11+ hour, 26+ min ago  (259+ words) Western governments are tightening export controls to safeguard military and industrial advantages amid rising geostrategic uncertainty. Western universities are thus increasingly forced to reconcile their dual roles as producers of tightly controlled research and development on one hand and as…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago  (16+ words) A priority for India'Australia cooperation: underwater domain awareness'The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago  (426+ words) A comprehensive defence treaty between Japan and Australia is overdue. The 50th anniversary of the two countries" Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, to be marked this year, should provide the occasion for signing an expanded agreement " one that strengthens defence…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (711+ words) Meetings between China's Communist Party (CCP) and Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) are now routine, no longer tentative or discreet but frequent and increasingly public. From 7 to 12 April 2026, KMT chair Cheng Li-wun is taking that engagement a step further, travelling to Beijing…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (655+ words) When Australians think about Taiwan, the focus is often narrow: a distant sovereignty dispute in the Taiwan Strait, or a potential flashpoint between China and the United States. This framing understates the scale of what is at stake. Taiwan is…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (640+ words) Japan is going full steam in expanding its military use of uncrewed autonomous platforms and countering China's. One policy has got this effort underway, and three more due this year will give a better idea of the shape of the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (221+ words) Instead, forecasters should consider wildcard scenarios: high impact, low-probability events, also called "black swan" or "long tail" events. By analysing more extreme scenarios, organisations can better prepare for dramatic changes and become more resilient. Some will argue that wildcard scenarios…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (526+ words) Commentators often inaccurately describe the frameworks governing US military presence in Australia. Debate frequently centres on sovereignty, with claims that deeper US access or infrastructure investment risks eroding Australian control. That framing overlooks the structured planning and approval architecture that…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (958+ words) The war in Iran has just entered its second month. Supreme leader Ali Khamenei is dead, global fuel trade has stalled and the United States" relationship with its allies is at a low. In this selection of Strategist articles, authors…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (664+ words) Just reports of mines are often sufficient to disrupt maritime traffic. Even if ship owners, crews and insurers weren't aware of the missile threat in the Strait of Hormuz, news reporting of sea mines in the narrow waters would likely…...