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WEBIshiba’s Asian NATO: a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 2 Oct 2024 | Ryosuke Hanada. Newly installed Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s idea for an Asian NATO is probably not achievable in the short term. It’s a good idea for the more distant future, but for the moment there’s nowhere …. ASPI's analysis and commentary site.
Australia–Japan 2+2 and the latticework of partners
WEBSep 5, 2024 · They understand that the bilaterals, trilaterals (such as Australia-Japan-US and AUKUS), the Quad and even the Five Eyes all make up the ‘lattice of networks’ that is designed to enhance the security and well-being of the region. Malcolm Davis, senior analyst. Ministers didn’t mention the important area of space in their public remarks.
ASPI’s critical tech tracker updates: China’s lead in advanced …
WEBSep 22, 2023 · China’s research in several advanced sensor technologies vital to military navigation and targeting is overwhelmingly ahead of the three AUKUS partners, the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.. Even if the three team up with likeminded Indo-Pacific countries Japan and South Korea, they do not match the Chinese output in high-impact research.
ASIO chief highlights evolving terror threat to Australia
WEBIn his 2023 annual threat assessment address, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Mike Burgess, characterised Australia’s security environment as complex, challenging and changing.Burgess made it unequivocally clear that while threats to life are a priority for ASIO, espionage and foreign interference are now the agency’s principal security concern.
Where will Defence find 18,500 more people? | The Strategist
WEBMar 17, 2022 · The aggregated answer is the 18,500 additional people, which the government has now considered and agreed to. The $38 billion to pay for those people over the next decade is already built into Defence’s 10-year funding model set out in the 2020 update. A cynic might say there’s little new in the recent announcement.
Our drug policies aren’t working. The evidence is in wastewater
WEBApr 29, 2024 · The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission released its 21st National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program report last month. It found that ‘more than 16.5 tonnes of methylamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and MDMA combined was consumed between August 2022 and August 2023 representing a 17 per cent increase in consumption of these drugs from ...
The Australia–South Korea partnership is ripe for a refresh
WEBOct 26, 2023 · Notes: a. The technologies in this table were chosen because they are listed as defence-relevant technologies in ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker.However, only the technologies that fulfilled the following two criteria were chosen: China ranked first in terms of proportion of high-impact research, and South Korea and Australia ranked in the top 10 countries in terms of proportion of high ...
Defending Australia from disasters | The Strategist
WEBDefending Australia from disasters. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns, once again, that climate-change impacts—hazards such as bushfires, drought and flooding—are becoming more frequent and more intense, damaging nature, people and infrastructure. Yet measures to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to these ...
Artificial intelligence and policing: it’s a matter of trust
WEBAug 30, 2022 · From Robocop to Minority Report, the intersection between policing and artificial intelligence has long captured attention in the realm of high-concept science fiction.However, only over the past decade or so has academic research and government policy begun to focus on it. Teagan Westendorf’s ASPI report, Artificial intelligence and policing in Australia, is one recent example.
Is nuclear proliferation back? | The Strategist
WEBIn the Middle East, Iran has developed facilities for enriching weapons-grade uranium, and it is fast approaching the threshold of becoming the 10th nuclear-weapons state. Many observers fear that if it does so, it may precipitate a proliferation cascade across the region, with Saudi Arabia quickly following suit. These are worrying developments.