With the strategic balance teetering in the Asia–Pacific, a more cold-hearted assessment of the Australia – New Zealand alliance is needed.

This report gives interested readers greater access to the complex workings of the Defence Budget and promotes informed debate on Defence budget issues.

Overview ASPI was registered as a wholly government-owned company on 22 August 2001, but it was several years earlier when Ian McLachlan, the first Defence Minister of the Howard government, saw the need to establish an institute to provide an alternate source of advice on defence and strategic policy. The articles in this Strategic Insights...

Overview The defence of Australia's interests is a core business of federal governments. Regardless of who wins the election on July 2, the incoming government will have to grapple with a wide range of security issues. This report provides a range of perspectives on selected defence and national security issues, as well as a number...

This report gives interested readers greater access to the complex workings of the Defence budget and promotes informed debate on Defence budget issues. Introduction And so it begins. Not with a bang but with a whimper. Despite the fanfare accompanying the release of the 2016 Defence White Paper, defence spending will decline by 0.5% in...