Publications
Improving National Security Governance: Options for Strengthening Cabinet Control and Parliamentary Oversight
Author(s): Stoltz, WDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
Following decades of investment, legislative reform, and structural adaptation to changing threats, Australia’s national security apparatus is now one of the most complex and sophisticated in the world. Yet, the Parliamentary and ministerial structures for guiding Australia’s national security...
Data-Driven Technology and National Security: Enhancing Government Collaboration with the Private Sector
Author(s): Gordon, ADate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
In this Policy Options Paper, Alasdair Gordon — CEO of Ecosse Global — argues that to harness rapid advances in machine learning, data analytics, automation and related data-driven technologies, Australia’s intelligence and security community must broaden and deepen partnership with the private...
Parliamentary Submission: The Protection of Freedom of Speech
Author(s): Stoltz, W, Mortensen, JDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
Dr William Stoltz and Dr James Mortensen, of the ANU National Security College, have made a public submission to inform Parliament’s consideration of proposed amendments to the Australian Constitution in relation to the protection of freedom of speech. The submission outlines the national security...
A Techno-Diplomacy Strategy for Telecommunications in the Indo-Pacific
Author(s): Curtis, L, Rasser, MDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
This paper – authored by Lisa Curtis and Martijn Rasser from the Center for a New American Security – argues that the Quad has an opportunity to shape the telecommunications ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific so that key 5G and undersea cable infrastructure are more secure, resilient and open. The...
This Connection is Secure: A 5G Risk and Resilience Framework for the Quad
Author(s): Kuehn, A, Ray, TDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
In the latest paper from the QTN series, the authors – Andreas Kuehn and Trisha Ray from the Observer Research Foundation – argue that the Quad countries need to devise effective ways to jointly manage risk and strengthen resilience of 5G components, domestic and foreign networks and global supply...
Building a new maritime surveillance network across the Indian Ocean
Author(s): David Brewster, Samuel BashfieldDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: OP Eds
The Indian Ocean is an increasingly contested strategic environment. A growing Chinese naval presence raises the prospect that Beijing may seek to challenge US naval dominance, potentially sparking a competitive naval arms race in the region. This would be of huge concern to Australia, forcing us...
A Quad Partnership to Secure Battery Value Chains
Author(s): Wilson, JDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
This paper from the QTN Series examines batteries as a critical technology. Dr Jeffrey Wilson identifies that the global value chains that produce batteries are insecure and argues that while all the Quad countries recognise the need for secure battery value chains, they are yet to align their...
Parliamentary Submission: Law enforcement capabilities in relation to child exploitation
Author(s): Stoltz, WDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
This is a parliamentary submission to the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement’s inquiry examining law enforcement capabilities in relation to child exploitation, from Dr William Stoltz, Senior Adviser for Public Policy at the ANU National Security. Dr Stoltz outlines how the Commonwealth Government...
Africa and Europe rally to contain Islamic insurgency in Mozambique
Author(s): David BrewsterDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: OP Eds
In late-July military advance teams from South Africa and Botswana began to deploy to northern Mozambique to support governments forces in their fight against a growing Islamist insurgency. They will join Rwandan combat troops and military training contingents from Europe and the United States. But...
Strategic Futures for the Indian Ocean: A Roundtable
Author(s): Tarapore, A, Brewster, D, Bo, H, Cooper, Z, Mukherjee, R, Dean, P, Sullivan de Estrada, K, Byrne, CDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
India is the most consequential strategic actor in the Indian Ocean but its capabilities and intentions — and therefore the ocean’s strategic trajectory — will continue to evolve. This Asia Policy roundtable — drawn from a strategic futures exercise hosted by the ANU National Security College (NSC...
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