21 Nov 2024
Cat-astrophe! What happens when dirty-minded North Koreans meet Iranian nuclear purrfidy
I spy an invisible cat. Two, in fact.
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4 Sep 2024
New Zealand's intelligence service warns of growing foreign interference risks
A new security assessment aims to widen the concept of strategic competition beyond the United States and China. -
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31 Jul 2024
Australia’s big tech defence cloud: Too big to fail?
Trusting the country’s digital defence capabilities to one company is a potential threat to national security. -
27 Jun 2024
Julian Assange: Some consular cases are more equal than others
It’s hard to think of a case that has consumed more official hours and dollars. -
27 Jun 2024
Assange’s guilty plea “crucial” for many in US intelligence community: James Clapper, former DNI
Justice has been served and an irritant in US relations with Australia resolved. -
7 May 2024
Quantum of silence
Why the secrecy around securing Australia’s quantum research is scary. -
20 Mar 2024
Open sources and the future of spying
Countries spy to overcome an information deficit. But we now live in a world of information super-abundance. -
7 Mar 2024
Spy novels and unicorn hunting
Seeking perfection among the dead ends, red herrings and lost causes, a lover of espionage lists the must-haves. -
1 Mar 2024
ASIO versus the A-team
Mike Burgess kicked off a guessing game with his speech this week – which might have obscured his true message. -
19 Dec 2023
Decoding good intelligence
Transparency – in the sense of a good public understanding of the role and value of intelligence – is essential to support. -
14 Dec 2023
Australia needs an open-source intelligence agency
Done right, this reform could also disrupt the culture of excessive secrecy. -
11 Dec 2023
Espionage top ten
From George Smiley to Jackson Lamb, the best spy fiction relies not on heroes but masters of the plot. -
29 Mar 2023
Contract cheating: How academic dishonesty could endanger national security
Essay-writing mills are more than just a blight on academic integrity, they open a door to the dark world of blackmail. -
22 Jul 2021
Bringing the grey zone into focus
Australia must be ready for China’s next move in the volatile game of statecraft brinkmanship. -
30 Aug 2019
Suspicion creeps into the Five Eyes
The anglophone intelligence group has had its squabbles of late, but it won’t be undone. -
27 Jul 2017
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. -
19 Jul 2017
Separating out important intelligence reforms from Home Affairs
The 2017 Intelligence Review was necessary and its recommendations are pertinent and strong. -
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