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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan think tank focused on Australia's defence, cyber, tech and strategic policy
Canberra, Australia
Joined March 2011
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 In ‘The Pacific cocaine corridor: A Brazilian cartel’s pipeline to Australia’, Rodrigo Duton charts the dramatic expansion of the Brazilian organised crime gang Primeiro Comando da Capital in the import of cocaine and other drugs into Australia. 🔖 Read it now ➡️
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'Narratives framing the Quad as belligerent, divided and ineffective not only diminish its legitimacy; they also complicate its ability to keep the Indo-Pacific free and open,' write @fitbintim and Takumi Kawasaki.
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'Europeans have interpreted US foreign policy through a binary lens: either a US administration is Atlanticist, in which case all is well (for the most part); or it is isolationist, which spells trouble. But Trump fits neither category,' writes @ZakiLaidi.
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At the Tech Policy Design Institute's Tech Futures last night, @BassiJustin talked about the need for a framework to deal with insecure technology that puts 🇦🇺's critical infrastructure at risk. Default should be to prohibit suppliers of concern.
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Neither Atlanticist nor isolationist: recognise Trump as an imperial nationalist | @ZakiLaidi |
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'Without strategic investment in domestic AI capabilities, Australia risks ceding influence over critical technologies that will shape its economy, security and society in the years ahead,' writes @techstrat_99.
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'Year-end revelations of two new Chinese combat aircraft designs, the Chengdu J-36 and the Shenyang J-XX, should have put an end to the idea that China’s aerospace and defense industry just copies the West,' writes Bill Sweetman.
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'Indonesia isn’t doing enough in acquiring advanced naval and air systems. Too much money and focus are still being spent on the army, the traditionally dominant service—yet the country hardly faces a risk of a ground war,' writes Karl Gading Sayudha.
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🗓️ EVENT REMINDER 🗓️ 🇨🇦's Deputy Secretary for Artificial Intelligence to the Cabinet Dr Mark Schaan, @TonySheldonNSW and @MicrosoftANZ's Sarah Carney will join @davidwroe for a discussion on the intersection between AI and geosecurity. 📝 Register here:
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In this @smh article by @LisaVisentin, ASPI's @johncoyne14 says China’s booming chemical and pharmaceutical industry has made it an obvious source for cheap synthetic opioids, as Trump's tariffs increase geopolitical tensions. Read it here ⬇️
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Something old, something new: the very practical rules of Chinese aircraft development | Bill Sweetman |
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Air and maritime defence, not ground combat, should be Indonesia’s priorities | Karl Gading Sayudha |
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RT @BassiJustin: Great to see this early meeting between the 🇦🇺 Defence Minister @RichardMarlesMP & 🇺🇸 Defense Secretary @PeteHegseth, whic…
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'This is not an article about certainty of employment, subsidised housing, or money ... Instead, I want to talk about the intangibles. The things that really matter. The things that have made me who I am today,' writes @helmandproject.
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'The one truly difficult policy problem is openness, particularly open-source licensing. We cannot let everyone have access to models optimised for hunter-killer drone attacks; nor, however, can we stamp ‘top secret’ on every model,' writes Charles Ferguson.
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'The research and other work done by these nonprofits is invaluable. It largely isn’t replicated by think tanks, universities...or journalists. If it disappears, nothing will replace it, and 🇨🇳’s work to crush it will be complete,' writes @BethanyAllenEbr.
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