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  • 4 Sep 2024
    • Intelligence and security
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand's intelligence service warns of growing foreign interference risks

    David Capie
    A new security assessment aims to widen the concept of strategic competition beyond the United States and China.
  • 15 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Terrorism

    Right-sizing the terror threat

    Ben Scott
    And living with risk.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Cyber Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Technology

    Australia’s big tech defence cloud: Too big to fail?

    Cynthia Mehboob
    Trusting the country’s digital defence capabilities to one company is a potential threat to national security.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Diplomacy
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    Julian Assange: Some consular cases are more equal than others

    Ian Kemish
    It’s hard to think of a case that has consumed more official hours and dollars.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • United States

    Assange’s guilty plea “crucial” for many in US intelligence community: James Clapper, former DNI

    James Clapper
    Justice has been served and an irritant in US relations with Australia resolved.
  • 7 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Technology

    Quantum of silence

    Brendan Walker-Munro
    Why the secrecy around securing Australia’s quantum research is scary.
  • 20 Mar 2024
    • Intelligence and security

    Open sources and the future of spying

    Sam Roggeveen
    Countries spy to overcome an information deficit. But we now live in a world of information super-abundance.
  • 7 Mar 2024
    • Intelligence and security
    • Review

    Spy novels and unicorn hunting

    Mark Pierce
    Seeking perfection among the dead ends, red herrings and lost causes, a lover of espionage lists the must-haves.
  • 1 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security

    ASIO versus the A-team

    Ben Scott
    Mike Burgess kicked off a guessing game with his speech this week – which might have obscured his true message.
  • 19 Dec 2023
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security

    Decoding good intelligence

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Transparency – in the sense of a good public understanding of the role and value of intelligence – is essential to support.
  • 14 Dec 2023
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security

    Australia needs an open-source intelligence agency

    Ben Scott
    Done right, this reform could also disrupt the culture of excessive secrecy.
  • 11 Dec 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Review

    Espionage top ten

    Milton Cockburn
    From George Smiley to Jackson Lamb, the best spy fiction relies not on heroes but masters of the plot.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Intelligence and security

    Contract cheating: How academic dishonesty could endanger national security

    Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann , Louis de Koker
    Essay-writing mills are more than just a blight on academic integrity, they open a door to the dark world of blackmail.
  • 22 Jul 2021
    • Cyber Warfare
    • China-Japan Relations
    • China's Military
    • Intelligence and security
    • China-India Relations

    Bringing the grey zone into focus

    Peter Layton
    Australia must be ready for China’s next move in the volatile game of statecraft brinkmanship.
  • 30 Aug 2019
    • Intelligence and security

    Suspicion creeps into the Five Eyes

    Alasdair Nicholson
    The anglophone intelligence group has had its squabbles of late, but it won’t be undone.
  • 27 Jul 2017
    • China
    • Intelligence and security

    Time for Five Eyes to coordinate on Chinese tech investment

    John Hemmings
    A common assessment system for the Five Eyes allies would assist in safeguarding interlinked telecommunications and high-tech sectors.
  • 19 Jul 2017
    • Intelligence and security

    Separating out important intelligence reforms from Home Affairs

    John Blaxland
    The 2017 Intelligence Review was necessary and its recommendations are pertinent and strong.
  • 4 Mar 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy links (defence special): White Paper, Army blogging, honeytraps and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 4 Nov 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

    Euan Graham
  • 30 Oct 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security

    As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

    Euan Graham
  • 6 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Opportunity cost in Australia's future submarine decision

    Stephen Grenville
  • 21 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Intelligence and security

    Australia's Future Submarine Project: The urgent need for economic scrutiny

    Stephen Grenville
  • 18 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Is Russia's growing intervention in Syria a game changer?

    Bob Bowker
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Intelligence and security

    Australia-South Korea 2+2 delivers ambitious agenda

    Euan Graham
  • 11 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Australia-India nuclear deal: Parliamentary treaties committee recommends tough conditions

    John Tilemann
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Syria: It's what isn't being said that's of interest

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security

    The US needs to take the fight in Syria more seriously and Australian involvement will help

    Jim Molan
  • 9 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • E-diplomacy

    To effectively counter ISIS online, we need a narrative

    John Gooding
  • 3 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Reflections on the 2015 Lowy Lecture: Greater Asia

    Euan Graham
  • 1 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    The Syrian conflict is a civil war, and R2P won't help

    Crispin Rovere
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Will the RAAF be assisting the Syrian Army?

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 14 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Relations
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Iran nuclear deal opens door for Syria diplomacy

    Bob Bowker
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Talisman Sabre 2015: Bigger and more amphibious

    Euan Graham
  • 16 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Stripping citizenship: Information gaps and unforeseen consequences

    David Wells
  • 15 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Relations
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Iran nuclear deal: Surrendering to grim reality

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 3 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Is Egypt falling into an Islamist insurrection?

    Bob Bowker
  • 29 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Attribution is key to broader ISIS strategy

    David Wells
  • 16 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • Energy

    Lowy poll: On China and energy, Australia maintains its sunny disposition

    Euan Graham
  • 19 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Assad's regime is brittle, and it may fall fast

    Bob Bowker
  • 12 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    North Korea missile test: Seoul must now focus on sub hunting

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 7 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Are peace talks in Afghanistan slowly taking shape?

    Emilia Christoforou
  • 1 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    New Defence Guidelines re-brand US-Japan alliance

    Euan Graham
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Digital Disruption
    • E-diplomacy

    Countering ISIS online

    Fergus Hanson
  • 15 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Will space and cyber operations affect ADF force structure?

    Derek Woolner
  • 31 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    The coming nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 26 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Just how absurd is the Middle East at the moment?

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 18 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    Do we need 'full-spectrum defence'?

    Hugh White
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia needs to start thinking globally about national security

    Peter Layton
  • 9 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Applying the right lessons to Iraq

    Jim Molan
  • 5 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    The destructive power of nuclear weapons

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
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