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Who Pays for America’s Research and Development?
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the U.S. government was the unrivaled patron of American science. It fun...
No location · Aug 11, 2026 · WedgetailPutting Armageddon on Autopilot: How Artificial Intelligence Could Make Nuclear Threats More Effective
Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons. Arms control agreements painstakingly built over decades have collapsed. Geo...
No location · Aug 11, 2026 · WedgetailTeodoro’s visit to Darwin and Australia-Philippine defence ties – Views from ASPI analysts
On 6 to 7 August 2026, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro visited Darwin on the tail end of Exerci...
Darwin, Australia · Aug 11, 2026 · WedgetailRussia can’t fight Ukraine without North Korea’s help: Zelensky
Kyiv’s long-range strikes on oil refineries in the heart of Russia prompted Moscow to increasingly rely on North Korean ...
No location · Aug 11, 2026 · WedgetailTowards a framework for implementing Australian deterrence
Australia’s strategic thinking, increasingly focused on deterrence, has yet to distinguish the conditions that make dete...
No location · Aug 11, 2026 · WedgetailThe War Room newsletter: Do generals make good politicians?
Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailThe Houthis’ External and Internal Crises Converge: Can a Tactical Solution Fix a Strategic Problem?
As they fire dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles against Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemeni government-controlled ...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailDecisions without deciders: authority at machine speed in the space enterprise
Space activities increasingly rely on automation and AI to make decisions faster than humans. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Da...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailUS-ROK drills to counter North Korean threats shaped by lessons from Ukraine war
South Korea and the U.S. will hold their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise from Aug. 17 to 27, with this year’s...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailWhy Military Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Still Falls Short
The United States has bluntly signaled a deprioritization of the Indian Ocean at a peculiar time. The reversion of U.S. ...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailRussia to deploy up to 50K North Korean soldiers to fight Ukraine: Zelensky
Russia is gearing up to deploy as many as 50,000 North Korean soldiers against Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailAustralia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea
The global pressures of 2026 have created no shortage of distractions. An increasingly interventionist US administration...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailEnsuring Offshore Infrastructure Protection Keeps Pace with Growth
Offshore energy infrastructure is being built at pace, led by offshore wind and electrical interconnectors, but the secu...
No location · Aug 09, 2026 · WedgetailNorthern Australia needs systems thinking, not more standalone projects
For decades, northern Australia has been discussed as a frontier for economic development. More recently, it has become ...
No location · Aug 09, 2026 · WedgetailThe real Thucydides trap is inside Western tech
The following is a speech delivered by ASPI executive director Justin Bassi at the Australian Defence Science, Technolog...
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailHow Can U.S. Special Operations Forces Help Defeat China on Taiwan?
It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcibly ann...
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailThe drone age demands a new theory of military protection
Military protection has never existed simply to keep soldiers alive or platforms intact. Its enduring purpose has always...
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailA to-do list for Australia’s new chief of the defence force
Australia has a new chief of the defence force, Admiral Mark Hammond, and here are three issues he should take on as he ...
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailThe authoritarian axis looms over wars in Ukraine and Iran
China’s reported sale of shoulder-launched missile systems to Iran should be concerning not just to the United States bu...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailAttacks, Deals, and Discontent
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: ...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailDoes Latent Nuclear Deterrence Really Work?
In 2025, Matthew Fuhrmann wrote, “U.S. Allies and Adversaries Are Attempting Nuclear Deterrence Without Weapons – Will I...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korea launches short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: JCS
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) toward its eastern coast late Thursday, according to South K...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailThe Arsenal and the Statehouse: New Defense Firms, Venture Capital and State Industrial Policy
When Anduril announced a $910 million drone production facility in Ohio, it was not politics as usual. The main message ...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailRussia to deploy North Korean missile unit and launchers to Ukraine border: Kyiv
North Korea could soon send a dedicated missile unit to a western Russian region bordering Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s ...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailLearning from Ukraine: semi-autonomy can deliver combat mass
Generating operational mass in the Indo-Pacific requires new approaches to projecting, sustaining and employing military...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailHousing policy should serve Australia’s strategic interests
Australia’s housing debate is too often framed as a contest between investors and first home buyers. For northern Austra...
No location · Aug 06, 2026 · WedgetailInstrumentalised Migration and Russia’s ‘Disposable Agents’
Instrumentalised migration and Russia’s recruitment of disposable agents exploit the same European weakness: treating de...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailFault Lines – Scarborough Shoal, South Korea at RIMPAC, shipriders
Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actio...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailBeyond Hormuz: The Future of Maritime Chokepoints
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to extract payments for safe passage — plus, more recently, the Houth...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailThere Will be Unseen Costs to be Paid over the War in Iran. Who is Weighing Them?
EXPERT INTERVIEW – With an interim agreement expected as early as today between the U.S. and Iran aimed at reopening the...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailBLUF: The US Must Lead in Gray Zone Activity
As Washington works on the historically large defense budget, there is one theme which should loom large in the budget b...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korea threatens response to Japan’s arms buildup ahead of Asian Games
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday threatened Japan for transforming i...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korean attack could leave 76,000 unexploded shells in an hour
A full-scale conflict with North Korea could leave the Korean Peninsula littered with millions of explosive remnants of ...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailPaterson at ASPI’s Defence Conference: break the bad defence news to the public
In his fireside with former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon at the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference, Senator James Paterson...
No location · Aug 05, 2026 · WedgetailDefence industry is deterrence – and alliance supply is conditional
When NATO leaders met in Ankara in July 2026, industry was the centrepiece of the summit. The Strategy for Industry–NATO...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailA Conversation with the Pentagon’s Chief Buyer, Under Secretary Michael P. Duffey
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael P. Duffey joins Jonathan to discuss the Pentagon’s on...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailThe autonomous arms race in the Russia–Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine has become increasingly technological. Take unmanned systems: Kyiv has successfully implemented a dro...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailDigital threats are crossing domains. Our responses should, too
As digital threats increasingly span across domains, cross-institutional cooperation is becoming central to national sec...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailRussian military help could strengthen North Korean forces over time: Japan
Russian assistance does not appear to have directly strengthened North Korea’s military yet, but the rapid and expanding...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailHow to win the battle for critical minerals
In the struggle with China over critical-minerals supply chains, the United States and its partners should focus efforts...
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