<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>The Strategist</title> <atom:link href="https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/</link> <description>ASPI&#039;s analysis and commentary site</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:50:15 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-AU</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title>A loss in Europe is a loss in the Indo-Pacific</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-loss-in-europe-is-a-loss-in-the-indo-pacific/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bethany Allen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:40:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indo-Pacific]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[US–China relations]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92241</guid> <description><![CDATA[The United States shocked the world last week with President Donald Trump’s very public rift with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 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Across national security, diplomacy, human rights and digital spaces, women continue to break barriers. ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>From home to horror: the association between domestic violence and terrorism</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-home-to-horror-the-association-between-domestic-violence-and-terrorism/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Gerhardy]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[counterterrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[radicalisation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Domestic violence is an under-recognised early indicator of terrorism. It is not a reliable solitary indicator, but when observed alongside risk factors, it can prompt authorities to take a closer look at a potential terrorist. ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The Quad can help Australia monitor China’s naval behaviour</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-quad-can-help-australia-monitor-chinas-naval-behaviour/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maritime surveillance]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92180</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia should enlist partners in the Quad to help address China’s increasingly assertive naval behaviour in the Indo-Pacific. The Quad may be slow in moving into security roles, but one militarily useful function that it ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>How Australia is advancing gender equality in the Indo-Pacific</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-australia-is-advancing-gender-equality-in-the-indo-pacific/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Isha Desai]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[women]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92172</guid> <description><![CDATA[Women’s rights and protections are regressing on the international stage, from the Taliban’s erasure of women from public life to US President Donald Trump’s misogynistic rhetoric and decision to suspend USAID. 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US drain is our brain gain</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/as-trump-sacks-scientists-australia-should-hire-them-us-drain-is-our-brain-gain/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Danielle Cave]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[research and development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scientific research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92165</guid> <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump, his powerful offsider Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are slashing public spending in an effort to save US taxpayers anywhere between US$500 billion and US$2 trillion. Caught ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>If Trump’s US abandons liberal idealism, others must pick up the baton</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/if-trumps-us-abandons-liberal-idealism-others-must-pick-up-the-baton/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Wroe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:22:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international order]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92187</guid> <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s description of himself during last week’s excruciating Oval Office meeting as a ‘mediator’ between Russia and Ukraine was revealing even by the standards of the past six weeks. 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US President Donald Trump was initially asking for ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s upending of US intelligence: implications for Australia</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-upending-of-us-intelligence-implications-for-australia/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Taylor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:00:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Five Eyes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Intelligence Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92158</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia has no room for complacency as it watches the second Trump Administration upend the US Intelligence Community (USIC). The evident mutual advantages of the US-Australian intelligence partnership and of the Five Eyes alliance more ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Indonesia steps up defence relationships, but stays non-aligned</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesia-steps-up-defence-relationships-but-stays-non-aligned/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Benedicta Nathania and Aisha Kusumasomantri]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence cooperation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence diplomacy]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92152</guid> <description><![CDATA[Indonesia has recognised that security affairs in its region are no longer business as usual, though it hasn’t completely given up its commitment to strategic autonomy. Its biggest step was a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Britain’s cut to foreign aid undermines threat prevention</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/britains-cut-to-foreign-aid-undermines-threat-prevention/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Conley Tyler and John Blaxland]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AusAID]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development aid]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92144</guid> <description><![CDATA[Britain’s decision to cut foreign aid to fund defence spending overlooks the preventive role of foreign aid. It follows the pause and review of USAID activities and is an approach to foreign aid that Australia ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Defence, not more assertive cyber activity, is the right response to Salt Typhoon</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/defence-not-more-assertive-cyber-activity-is-the-right-response-to-salt-typhoon/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Raymond and Typhaine Joffe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyberattack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92110</guid> <description><![CDATA[The ongoing Salt Typhoon cyberattack, affecting some of the United States’ largest telecoms companies, has galvanised a trend toward more assertive US engagement in the cyber domain. This is the wrong lesson to take. Instead, ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Trump&#8217;s challenge to international order</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-challenge-to-international-order/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph S Nye Jr]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international order]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rules-based order]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92140</guid> <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump has cast serious doubts on the future of the postwar international order. In recent speeches and UN votes, his administration has sided with Russia, an aggressor that launched a war of ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>When dealing with China, Australia must prioritise security over economics</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-dealing-with-china-australia-must-prioritise-security-over-economics/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economic coercion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92135</guid> <description><![CDATA[China’s economic importance cannot be allowed to supersede all other Australian interests. For the past couple of decades, trade has dominated Australia’s relations with China. This cannot continue. Australia needs to prioritise its security interests ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Overseas investment is getting riskier. The government needs to step up</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/overseas-investment-is-getting-riskier-the-government-needs-to-step-up/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Coyne and Ian Satchwell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[critical minerals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreign investment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mining]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92125</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australian companies operating overseas are navigating an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape where economic coercion, regulatory uncertainty and security risks are becoming the norm. Our growing global investment footprint is nationally important, and the Australian government ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>In case we forgot, Typhoon attacks remind us of China’s cyber capability—and intent</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-case-we-forgot-typhoon-attacks-remind-us-of-chinas-capability-and-intent/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Corera and Elizabeth Buchanan]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CCP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyberattack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australians need to understand the cyber threat from China. US President Donald Trump described the launch of Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot, DeepSeek, as a wake-up call for the US tech industry. The Australian government moved ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China’s naval deployment should invigorate Australia’s election debate</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-naval-deployment-should-invigorate-australias-election-debate/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Euan Graham]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:30:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA-N]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92118</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Australian government’s underreaction to China’s ongoing naval circumnavigation of Australia is a bigger problem than any perceived overreaction in public commentary. Some politicisation of the issue before a general election is natural in a ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Southeast Asia faces AI influence on elections</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/southeast-asia-faces-ai-influence-on-elections/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano and Adhi Priamarizki]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:00:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92099</guid> <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is becoming commonplace in electoral campaigns and politics across Southeast Asia, but the region is struggling to regulate it. Indonesia’s 2024 general election exposed actual harms of AI-driven politics and overhyped concerns that ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China is on course for a prolonged recession</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-is-on-course-for-a-prolonged-recession/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Lee]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CCP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economy]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91862</guid> <description><![CDATA[The risk of China spiralling into an unprecedentedly prolonged recession is increasing. Its economy is experiencing deflation, with the price level falling for a second consecutive year in 2024, according to recent data from the ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>For a faster solution to nearby maritime threats, look to the Australian Army</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-a-faster-solution-to-nearby-maritime-threats-look-to-the-australian-army/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Langford]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA-N]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maritime]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92087</guid> <description><![CDATA[China’s not-so-subtle attempt at gunboat diplomacy over the past two weeks has encountered various levels of indignation in Australia and throughout the region. Many have pointed out that the passage of a three-ship naval task ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>To avoid a Ukraine-style quid pro quo, Australia needs to work with the US on critical minerals</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-avoid-a-ukraine-style-quid-pro-quo-australia-needs-to-work-with-the-us-on-critical-minerals/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Raelene Lockhorst and John Coyne]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–US relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[critical minerals]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92089</guid> <description><![CDATA[With Donald Trump back in the White House, Washington is operating under a hard-nosed, transactional framework in which immediate returns rather than shared values measure alliances. For Australia, this signals a need to rethink its ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Amusing ourselves to death</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/amusing-ourselves-to-death/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Bassi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TikTok]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92081</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forty years ago, in a seminal masterpiece titled Amusing Ourselves to Death, US author Neil Postman warned that we had entered a brave new world in which people were enslaved by television and other technology-driven ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The US is gone—Europe must replace it</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-us-is-gone-europe-must-replace-it/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slawomir Sierakowski]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92077</guid> <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump and JD Vance’s verbal assault on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office will mark 28 February 2025 as an infamous moment in US and world history. The United States is rapidly ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>House of cards: northern Australia’s liquid fuel resilience</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/house-of-cards-northern-australias-liquid-fuel-resilience/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Raelene Lockhorst]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Darwin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Northern Territory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fuel security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[northern Australia]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92050</guid> <description><![CDATA[Northern Australia’s liquid fuel infrastructure is the backbone of defence capability, national resilience, and economic prosperity. Yet, it faces mounting pressure from increasing demand, supply chain vulnerabilities and logistical fragilities. Fuel security is not just ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The battle for the internet</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-battle-for-the-internet/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mercedes Page]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[authoritarianism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet governance]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92067</guid> <description><![CDATA[Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a 20-year review of its World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China wins from Australian overreaction to warship presence</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-wins-from-australian-overreaction-to-warship-presence/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:00:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA-N]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92060</guid> <description><![CDATA[The deployment of a Chinese naval task group in our region is clearly aimed at sending a message and testing Australia’s responses—not only on the military front, but socially and politically. The worst misstep would ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Independence under Merz is entirely possible</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/independence-under-merz-is-entirely-possible/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Leonard]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92004</guid> <description><![CDATA[Could 23 February 2025 become known as Europe’s Independence Day? It might as well be if the winner of Germany’s election, Friedrich Merz, has his way. 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AI is as much about ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>States vulnerable to foreign aggression embrace the cloud: lessons from Taiwan</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/states-vulnerable-to-foreign-aggression-embrace-the-cloud-lessons-from-taiwan/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelinn Kang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 03:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91985</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taiwan is among nations pioneering the adoption of hyperscale cloud services to achieve national digital resilience. The island faces two major digital threats: digital isolation, in which international connectivity is intentionally severed or significantly degraded ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Mogami class offers strong technical advantages in Australia’s frigate competition</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/mogami-class-offers-strong-technical-advantages-in-australias-frigate-competition/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Lies]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia-Japan relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[frigate]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92032</guid> <description><![CDATA[Japan’s Mogami class is clearly the best choice for Australia’s general-purpose frigate program. Compared with its very capable competitor, the Meko A-200 from Germany, the Mogami design needs a smaller crew, offers deeper magazines and ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The geography of American power</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-geography-of-american-power/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Pezzullo]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geopolitics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grand strategy]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92013</guid> <description><![CDATA[The United States is a secure power. Situated in a hemispheric citadel, and protected by wide oceans, the US could comfortably withdraw from being the arbiter of the geopolitical fate of Eurasia and still enjoy ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Meta’s Waterworth cable project is about geopolitics and geoeconomics</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/metas-waterworth-cable-project-is-about-geopolitics-and-geoeconomics/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ravi Nayyar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[undersea cables]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92025</guid> <description><![CDATA[Announced on 14 February, Meta’s Project Waterworth is not just proposed to be the world’s longest submarine cable but reflects ever-shifting geopolitical and geoeconomic landscapes. It presents a great opportunity for Australia to collaborate more ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>US-Russia negotiations won&#8217;t bring peace to Ukraine</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-russia-negotiations-wont-bring-peace-to-ukraine/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Bildt]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91958</guid> <description><![CDATA[Will US President Donald Trump be able to forge a peace between Russia and Ukraine, or are we facing a repetition of the infamous Munich Agreement? When Britain and France forced Czechoslovakia to cede the ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Strategic and industrial factors favour Japan for Australia’s frigate project</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strategic-and-industrial-factors-favour-japan-for-australias-frigate-project/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nishank Motwani]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:00:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia-Japan relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RAN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[frigate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[surface fleet]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=92015</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s not just technical naval capability. Australia has persuasive geostrategic and industrial reasons for choosing Japan over Germany as its partner in building as many as 11 general-purpose frigates in a priority defence program. The ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>US cuts to science and technology could fast-track China’s tech dominance</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-cuts-to-science-and-technology-could-fast-track-chinas-tech-dominance/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Wong-Leung]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[US–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biotechnology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91996</guid> <description><![CDATA[Is the United States now trying to lose the technology race with China? It certainly seems to be. The race is tight, and now the Trump administration is slashing funding for the three national institutions ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>ASPI USA roundtable: Trying to understand US economic statecraft</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspi-usa-roundtable-trying-to-understand-us-economic-statecraft/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nerida King, Hassan Gad, Jacqueline Gibson and Sheri Lei]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:33:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91991</guid> <description><![CDATA[Governments are outraged, industry leaders are keeping a low profile, and economists and analysts are confused as they work to understand how the Trump administration’s approach can make the United States simultaneously safer, stronger and ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>A Westless world</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-westless-world/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobias Bunde]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91954</guid> <description><![CDATA[Each February, members of the transatlantic strategic community head to Munich to discuss the state of international security, making the Munich Security Conference a not-to-be-missed event on the foreign-policy calendar. This was true even during ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessment</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/some-us-allies-contribute-some-loaf-heres-a-numerical-assessment/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[George Boone and Thomas Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 04:30:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[US alliances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military spending]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91964</guid> <description><![CDATA[Which US allies have paid their bills, as President Donald Trump would see things? Which, having given the United States little support in return for its security guarantee, now risk losing it? The short answer, ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Europe is only as weak as it thinks it is</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/europe-is-only-as-weak-as-it-thinks-it-is/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slawomir Sierakowski]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91949</guid> <description><![CDATA[Europe has just held a rapid-fire series of high-profile summits. Following the Paris AI Action Summit and the Munich Security Conference, European leaders gathered for two emergency meetings in Paris to address the disturbing signals ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>ASEAN cyber norms need broad stakeholder engagement</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/asean-cyber-norms-need-broad-stakeholder-engagement/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gatra Priyandita]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASEAN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyberspace]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91945</guid> <description><![CDATA[As Malaysia assumes the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2025, the government wants to make its mark on the region’s cybersecurity cooperation framework. Malaysia is keen to develop the third iteration ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Peace in Ukraine depends on European commitment</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/peace-in-ukraine-depends-on-european-commitment/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicu Popescu]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peace]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91898</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peace is an attractive, yet elusive, concept. It can mean different things to different people at different times. Ukraine is a case in point. The quest for peace could yield either of two fundamentally different ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>With Chinese warships nearby, Australia needs to step up as a maritime power</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-chinese-warships-nearby-australia-needs-to-step-up-as-a-maritime-power/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA-N]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91936</guid> <description><![CDATA[China now fields the world’s largest navy, and last week’s rare foray into our exclusive economic zone should be a wake-up call for Australians. Our most critical economic and security interests travel by sea, and in a ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China’s ships near Australia. Challenges in the South China Sea. Get used to it</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-ships-near-australia-and-its-challenges-in-the-south-china-sea-get-used-to-it/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Keary]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:30:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA-N]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91927</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia can take three lessons from Chinese military behaviour in the past two weeks. China will keep conducting dangerous military manoeuvres against us and other countries in the South China Sea; its actions will continue ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Microsoft breakthrough challenges Australia’s quantum strategy</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/microsoft-breakthrough-challenges-australias-quantum-strategy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Horton]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quantum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91921</guid> <description><![CDATA[The global strategic landscape is being redrawn not on battlefields, but in the arcane realm of quantum physics. Microsoft&#8217;s unveiling last week of Majorana 1 is a technological bombshell: it is the first quantum chip ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>DeepSeek is in the driver’s seat. That’s a big security problem</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/deepseek-is-in-the-drivers-seat-thats-a-big-security-problem/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Danielle Cave]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:48:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91903</guid> <description><![CDATA[Democratic states have a smart-car problem. For those that don’t act quickly and decisively, it’s about to become a severe national security headache. Over the past few weeks, about 20 of China’s largest car manufacturers ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Trump&#8217;s turbulence shifts Australia&#8217;s focus to Europe</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-turbulence-shifts-our-focus-to-europe/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Tesch]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91909</guid> <description><![CDATA[The SS United States is the largest American ocean liner to be entirely built at home.  To this day, it holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean, which it set on its 1952 ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Sidewinders on P-8s and MH-60Rs: deterring Chinese attacks on Australian aircraft</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sidewinders-on-p-8s-and-mh-60rs-deterring-chinese-attacks-on-australian-aircraft/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Abramowicz]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:30:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[P-8A Poseidon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air capability]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91887</guid> <description><![CDATA[China’s continued attacks on aircraft patrolling the East Asian waters, including Australian aircraft, are unacceptable. But they’re encouraged by the targeted countries’ failure to equip their aircraft for self-defence. Australia should rapidly equip its key ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Negotiations can’t end the war in Ukraine; it would just evolve</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/negotiations-cant-end-the-war-in-ukraine-it-would-just-evolve/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Maher]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 03:00:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[negotiations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[warfare]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91877</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the coming days, a slew of commentary will claim that the Russia-Ukraine war may well imminently conclude after three years, following peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Such commentary will be wrong. Regardless of what ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Bookshelf: The conscience of the CCP, whose death triggered Tiananmen</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-the-conscience-of-the-ccp-whose-death-triggered-tiananmen/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Wihtol]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:00:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CCP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[book review]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91756</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hu Yaobang is one of China’s unsung heroes. Inside China, anyone who can remember the bloodshed in Tiananmen Square in June 1989 will also remember the well-respected Hu. But outside China, we tend to forget ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>What if the US leaves the IMF and the World Bank?</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/what-if-the-us-leaves-the-imf-and-the-world-bank/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ngaire Woods]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91866</guid> <description><![CDATA[After withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump may pull the country out of more international institutions in the coming months. Notably, Project 2025—the blueprint ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The trials ahead for Pete Hegseth</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-trials-ahead-for-pete-hegseth/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AUKUS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shipbuilding]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91879</guid> <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous challenges ahead of him—challenges that could seriously affect Australia by upsetting key elements of our ally’s defence position, including its ability to deliver the Virginia class ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Poland&#8217;s path to remarkable prosperity</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/polands-path-to-remarkable-prosperity/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Radoslaw Sikorski]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Browsing social media, I recently came across a map showing all the countries with GDP per capita higher than Poland’s back in 1990 and in 2018. The difference was striking. While 35 years ago there ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>How Australia, with friends, can secure its place in critical minerals</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-australia-with-friends-can-secure-its-place-in-critical-minerals/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vlado Vivoda]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–US relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[critical minerals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mining]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91794</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia’s critical minerals sector is at a crossroads. As the United States recalibrates its industrial policies under President Donald Trump, Australia’s role in securing non-Chinese supply chains for critical minerals has never been more important. ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The 2025 Annual Threat Assessment: ASIO makes the case for ‘national’ security</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-2025-annual-threat-assessment-asio-makes-the-case-for-national-security/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Taylor and Linus Cohen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australian intelligence community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Intelligence Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[domestic security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91818</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Mike Burgess called on Wednesday night for national security that’s truly national. Only through such a broad-ranging and joined approach across governments and society can Australia navigate the deteriorating security ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The strategic importance of the Whyalla steelworks</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-strategic-importance-of-the-whyalla-steelworks/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Uren]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:35:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91807</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia has been losing so many sovereign manufacturing capabilities over the past two decades that it is hard to know where to draw the line. The Whyalla steel mill may mark the spot. The Australian ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>How Europe can pay for rearmament</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-europe-can-pay-for-rearmament/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philippe Legrain]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:21:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91822</guid> <description><![CDATA[Europe urgently needs to rearm. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the broader threat that President Vladimir Putin’s regime poses to Europe, requires nothing less. US President Donald Trump’s administration has also now made clear that ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>If New Zealand wants to restate terms with Cook Islands, it should step up support</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/if-new-zealand-wants-to-restate-terms-with-cook-islands-it-should-step-up-support/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Johnson and Astrid Young]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:45:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cook Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific islands]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91810</guid> <description><![CDATA[New Zealand wants to renegotiate its free association agreements with Cook Islands to secure increased transparency in its foreign partnerships. To do so, New Zealand will need to step up its own support and can ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Tackling climate change in the age of Trump</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tackling-climate-change-in-the-age-of-trump/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Haass and Carolyn Kissane]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:00:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paris agreement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91790</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is no denying the reality of global warming. Each year is hotter than the preceding one. Last month alone was the hottest January on record. Recurring natural disasters—floods, fires, droughts and hurricanes—are becoming more ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Still not confident enough: China isn’t likely to move on Taiwan in 2025</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/still-not-confident-enough-china-isnt-likely-to-move-on-taiwan-in-2025/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Keary]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 04:55:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91801</guid> <description><![CDATA[Despite China’s rapid military improvements, it’s unlikely to use large-scale force against Taiwan in 2025. The Chinese leadership’s concerns over the quality of military command, economic weakening, uncertain social stability and effects of the Trump ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Economic cyber-espionage: a persistent and invisible threat</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/economic-cyber-espionage-a-persistent-and-invisible-threat/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gatra Priyandita and Bart Hogeveen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[intellectual property]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91785</guid> <description><![CDATA[Economic cyber-espionage, state-sponsored theft of sensitive business information via cyber means for commercial gain, is an invisible yet persistent threat to national economies. As more states use cyber tools to secure economic and strategic advantages, ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>India has arrived</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/india-has-arrived/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Palacio]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:00:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[middle power]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91774</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the first official foreign visit of the commission in her second term would be to India. On the same day, Marco Rubio held his ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Wary of cable sabotage, Taiwan looks to satellites as back-ups</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wary-of-cable-sabotage-taiwan-looks-to-satellites-as-back-ups/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Rickards]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[satellite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[undersea cables]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91779</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taiwan is paying attention to seabed risks. It’s suffered undersea cable breaks and it has noted deliberate attacks on such communications lines under the Baltic Sea. Its response is to build a robust and redundant ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Securing Australia’s interests in a Trumpian trade world</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/securing-australias-interests-in-a-trumpian-trade-world/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Horton and Ned Talbot]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:00:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–US relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91764</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia must adopt a sophisticated and multi-layered strategy to engage the second Trump administration on trade and security. Australia must frame its trade relationship with the US in terms of its direct contribution to US ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Tanks for the memories</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tanks-for-the-memories-2/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Graeme Dobell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:00:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Archives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cabinet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tank]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91751</guid> <description><![CDATA[The start and the end of two decades of Australia’s Abrams M1A1 tanks came together in a moment of policy symmetry. As Australia shipped 49 retired Abrams to Ukraine at the end of 2024, the ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Japan navigates a course through Trump-era shoals</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/japan-navigates-a-course-through-trump-era-shoals/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dalbir Ahlawat and Ryosuke Hanada]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indo-Pacific]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91743</guid> <description><![CDATA[Japan’s relationship with the new Trump administration is off to not a bad start: so far, the two countries are agreeing on more than they are disagreeing. The big development in the relationship since Donald ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The fight for Syria</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-fight-for-syria/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shlomo Ben-Ami]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:40:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erdogan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91747</guid> <description><![CDATA[The collapse of Syria’s al-Assad dynasty, which had ruled for more than a half-century, was always going to represent a daunting challenge for the country and its neighbours. But the escalating conflict over Syria’s future ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The underexploited potential of Ukrainian defence tech</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-underexploited-potential-of-ukrainian-defence-tech/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oleksandr Ihnatenko]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence industry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drones]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91729</guid> <description><![CDATA[Western companies and entrepreneurs are largely missing a chance to invest in the thriving and innovative Ukrainian defence tech industry and take its experience back to their home markets. Failure of foreign investors to put ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China is exporting its model of political authoritarianism to Africa</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-is-exporting-its-model-of-political-authoritarianism-to-africa/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Samir Bhattacharya]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:00:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91664</guid> <description><![CDATA[To expand its influence in Africa, China has stepped up its elite capture programs from hosting delegations and training to exporting its authoritarian model of governance.  Graduates are now emerging from a school for politicians ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>China drops flares ahead of RAAF plane, sends ships to Australia’s northern approaches</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-drops-flares-ahead-of-raaf-plane-sends-ships-to-australias-northern-approaches/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm Davis]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:15:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91736</guid> <description><![CDATA[Highly provocative and unprofessional action by the Chinese military has again put the Albanese government’s approach to relations with Beijing under pressure. So has deployment of a powerful Chinese naval flotilla close to Australia. China’s ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The Pacific needs greater cyber resilience as malicious actors break into networks</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-pacific-needs-greater-cyber-resilience-as-malicious-actors-break-into-networks/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Johnson, Fitriani and Jocelinn Kang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:15:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capacity building]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber maturity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyber strategy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cyberattack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91721</guid> <description><![CDATA[Samoa and Papua New Guinea’s recent experiences with cyber intrusions are the latest reminders of the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity resilience in the Pacific. What’s needed is capacity building and coordinated response initiatives. On ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>We can predict Trump’s military policy. Here’s how Europe must react</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/we-can-predict-trumps-military-policy-heres-how-europe-must-react/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jakub Janda]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:25:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91712</guid> <description><![CDATA[We now know the main strategist in US President Donald Trump’s administration will be Elbridge Colby, nominated as undersecretary of defense for policy. Colby is one of the most outspoken and transparent policy leaders in ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Economic coercion tests international organisations</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/economic-coercion-tests-international-organisations/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Uren]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sanctions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91704</guid> <description><![CDATA[The rising use of economic coercion is a symptom of an increasingly unstable world that is struggling to contain rise of China and is no longer bound by the institutions established in the wake of ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>What Donald Trump can learn from allies on foreign aid</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/what-donald-trump-can-learn-from-allies-on-foreign-aid/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nerida King, Sophia Gaston and Gregory Brown]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:08:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AusAID]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91700</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and re-strategise US foreign aid. The Trump administration is not the first Western government to envision a stronger, safer, and more prosperous country by integrating foreign aid with ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>A political fix in hate-crime and terror legislation shows the government isn’t leading</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-political-fix-in-hate-crime-and-terror-legislation-shows-the-government-isnt-leading/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry Campbell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[counterterrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91696</guid> <description><![CDATA[After bowing to the opposition on mandatory minimum sentences, the Australian government needs to reestablish its leadership in national security. Australia’s new anti hate crime amendment includes mandatory minimum sentencing for terrorism and certain hate ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s trade war is about more than trade</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-trade-war-is-about-more-than-trade/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Qian]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[US–China relations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade war]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91681</guid> <description><![CDATA[The opening salvos of US President Donald Trump’s trade war have sent shockwaves around the world. Over the past three weeks, his administration has broken with decades of free-trade orthodoxy, threatening to impose tariffs not ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Why attack missile boats can’t replace major warships</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-attack-missile-boats-cant-replace-major-warships/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RAN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[frigate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[naval capabilities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91687</guid> <description><![CDATA[Attack missile boats are no substitutes for the Royal Australian Navy’s major warships, contrary to the contention of a 4 February 2025 Strategist article. The ships are much more survivable than attack boats and can ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>From the bookshelf: ‘Suharto&#8217;s Cold War’</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-the-bookshelf-suhartos-cold-war/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John West]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:00:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cold War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suharto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sukarno]]></category> <category><![CDATA[book review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91654</guid> <description><![CDATA[The murder of six of Indonesia&#8217;s most senior army leaders on 1 October 1965 by elements of the country&#8217;s communist party became a major turning point in Indonesia’s modern history. It would bring to an ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>In its Indo-Pacific strategy, France should engage more with Pacific islanders</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-its-indo-pacific-strategy-france-should-engage-more-with-pacific-islanders/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Frecon]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[France]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific islands]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91669</guid> <description><![CDATA[France is still expected to unveil a long-awaited update to its Indo-Pacific strategy. This should be an opportunity for it to do more in the region.  Its current Indo-Pacific strategy relies on two visions: one ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>New Zealand’s trouble in paradise</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-zealands-trouble-in-paradise/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cook Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kiribati]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific islands]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91673</guid> <description><![CDATA[New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We see this in a bungled attempt to visit Kiribati that led to a ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Undermining unity: Disinformation as a threat to the Quad</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/undermining-unity-disinformation-as-a-threat-to-the-quad/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fitriani and Takumi Kawasaki]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disinformation]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91644</guid> <description><![CDATA[Disinformation campaigns targeting the Quad, a partnership between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, challenge its credibility. These campaigns, often state-linked, misrepresent Quad initiatives, exploit internal differences among its members and portray the group ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Neither Atlanticist nor isolationist: recognise Trump as an imperial nationalist</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/neither-atlanticist-nor-isolationist-recognise-trump-as-an-imperial-nationalist/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaki Laïdi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:00:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91642</guid> <description><![CDATA[Like people in other regions, Europeans face the challenge of discerning what motives underlie US President Donald Trump’s verbal provocations. After all, what Trump really wants is often unclear, which makes it difficult to devise ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Australia needs Australian AI</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-needs-australian-ai/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelinn Kang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[regulatory frameworks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91622</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australia must do more to shape its artificial intelligence future. The release of DeepSeek is a stark reminder that if Australia does not invest in its own AI solutions, it will remain reliant on foreign ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Something old, something new: the very practical rules of Chinese aircraft development</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/something-old-something-new-the-very-practical-rules-of-chinese-aircraft-development/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Sweetman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:00:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air capability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aircraft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence capability]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91591</guid> <description><![CDATA[Year-end revelations of two new Chinese combat aircraft designs, the Chengdu J-36 and the Shenyang J-XX, should have put an end to the idea that China’s aerospace and defense industry just copies the West. Yet ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Air and maritime defence, not ground combat, should be Indonesia’s priorities</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/air-and-maritime-defence-not-ground-combat-should-be-indonesias-priorities/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Gading Sayudha]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air capability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence capability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maritime capability]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91601</guid> <description><![CDATA[Indonesia isn’t doing enough in acquiring advanced naval and air systems. Too much money and focus are still being spent on the army, the traditionally dominant service—yet the country hardly faces a risk of a ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Stopping anti-Semitic terrorism in Australia</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stopping-anti-semitic-terrorism-in-australia/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Pezzullo]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:14:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AFP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Affairs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91629</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the next six months there is a greater than 50 per cent chance of a terrorist attack being planned and possibly carried out in Australia. The Director-General of Security told us so on August ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>On the value of military service</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/on-the-value-of-military-service/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom McDermott]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:30:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australian Army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Army]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91583</guid> <description><![CDATA[In January, I crossed the milestone of 24 years of service in two militaries—the British and Australian armies. It is fair to say that I am a professional soldier. Soldiering has consumed the whole of ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The crisis in Western AI is real</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-crisis-in-western-ai-is-real/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Ferguson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[techno-nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91579</guid> <description><![CDATA[The release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 large language model, with its impressive capabilities and low development cost, shocked financial markets and led to claims of a ‘Sputnik moment’ in artificial intelligence. But a powerful, innovative ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Spyware is spreading far beyond its national-security role</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/spyware-is-spreading-far-beyond-its-national-security-role/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Suriyasenee]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[malware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[regulatory frameworks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spying]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91566</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spyware is increasingly exploited by criminals or used to suppress civil liberties, and this proliferation is in part due to weak regulation. Politicians, diplomats, human rights activists and journalists have been targeted by malicious software ...]]></description> </item> <item> <title>With US funding freeze, China nonprofits are facing extinction. They need emergency assistance</title> <link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-funding-freeze-china-nonprofits-are-facing-extinction-they-need-emergency-assistance/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bethany Allen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:29:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/?p=91571</guid> <description><![CDATA[An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. 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