Dec 30, 2024 · Originally published on 26 July 2024. As so often, the Australian Defence Force wanted the exquisite solution. It wanted uncrewed battlefield reconnaissance aircraft of a design that wasn’t operational anywhere and would achieve performance that ...

US President Donald Trump has called on NATO members to lift their defence spending from the current target of 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent. ‘They could all afford it,’ he said, warning that the …ASPI's analysis and commentary site

Dec 26, 2024 · Originally published on 4 November 2024. When Hayley Channer and Nicole Seils attended a defence-related event in Canberra in 2014, they realised they were two of only a handful of women in the room. Stranger still, they had not known each other before that evening. That meeting between an ASPI analyst and the then head of government relations at Lockheed Martin Australia sparked the idea for ...

Dec 27, 2024 · Originally published on 11 June 2024. The Australian Defence Force needs bold, creative initiatives to attract and keep enough personnel to reach expansion targets. Ask Australians in their 20s what matters to them right now, ...

Paul Amatio is a former officer in the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He completed a bachelor’s degree in justice studies at the Queensland University of Technology and provides consultancy advice on policing and security. Image of soldiers of the Australian and PNG defence forces: Department of Defence.

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip proposed a toast to George ...

On this day 27 December in 1941, John Curtin famously declared that in the war with Imperial Japan, Australia would look to the United States, ‘free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom’. In our national mythology, this is seen as Australia acting independently, instead of following Britain’s lead. However, Curtin had little choice but to appeal ...

Deepfake technology is weaponising artificial intelligence in a way that disproportionately targets women, especially those working public roles, compromising their dignity, safety, and ability to participate in public life. This digital abuse requires urgent global action, as it not only infringes on human rights but also affects their democratic participation. Britain’s recent decision to ...

The Biden administration struggled with adequately advancing US national security and foreign policy interests in the Pacific islands. The problem was that the White House failed to select the right business concept to pursue. What is needed is not simply a strategic pivot. What is needed is a business transformation. That requires more than reform and modernisation. It requires a …

Australia has a new framework for dealing with high-risk technology vendors, though the government isn’t brave enough to call them that. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the framework ‘will ensure the government strikes the ...