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    Flying the flag in the Pacific

    Brendan Nicholson     |      May 27, 2019

    Amid growing concern about potential threats to peace in the Indo-Pacific, a Royal Australian Navy task force has completed a three-month tour of seven key nations, underlining Australia’s commitment to the region.

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    Australia should stop bolstering China’s military

    Alex Joske     |      May 22, 2019

    A clear statement that Australia will not increase the war fighting capability of the Chinese military would be common sense and offer a guiding principle for future decision-making.

    • Defence and Security

    An agenda for Australia’s lead cyber negotiator

    Bart Hogeveen     |      May 4, 2019

    Australia’s place on a U.N. cyber-security body offers a unique opportunity to help shape the international agenda.

    • Defence and Security

    The ADF must invest in new technology

    Michael Shoebridge     |      April 30, 2019

    The Federal government has invested in new planes, ships and fighting vehicles to strengthen Australia’s armed forces but it should also embrace experimentation and investment in autonomous and semi-autonomous systems for land, air, sea and undersea operations.

    • Defence and Security

    Australia remains vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack

    Greg Austin     |      April 23, 2019

    Scott Morrison has taken credit for ‘stopping the boats’, but his government has failed to do anything meaningful to bolster cyber security and Labor isn’t offering anything better.

    • Defence and Security

    How the Chinese military exploits Western universities and tech firms

    Alex Joske     |      April 15, 2019

    The willingness of Western universities and tech firms to work with Chinese experts without checking their links with the PLA could advance China’s military capability to our strategic disadvantage.

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    Reducing Australia’s vulnerability to foreign interference

    Peter Layton     |      April 12, 2019

    Russia and China have used a range of overt and underhand means to influence the results of democratic nations’ elections in recent years and Australia must step up its measures to guard against such interference.

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    Will India’s anti-satellite weapon test spark an arms race in space?

    Malcolm Davis     |      March 31, 2019

    India’s successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in low-earth orbit demonstrated its ability to counter the Chinese threat, but better ways must be found to prevent a damaging arms race in orbit.

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    Online data – What can we do to protect it?

    Nick Galov     |      March 28, 2019

    It’s a battle to protect your personal data online, but you can improve your odds against the hackers and scammers by following these simple, but often overlooked, safeguards.

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    Owning it

    Paul Buchanan     |      March 25, 2019

    After the Christchurch terror attack, there will inevitably be reflection upon the social and political factors that led to the shootings. There needs to be scrutiny of both the online hate speech which contributes to radicalisation and the intelligence failings which allowed such an attack to occur.

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    Southeast Asia’s looming drug crisis threatens regional security

    John Coyne     |      March 20, 2019

    The regional drug crisis provides an opportunity for Australia to work with ASEAN authorities to strengthen border controls and disrupt illicit drug supply chains.

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    The internet is now an arena for conflict, and we’re all caught up in it

    Tom Sear     |      March 20, 2019

    Most people think the internet operates as a kind of global public square. In reality, it’s become a divided arena where conflict between nation states plays out.

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