China would generate …
WEBMar 20, 2020 · Competing with China in ‘punishment’ forces would therefore just generate instability and uncertainty in a crisis. That’s why Hellyer’s suggestion that Australia acquire a strike capability with a range of up to 4,000 kilometres is problematic, even in pursuit of a deterrence-by-denial strategy. Just having such capabilities creates ...
Australia’s message for NATO | The Strategist
WEBJul 11, 2023 · Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to Vilnius for this week’s NATO summit needing to deliver the clear messages that Australia continues to be a serious supporter of Ukraine, that it remains of free will when it comes to managing Beijing, and that transatlantic and Indo-Pacific security are linked. All three issues will be on the minds of ...
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