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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is an independent, non-partisan policy institute based in Canberra. It was set up by the government to provide fresh ideas on Australia's defence and strategic policy choices.
ASPI is charged with the task of informing the public on strategic and defence issues, generating new ideas for government, and fostering strategic expertise in Australia. It aims to help Australians understand the critical strategic choices which our country will face over the coming years, and to help government make better-informed decisions. Source
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| Country | Australia |
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Search ArticlesIntervention opportunity framework: preserving strategic choice in an era of accelerating competition
Governments invest heavily in capability, intelligence and preparedness. Yet strategic advantage can still be lost for a simpler reason: institutions take too long to turn recognition into action. This new ASPI explainer introduces the Intervention Opportunity Framework, a way of thinking about strategy through the finite time available to influence events before meaningful choices disappear.
Digital infrastructure in South Asia: China’s role and the potential for Australia–India cooperation
Digital infrastructure development in South Asia is gathering pace. It is central not only to economic growth and public service delivery, but also to national and regional security as well as geopolitical competition, particularly between China and India. China has emerged as a significant supplier of digital infrastructure and technology across the region.
Russia’s Pacific submarine fleet: Sino-Russian cooperation in a conventional Pacific conflict
In Australia, the submarine debate is dominated by the acquisition of nuclear-powered attack submarines under the AUKUS deal. Significantly less attention is given to threats from submarines, specifically the eight nuclear-powered attack submarines Russia operates in our region and its strategic incentives to use them. This ASPI explainer examines the Russian Pacific Fleet’s potent submarine force and explores how it could support China in a Pacific conflict.
ADSTAR Summit series: Chief Defence Scientist Tayna Monro on asymmetric advantage
As a relatively small military, the Australian Defence Force needs to fight and win through advantages such as superior technology. Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro, AC, is in charge of figuring out smart ways to do that. Tayna kicks off our short series recorded at the ADSTAR Summit in Adelaide, Australia’s premier defence science and technology gathering. ASPI joined the summit as podcast partner alongside organisers the Defence Science and Technology Group.
Women in Defence and Security Network Gala Dinner
Date: 19 November 2026 Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm Location: Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia, 30 Parkes Place, Parkes ACT 2600 The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Women in Defence and Security Network (WDSN) is pleased to invite you to its annual national security gala dinner, to be held on Thursday 19 November at Gandel Hall.
Better Policy Analytical Tools
As policy problems become more complex, good advice requires more than experience. Policy professionals must be able to analyse evidence, evaluate competing options, assess impacts and communicate sound judgement with confidence. Better Policy Analytical Tools is a two-day workshop designed to strengthen the analytical capability that underpins high-quality policy advice.
Women in Defence and Security Network Gala Dinner
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Women in Defence and Security Network (WDSN) is pleased to invite you to its annual national security gala dinner, to be held on Thursday 19 November at Gandel Hall. This dinner sells out each year and is a great opportunity to meet new people working across the national security and foreign policy community, at a range of levels.
ASPI launches Artificial Intelligence and Security Program
30 July 2026 The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is excited to announce the official launch of its Artificial Intelligence and Security Program. With a view to safeguarding Australia’s national interests amid an unprecedented pace of technological change, this program will examine both the growing risks and the emerging opportunities artificial intelligence presents for national security.
From the old world to the new: Why German rearmament matters for Australia
When then chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz delivered the famous Zeitenwende (epochal shift) speech outlining the urgent need for change in defence and security policy as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he presided over a military that reportedly struggled to participate in even basic NATO operations. Today by contrast, Germany is the world’s fourth largest military spender and has committed to military and industrial uplift with zeal.
Past its use-by-date: Turning end-of-life technology risk into national advantage
End-of-life technology is no longer simply an IT management problem. Across governments and critical infrastructure, unsupported systems are becoming a structural risk to national security, economic resilience and the continuity of essential services. Systems designed for the threat environments of the 1990s and 2000s continue to support energy networks, telecommunications, healthcare, public administration and other essential functions.