Time for Five Eyes to coordinate on Chinese tech investment
A common assessment system for the Five Eyes allies would assist in safeguarding interlinked telecommunications and high-tech sectors.Timor-Leste elections a significant milestone
Despite the economic and development challenges ahead, the Timorese people are incredibly optimistic about their future.Migration and Border Policy links: UNHCR, McKinsey's in Europe, Mediterranean migration and more
This week's links include Australia's warning on UK visa changes, the plight of undocumented workers in the US and data on the Eastern Mediterranean Route.Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more
Business has been called on to be a key player in an intriguing, new and more contestable approach to intelligence gathering and analysis.Pacific links: PNG’s election, Australia’s inconsistent approach, Manus and more
More results from PNG's vote, women in Melanesian elections, the Pacific Community and more.For sale, cheap: Armed drones
For Beijing, armed drone exports are good business in more ways than one.Home Affairs change driven by manifest need
By proposing that Peter Dutton head a Department of Home Affairs, Malcolm Turnbull has sought to optimise the political benefits of a sound policy decision.What NAFTA renegotiation means for Australia
It was always part of the Trump agenda to do something about the North American Free Trade Agreement (‘one of the worst deals ever’) covering the US, Canada and Mexico: the outcome is renegotiation rather than the threatened termination.Talisman Sabre 17: The realisation of defence strategy
For the first time in more than 30 years, Australia has a military strategy that is beginning to truly align ends, ways and means.National security changes – Australian style
The most effective way for the DG ONI to influence agencies and their parent departments would be to have some control over the National Intelligence Community budget.Empathising with China
It is possible to both condemn China’s political system, but also accept it as an incipient great power with legitimate security concerns.Syria: A farewell to arms
The CIA program was trying to apply just enough pressure while also accounting for all weapons, even though it didn’t control them: it was too big an ask.Thailand: The case for optimism
A clean, elected, non-Thaksin Thailand government might be able to walk a narrow path by pursuing more progressive social and economic policy without offending the powerful elites.Aid and development links: Labour mobility, the future of NGOs, inequality and more
The potential benefits of increased labour mobility, tackling inequality, deforestation and more.China’s intelligence gathering at sea: Some implications
Haiwingxing’s deployment is further confirmation of both the increasing reach of the PLA-N and of its developing ability to conduct multiple, widely-dispersed operations simultaneously.Timor-Leste elections suggest reframed cross-party government
FRETILIN has received the largest share of the vote but the PLP could be the party to watch in the future.From ONA to ONI: Getting closer to the original plan
Both of those functions were envisaged in the legislation establishing ONA, enacted 40 years ago in 1977, after the seminal report by Justice Hope into the AIC.China’s naval surveillance off Australia: Good news and bad
The appearance of a Chinese Navy AGI during Talisman Sabre is not all bad news for Canberra’s defence engagement with Beijing. But maintaining the smiles will prove harder in future.The Australian Intelligence tradition
Critically in Canberra power terms, the Director General ONI’s capacity to wrangle the other larger agencies like ASD and ASIS would be boosted.
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