- Climate emergencies threaten our collective security, but governments are flying blind into the stormby James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter on October 11, 2024 at 4:20 pm
Climate change should be at the heart of national security plans, say experts.
- Keir Starmer’s national security adviser controversy explainedby Christopher Featherstone, Associate Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York on August 28, 2024 at 4:19 pm
Gwyn Jenkins will not be the new prime minister’s adviser but that’s not unexpected under a change of government.
- In Chicago, security at the Democratic National Convention aims to avoid a repetition of the 1968 violenceby Jack L. Rozdilsky, Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada on August 18, 2024 at 11:42 am
Police clashed with anti-war protestors during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. This year’s convention, also in Chicago, takes place in a similarly charged political and social environment.
- ASIO has now declared the terrorist threat to Australia is ‘probable’. What does this mean?by Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney on August 6, 2024 at 1:20 am
For the first time in a decade, the terror threat has been elevated. But what does that really mean?
- Only 15 known underwater internet cables connect Australia to the world – and they’re under threat from fishing boats, spies and natural disastersby Cynthia Mehboob, PhD Scholar in Department of International Relations, Australian National University on July 31, 2024 at 5:08 am
These cables are typically no wider than a garden hose.
- Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?by Holly Cullen, Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia on June 25, 2024 at 1:21 am
The Wikileaks founder will return to Australia after years behind bars and in exile. What happens now?
- Student anger over the Vietnam War erupted into violence in the ’60s − a terrorism expert explores if the same could happen todayby Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan on May 20, 2024 at 12:29 pm
Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
- Section 702 foreign surveillance law lives on, but privacy fight continuesby Peter Swire, Professor of Law and Ethics, Georgia Institute of Technology on May 9, 2024 at 12:32 pm
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
- Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be preparedby Ben Kravitz, Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University on April 4, 2024 at 12:45 pm
The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
- Hundreds of Nigerian children are being kidnapped – the government must change its security strategyby Al Chukwuma Okoli, Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia on March 22, 2024 at 3:52 pm
Nigeria’s school abductions are a sign of neglect of territorial and human security in the country.
- The government is fighting a new High Court case on immigration detainees. What’s it about and what’s at stake?by Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney on March 20, 2024 at 4:45 am
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
- Will the AUKUS deal survive in the event of a Trump presidency? All signs point to yesby John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University on March 18, 2024 at 2:57 am
Amid reports of a dip in US production of nuclear submarines and concerns about the future of the agreement under Donald Trump, some have questioned the viability of AUKUS. But they need not worry.
- Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logicby Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney on March 4, 2024 at 2:54 am
ASIO is effective in defeating threats and being transparent in reporting on them, but its latest annual threat assessment leaves room to question its strategic priorities.
- Surveillance and the state: South Africa’s proposed new spying law is open for comment – an expert points out its flawsby Jane Duncan, Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow on February 5, 2024 at 2:19 pm
The fact that the presidency is attempting to get away with minimal regulation of bulk interception raises doubt about its commitment to ending intelligence abuse.
- South Africa’s new intelligence bill is meant to stem abuses – what’s good and bad about itby Jane Duncan, Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow on January 11, 2024 at 3:54 pm
The bill seeks greater intelligence powers but neglects oversight.
- Spycatcher scandal: newly released documents from the Thatcher era reveal the changing nature of government secrecyby Dennis C Grube, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Cambridge on January 4, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Cabinet Office papers expose Thatcher’s anxiety over the famous book, and the difference between governing in the 1980s and the modern information age.
- What is the government’s preventative detention bill? Here’s how the laws will work and what they mean for Australia’s detention systemby Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Sydney on December 6, 2023 at 11:20 am
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
- Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to ‘hostile actors’, Climate Statement warnsby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra on November 29, 2023 at 11:30 am
The Climate statement, prepared by departmental officials, will be released by the Minister for Climate and Energy Chris Bowen on Thursday with updated security warnings.
- David McBride is facing jailtime for helping reveal alleged war crimes. Will it end whistleblowing in Australia?by Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland on November 20, 2023 at 4:45 am
David McBride helped bring about a reckoning with the Australian Defence Force, but came at a legal cost. Will it stop others coming forward?
- Fewer U.S. college students are studying a foreign language − and that spells trouble for national securityby Deborah Cohn, Provost Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University on November 16, 2023 at 1:20 pm
A new report from the Modern Language Association shows an unprecedented drop in the study of foreign languages among college students.
- In our first major intelligence review since COVID, here are 7 key priorities to be ready for the next pandemicby Patrick F Walsh, Professor, Intelligence and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University on October 19, 2023 at 12:20 am
Nearly four years on from the start of the pandemic, there has been no independent review of the role the intelligence agencies played during the crisis.
- The AUKUS deal will be hotly debated at the ALP national conference, but its real vulnerabilities lie in Americaby Matthew Sussex, Associate Proessor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University on August 16, 2023 at 3:53 am
The loudest disagreements at this year’s ALP national conference are likely to be on foreign policy – the AUKUS deal prime among them.
- Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public for the first time is the right moveby Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato on August 11, 2023 at 3:30 am
The Security Intelligence Service needs public support and trust to do its work well. Adding a degree of transparency to it’s annual threat assessment should help.
- Are we alone in the universe? 4 essential reads on potential contact with aliensby Mary Magnuson, Associate Science Editor on August 4, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Whistleblower allegations that the government possesses UFOs may not be backed up by public physical evidence, but some argue that listening for extraterrestrial life is the first phase of contact.
- NZ’s first national security strategy signals a ‘turning point’ and the end of old certaintiesby Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato on August 4, 2023 at 4:05 am
New Zealand faces “more geostrategic challenges than we have had in decades”, according to the defence minister. A broad defence and security reset aims to prepare the country for what may be ahead.
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