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NEW PODCAST 🎤 In the latest episode of Stop the World, @KMooreGilbert joined @davidwroe to discuss the political shifts taking place in 🇮🇷 amid the 🇮🇱-🇮🇷 conflict, the prospects for a popular uprising and the role of 🇮🇷's nuclear program in politics and society. 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4lgJ5Gv

'Rather than overreact to the US government’s decision to review AUKUS, Australia should see it as an opportunity to make the strategic and political case for the partnership in Washington,' writes @graham_euan. aspistrategist.org.au/dont-p…

NEW PUBLICATION 📢 In 'Mapping India-Pakistan military power', @raji143 and Linus Cohen examine the 🇮🇳–🇵🇰 military balance, including defence spending, capabilities and personnel, in the wake of recent clashes between the two nations. 🔖 Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/4kJZB1W

On US concerns about its shipbuilding capacity amid the Pentagon's AUKUS review, @USA_ASPI's @NishankMotwani tells the @washingtonpost: “The US is not building enough submarines as per its own needs... that is a well-known problem.” Read more ⤵️ washingtonpost.com/national-…

In the @FinancialReview, @ExecDir_ASPIUSA discusses the Trump administration's review of AUKUS, why the 🇦🇺-🇺🇸 alliance will “remain steadfast” and US efforts to get allies to spend more on defence. Read the article ⤵️ afr.com/policy/foreign-affai…

On the US review of AUKUS, @sophgaston tells @smh: “We can never be certain of where another government’s review will take them, but Britain and Australia must be confident in the rationale behind AUKUS and its alignment with America’s core goals.” Read 👇smh.com.au/world/north-ameri…

On how 🇮🇳 is rewriting the rules of engagement with 🇵🇰, @USA_ASPI's @NishankMotwani writes in the @Diplomat_APAC: "This is the new normal: a posture of controlled escalation under a nuclear overhang – neither war nor peace, but deterrence by resolve." thediplomat.com/2025/06/no-w…

'As the country’s role and influence in the region grows, delivering the climate promises of previous administrations will help South Korea maintain its status as a trusted security partner of choice,' writes @AfeeyaAkhand. aspistrategist.org.au/on-cli…

In the final panel of ASPI’s 2025 Defence Conference 🇺🇦's Ambassador @AmbVasyl drew on 🇺🇦's experience to explain that resilience is not just about government but about all parts of society working together. 📺 Watch ⤵️

Speaking on the challenges of new technology at the ASPI Defence Conference, former Director-General of @ASDGovAu Rachel Noble explained how bifurcation puts democracies at a disadvantage against authoritarian regimes. 🎧 Hear what she had to say ⤵️

Next up at ASPI’s Defence Conference @KoriSchake discusses the second Trump administration with @BethanyAllenEbr and its implications for allies and partners. Hear her thoughts on what 🇺🇸 abandonment of 🇦🇺 could look like ⤵️

Discussing industry policy at the ASPI Defence Conference, @atla_kouhou_en's Dr Osamu Nishiwaki reflected on the need to maintain a strong defence industry if we want deterrence to have a serious meaning. Watch below ⤵️

At ASPI’s Defence Conference 🇦🇺’s Defence Industry Minister @PatConroy1 spoke about Pacific priorities and why Pacific security must be built in the Pacific, by the Pacific through regional security initiatives. Thank you Minister for your contribution to the conference! 🎧⤵️

In a keynote address at the ASPI 2025 Defence Conference, 🇦🇺’s Minister for Defence Industry @PatConroy1 said that the government would ‘invest in the capabilities we need’ and was open to having a conversation about increased defence spending amid rising strategic threats.

On our second panel, speakers discussed the state of cross-sector collaboration on defence issues. Matt Yannopoulos, Acting Secretary for the Department of Defence, highlighted that collaboration had become a ‘natural’ part of Defence. Hear more 👇

On ABC Afternoon Briefing, ASPI’s @BassiJustin discussed the findings of our Cost of Defence report, 🇺🇸’s request for 🇦🇺 to boost defence spending, the need for a national debate on security policy, and the UK’s Strategic Defence Review including AUKUS. 📺 Watch it now ⤵️

'A major British research university’s joint venture campus in China maintains partnerships and close links with entities sanctioned by Britain, the US, EU and others,' write @BethanyAllenEbr, @DaniellesCave and Adam Ziogas. aspistrategist.org.au/a-brit…