Defence & Security

The strategic order and the nature of conflict are changing. Security competition between nations and military strategy are growing in complexity even as new transnational challenges deepen. The Lowy Institute’s experts in security and defence look at changing strategic relations, security architecture, nuclear strategy, military capabilities and defence and intelligence policy.

view

Countering China’s submarine operations in South Asia

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka earlier this month, reports emerged that the Sri Lankan government had turned down China's request for a submarine docking in Colombo harbor. Beijing, apparently, wanted one of its submarines (ostensibly on its way to the Gulf of Aden for '

By Abhijit Singh

view

How a presidential prerogative can become a national security risk

President Trump’s cavalier approach to handling sensitive intelligence and security matters, revealed by the Washington Post recently, is causing more than ripples both domestically and internationally. His actions appear to be upending conventions and generating enormous concern within the US

By John Blaxland

view

The Australian budget and counterterrorism

ASIO, ASIS and the AFP are all expected to receive substantial funding boosts in the federal budget to be handed down tonight. The additional funding for intelligence agencies - some of which will reportedly come from the foreign aid budget - is apparently intended to facilitate 'frontline'

By Clive Williams

view

Finding the right balance: Terrorism financing offences, charitable donations and aid

Co-authored by Charlotte Warden, an intern in the Lowy Institute's West Asia program who has a Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney and a research interest in human rights law, development and the law on the use of force. As the humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq worsens, Australians are

By Rodger Shanahan

view

Islamist terrorism: The true measure of the threat

How seriously should we take the threat of terrorism? It is nigh on impossible to gain consensus on this issue. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has declared Islamist terrorism a real threat to the nation-state system, while former US President Barack Obama said it wasn’t an existential threat and

By Rodger Shanahan

view

Anzac Day: Remembering the soldiers on unexpected battlefields

My experience of Anzac Day probably mirrors that of a lot of Australians: some initial connection with returned diggers, then a role in their commemoration. As a very young tacker I would occasionally be taken into the city to see an uncle (a World War II veteran) march. The crowds were, to a little

By Rodger Shanahan

view

The alarming truth about Countering Violent Extremism programs: We don’t know what works

In response to fears of terrorism and home-grown radicalisation in Australia, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs have grown in number and cost. The federal Attorney-General's Department alone is funding more than 40 community-based programs, with many others funded by state and local

By Matteo Vergani

view

North Korea in for some Trump-style shock and awe

Co-authored by Jake Ramsamugh, a researcher at the Henry Jackson Society, working in the Asia Studies Centre. President Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he announced news of a US military strike on Syria to a stunned Xi Jinping on the final evening of the US-China Summit at Mar-e-Lago

By John Hemmings

view

Egypt’s Copts: Caught between the Egyptian State and IS

What should have been a joyous Easter week has turned to tragedy in Egypt. Two suicide bombings targeting St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria (where the Coptic pope was praying just minutes before) and St George’s church in Tanta killed 44 people and injured hundreds during Palm Sunday services.

By Lydia Khalil

view

Assad and chemical weapons: The regional repercussions

The renewed use by the Assad regime of chemical weapons, possibly sarin, against civilian population centres in Syria - most recently in Idlib - is immoral, illegal, inhuman and counter-productive in every respect. It serves no military or political purpose. In terms of diplomacy, it is a complete

By Bob Bowker

Contact Us

Lowy Institute for International Policy

PO Box H-159
Australia Square NSW 1215, Australia
+61 2 8238 9000
reception@lowyinstitute.org

Media Enquiries

Erin Bassett
+61 2 8238 9035
+61 (0)409 461 795

Review: 'By More Than Providence', by Michael Green

Countering China’s submarine operations in South Asia

Europe’s mixed views on China’s Belt and Road

Search

Institute - Top Menu

North Korea in crisis (again): Is it really different this time?

Eradicating modern slavery: tackling the great human rights issue of our time, with Kevin Hyland OBE, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Understanding the UK election

Defence & Security

Countering China’s submarine operations in South Asia

How a presidential prerogative can become a national security risk

The Australian budget and counterterrorism

Finding the right balance: Terrorism financing offences, charitable donations and aid

Islamist terrorism: The true measure of the threat

Anzac Day: Remembering the soldiers on unexpected battlefields

The alarming truth about Countering Violent Extremism programs: We don’t know what works

North Korea in for some Trump-style shock and awe

Egypt’s Copts: Caught between the Egyptian State and IS

Assad and chemical weapons: The regional repercussions

Pages

Useful Links

Contact Us

Our Location