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Will national security concerns end the globalisation of technology?
Mark Gregory | March 13, 2019Fears about data security are prompting calls to ban Chinese technology from sensitive sectors, as state sponsored Chinese cyber-espionage and surveillance continues to menace western democracies.
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Preparing for the era of disasters
Robert Glasser | March 10, 2019An emerging era of disasters will increasingly stretch emergency services, diminish community resilience and escalate economic costs and losses of life. It will also have profound implications for food security in our immediate region, with cascading impacts that will undermine Australia’s national security.
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Australia’s other border security problem: visa overstayers
John Coyne | March 9, 2019There’s been plenty of discussion about the problem of asylum seekers arriving by boats, but the problem of visitors overstaying their visas is a much more common problem.
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Remembering the lessons and legacies of Australia’s East Timor intervention
Donald Greenlees | March 5, 2019Just over 20 years ago, a letter from Australian prime minister John Howard to the president of Indonesia, B.J. Habibie, set in motion a chain of events that would lead to East Timor’s passage to nationhood.
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Strengthening the nuclear order
Rod Lyon | March 3, 2019Nuclear weapons are once more a focus for public and political debate. Great-power competition has returned, leading to more fractious strategic relationships among the P5—the recognised nuclear weapon states—and the competitive modernisation of nuclear arsenals.
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Defending multilateralism and the rules-based global order
Lisa Sharland | March 1, 2019The rules-based global order has underpinned Australia’s approach to defence and foreign policy over the past 70 years and although the role played by the USA is under question, Australia can step up to be a force for good in international affairs.
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Understanding the attack on Australia’s parliament and political parties
Danielle Cave | February 22, 2019The Australian government has been reluctant to ‘name and shame’ states engaged in hostile cyber operations, but should this change now the latest assault has targeted the home of democracy – Parliament House – and the nation’s political parties only months out from a federal election?
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Defending the north – Then and now
Richard Brabin-Smith | February 21, 2019While most of Australia’s population lives in the south east, any threat to the country must be faced from the north, and so plans to strengthen Australia’s defences must begin there.
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Strengthening the north is a strategic priority
Michael Shoebridge | February 18, 2019Renewing a serious Australian defence presence in the nation’s north should become a compelling and increasingly urgent matter of strategic policy and capability planning given increasing regional threats.
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Australian border security: hope against hope
John Coyne | February 17, 2019While Australia’s ‘Operation Sovereign Borders’ has been a resounding success in dramatically reducing the flow of irregular migrants to Australia by sea, the reopening of the Christmas Island detention centre has renewed the debate around illegal migration.
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Australian can help women oppose violent extremism
Louise Allen | February 14, 2019Australian aid funding and other efforts overseas can help women curb the threat of violent Islamic extremism in hot spots around the world.
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How safe is our data from the long arm of the law?
Vanessa Teague | February 13, 2019New legislation which aims to expose the communications of serious criminals might undermine the security of Australian citizens in the name of protecting it.