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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.
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Fears of nuclear rearmament as the INF Treaty crumbles
Open Forum | February 11, 2019The demise of the INF Treaty is a blow both to the Cold War arms control architecture and prospects for global disarmament. Relations between Russia and the US will perhaps suffer another rupture, but the Pacific remains the most likely site of superpower confrontation.
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The Huawei arrests should ring alarm bells in Australia
Gerry Groot | February 10, 2019China’s brutal response to foreign indictments against the tech-giant Huawei should offer important lessons for Australia.
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What price food security?
Open Forum | February 5, 2019Events such as extreme weather, over-fishing, and geopolitical crises are already causing sudden losses in global food production, and these ‘shocks’ are likely to become more common, posing significant threats to global food security.
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Terrorism in Australia in 2019: More of the same?
Clive Williams | February 4, 2019While there can be no ironclad guarantees, generous resourcing should allow security authorities to remain on top of the situation and prevent group plots from succeeding.
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Australia’s defence and security: Are we doing enough?
Jim Molan | February 3, 2019Given that anything in Australian defence takes decades to mature, an upcoming election is the perfect time to talk about the issue of defence and security.
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Hackers for hire pose growing international security risk
Elise Thomas | January 29, 2019A hacker has been jailed in the UK over his role in a massive cyberattack in Liberia in 2016, in a case which is likely to be a sign of things to come as hackers for hire become ever more available—and affordable.
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Climate change dominates the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report
Robert Glasser | January 25, 2019The World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks Report 2019 to coincide with its annual meeting taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland and, for the third year in a row, climate change and climate change–related risks dominate the document.