This paper argues that neglecting the critical foundations that have made Australian society prosperous isn't a sound investment in national security resilience. A stronger strategic framework for business to work with governments on delivering such projects is needed.

This report examines rising tensions in the South China Sea, which are creating a difficult set of questions for Australian strategic policy. In order to examine the origins and implications of this conflict, the paper provides an analysis of the complex political/military and international legal issues that make up the South China Sea dispute.

Drawing upon the lessons of region-building efforts elsewhere, this paper calls for a greater emphasis in Australian foreign policy on community building in Asia. It explores the challenges of building a stronger ‘community’ in the Asia-Pacific, using a ‘comparative regionalism’ approach. The report outlines five strategies for policymakers.

This paper considers the latest New Zealand Defence White Paper, released on 2 November.

The pivotal events of the 21st century Asia-Pacific will depend on factors that are only dimly perceived today. This paper outlines two possible strategic futures for the region. Today’s Asia-Pacific is, by consensus, in a state of flux. At the start of the second decade of the 'Asian century', it’s instructive to look back at...