Publications

This study examines how countries have employed 'grey zone' campaigns in the maritime domain, which are designed to achieve an advantage over opponents without recourse to conventional warfa...chevron_right

This report argues that over the past five years, there has been an increase in coastguard and maritime border response capabilities across much of ASEAN. Further, ASEAN states have primarily focused their new capabilities on enhancing physical presence patrols and response within their...chevron_right

This publication analyzes China’s motivations for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as the plan’s implications for the country and its wider region. The text’s author contends that for China...chevron_right

Chris Painter contends that the past few years has seen a substantial increase in state attacks on critical information systems around the globe. Indeed, the pace and severity of these attacks show no sign of declining, in good part because there have usually been little or no consequences or costs imposed on those who carried them out. So how can the international community create credible consequences for state-sponsored cyberattacks and help deter their use? Here are Painter’s eight key recommendations.chevron_right

This paper argues that in 2018, it’s more appropriate to see al-Qaeda as not only a terrorist group, but as the progenitor and promoter of a distinct theological–historical–political ideology. As a result, the text’s author...chevron_right

The security treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the US—known as the ANZUS Treaty—was signed in September 1951 and came into force in April 1952. This paper traces the origins of the treaty, examines its substantive content and considers whether...chevron_right

The seventeen chapters in this text provide a comprehensive review of counterterrorism developments around the world in 2017. Seven chapters focus on the policy and operational responses of individual states, including Australia...chevron_right

This publication looks at Russia’s contemporary military power in the Indo-Asia–Pacific. More specifically, it looks at 1) the evolution of Russia’s strategic and defense engagement in the region, including Moscow’s regional defense strategy, and 2) major modernizationchevron_right

This report assesses the approaches of 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific Region towards the challenges and opportunities represented by cyberspace. More specifically, the text reviews topics such as 1) government cyber policies and legislative approaches...chevron_right

This compendium explores Australia-French relations by looking at both countries’ views on their shared history, international security, defense cooperation and the South Pacific. According to the authors, the picture that emerges from this review is one of two nations that...chevron_right

This paper examines the potential applications of big data by national security communities, with a particular focus on this technology´s possible use by Australia. The topics covered include 1) how to tackle the problem of the sheer size of the data available; 2) key trends in big data...chevron_right

Does the scale of China´s presence, interests and activities in Antarctica mean Australia should rethink its approach to the continent? Anne-Marie Brady thinks so. Indeed, she contends there a several reasons why, including that China 1) is rapidly expanding its presence...chevron_right

This publication outlines how East Asia is particularly vulnerable to economic shocks, and how the slowing global economy risks fragmenting both social consensus within the region’s nations and cooperation between them. To respond to such risks, the author...chevron_right

This paper looks at how developments in ‘big data’ technology could provide Australia’s national security community with new tools to collect, collate and analyze information. The text’s author also 1) looks at how the use of big data by national security...chevron_right

This report argues that, for Australia and Asia, the menace of Mexican transnational organized crime is no longer looming on the horizon; it has already arrived. To respond effectively to this problem, the text's author contends Australian policymakers need to recognize...chevron_right