Publications
Addressing Australia's Vulnerability to Weaponised Narratives
Author(s): Zappone, C, Sussex, MDate of publication: 2018
Publication type: Policy
Key points: Information overload has permanently changed the news environment for the public, challenging democracies as a result. The human need to find patterns of meaning in events, combined with increasing information availability, exposes Australians to the risk of accepting false or damaging...
Defining Thresholds in Law - Sophisticated Decryption and Law Enforcement
Author(s): Mosey, M., Henschke, A.Date of publication: 2018
Publication type: Policy
Key points: Encryption technologies have fundamentally changed the way people transmit data, reducing the capacity of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access information. Relying on the private sector to provide agencies with plain text information is no longer productive, yet...
NSC Executive Courses Guide 2018
Author(s): National Security CollegeDate of publication: 2018
Publication type: Corporate
This booklet is the 2018 update of the short course offerings from the National Security College. We are Australia’s leading provider of executive education and professional development for policymakers and practitioners across the full spectrum of security issues.
One belt, one road, many rules-based orders
Author(s): Sussex, M, Clarke, M.Date of publication: 2017
Publication type: Policy
Key points: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is both a blueprint for a China-centric order in the Indo-Pacific and a means to address internal economic and political challenges. China is not yet capable of leading that order, but its desire to do so is increasing. Prospects for the long-term...
Marawi and after: how Australia can help
Author(s): Blaxland, J, Carroll, J, Carr, A, Harris, MDate of publication: 2017
Publication type: Policy
Key points: The seizure of Marawi city by Daesh-linked militants is a game-changer for Southeast Asia, and presents a threat to all countries of the region. Limiting the movement of money, technology, recruits and planning support to extremist groups in the southern Philippines will be crucial to...
The threat to the global economic and financial order: protecting Australia’s interests
Author(s): Luckham, B.Date of publication: 2017
Publication type: Policy
Key Points The international economic order reflects the balance of strategic power. The challenge to the post-1945 global economic and financial order will persist as it reflects long-standing trends: perceptions of unequal economic opportunity in developed economies; the increasing economic...
Federating security
Author(s): Dr Anthony BerginDate of publication: 2017
Publication type: Policy
Key points: National security has too often been run as a ‘top-down’ policy, with a tendency towards a ‘Canberra knows best’ approach. The states and territories contribute many of the powers and capabilities needed to support our overall effort in dealing with a wide range of national security...
Exploring Cyber Security Policy Options in Australia
Author(s): Igor Mikolic-Torreira, Don Snyder, Michelle Price, David Shlapak, Sina Beaghley, Megan Bishop, Sarah Harting, Jenny Oberholtzer, Stacie Pettyjohn, Cortney Weinbaum, and Emma WestermanDate of publication: 2017
Publication type: Policy
Key findings An interdisciplinary exercise generated three overarching policy recommendations to improve cyber security in Australia: Create and enforce technology security standards, craft international agreements to address cyber security challenges, and improve risk awareness to keep users safe...
Imagining an Indian National Security Strategy: the sum of its parts
Author(s): Medcalf, RDate of publication: 2017
Publication type: Research
India’s power and interests continue to grow in the Indo-Pacific region and globally, yet its national security policymaking approaches have not kept pace. These may have been barely adequate for India’s twentieth-century experience as a regional power tending towards strategic restraint, but...
The Belt and Road Initiative: China’s New Grand Strategy?
Author(s): Associate Professor Michael ClarkeDate of publication: 2017
Publication type: Research
The ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) has sparked a variety of reactions among governments throughout the regions encompassed by the initiative and by external commentators and analysts. In the main, there have been three major interpretations of BRI. The first view holds that BRI is...
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