This report draws on three nationally representative survey and eight deliberative focus groups. It reveals complexity and commonalities in Australian community attitudes to national security, risk and resilience. The findings are intended to offer an evidence-based foundation for the hard conversations – and choices – a more dangerous world demands at a moment of compounding...

Overview Once again, Trump has broken the mould. The 100-day mark is traditionally used to assess a new administration’s progress in advancing its policy agenda. With Trump, that’s impossible. In foreign policy at least, it’s more appropriate to ask whether at the 100-day mark the Trump administration is any closer to actually having a policy...

Explores what the Trump presidency means for Australia and the Asian region from a security perspective. Key points: Future US international policy has become uncertain, with the unpredictability of President Trump and deep divisions in political and public opinion. Security competitors will severely test US resolve and power, while allies will seek to hedge against...

This edited collection of papers examines the emerging concept of the Indo-Pacific, maritime tensions including in the East and South China Seas, transnational security issues, the role of Japan as a regional security partner, and prospects for partnerships involving other countries. These are drawn from a conference convened by the National Security College in March...

From terrorism to resource insecurity, from the assertive rise of China to the impact of disruptive technologies, especially cyber – Australia faces a crowded horizon of risk, requiring a whole-of-nation response and long term planning.