The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
After 75 years of the People’s Republic of China, the party is truly the sovereign. Lecturing in Munich in 1919, German political economist Max Weber spoke of the modern state as a ‘human community that claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory’. That elegant statement serves to this ….
About | The StrategistThe Strategist
The Strategist is the commentary and analysis site of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Canberra.ASPI is one of the most authoritative and widely quoted contributors to public discussion of strategic policy issues in Australia and a recognised and authoritative Australian voice in international …
ASPI’s decades: The Strategist | The Strategist
Sep 13, 2021 · ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The Strategist first went online on 17 July 2012, becoming a ‘blog’ that blossomed. ASPI’s publication set up its stall in the crowded town square of international affairs, seeking to make sense of the passing parade.
How China’s military–civil fusion policy ties into its push for world ...
When the University College Cork in Ireland withdrew from a partnership with Minzu University of China (MUC) in 2021, speculation cited concerns linking MUC with human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. This included the arrest of a Uyghur professor at MUC who was accused of separatism and escalating ethnic tensions.
Artificial intelligence and the future of humanity
Over the long span of the future, AI needs to serve the interests of humanity, not the other way around. Humans won’t be here forever, but let’s make sure that the future of intelligence represents a controlled evolution, not a radical breach, of the values we’ve built and the wisdom we’ve earned over millennia. There is a lot we can do.
Australia’s next step in integrated air and missile defence
Apr 16, 2024 · Australia is joining the US and Japan in developing systems for shielding territory from air and missile attack. The news comes as the Department of Defence and Royal Australian Air Force are under pressure to move faster in implementing such a capability. ‘Today, we announce our vision to cooperate on a networked air defence architecture among the United States, Japan and Australia to ...
Why it’s important for Australia to build sovereign capability in AI
Apr 11, 2022 · Reflecting that importance, and the need for increased self-reliance, AI is included among the new ‘sovereign industry capability priorities’ critical to defence. A sovereign capability in AI ensures Australia’s stake in a key 21st-century industry and underpins the defence organisation’s future operational and training capabilities.
Posts | The StrategistThe Strategist
9 Oct 2024 | Alex Bristow and Malcolm Davis. For two countries so geographically far apart, Australia and Norway have surprisingly aligned strategic perspectives. This has underpinned a burgeoning defence industry partnership and unprecedented reciprocal visits by defence ministers last month. ASPI hosted Norway’s ….
Reassessing Australia’s defence policy (part 2): What are our …
The strategic policy chapter in the 2016 defence white paper doesn’t provide a framework to determine priorities for force structure, posture and employment. Old concepts such as ‘self-reliance’ have become divorced from their original strategic rationale, while a focus on what should be instrumental ‘partnerships’ has become an end in its own right.
Delivering a stronger navy, faster | The Strategist
The navy needs combat power—and it needs it before the Hunters turn up on the lethargic two-year delivery drumbeat built into the current naval shipbuilding plan. To deliver that, we need to rebuild the shipbuilding plan. With the cancellation of the Attack-class submarine, the plan to build Australia’s industrial capability is in disarray.