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Outspoken Australian-Chinese democracy advocate Dr Yang Hengjun has been formally arrested in China on suspicion of spying, further straining relations between the two countries.
It’s not clear what we gain by blocking Huawei’s involvement in Australia’s 5G network.
Countries may be forced to choose whether they side with the US or China when it comes to Huawei.
Politicians have been leaking secrets to journalists as long as newspapers have existed. But it’s getting more difficult thanks to surveillance technology.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s funny, sassy, violent script doesn’t make a drama out of the two strong female leads, it normalises them.
Was the former Labour leader a paid-up Soviet spy? It’s time the security services told us once and for all.
The prosecution wants a closed trial, while the defence wants to keep secret only what’s necessary to protect Australia’s national security.
The difference between probing and mapping and actually attacking depends on the intent of the people doing it, which is hard to figure out and may change. The dangers, however, remain worrying.
It is likely that the parliamentary intelligence and security committee will want more clarification on how things would operate in the grey area.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Where possible, Opposition leader Bill Shorten tries to stick like glue to the government on national security issues, for reasons of politics as well as substance.
With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups. But like their fictional counterparts, will they still end up doing desk work?
Politics Podcast: John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws
John Blaxland has some real concerns about the unintended consequences of the proposed foreign interference legislation on academic debate.
New laws aiming to crack down on foreign interference in Australian politics suggest the concept of ‘national security’ is continually expanding.
South Africa’s intelligence services operate secretly and with minimal oversight. So citizens will probably never know exactly what they are up to.
The 1954 defection of West Germany’s first domestic spy chief and ardent anti-Nazi rocked the world – and then he returned to Bonn.
The Soviet ambassador to London showed that charm and contacts can trump espionage when it comes to gathering information.
This week’s ABC Four Corners/Fairfax expose of Chinese activities in Australia is alarming not just for its revelations about a multi-fronted pattern of influence-seeking but also for what it says about…
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Research Fellow, Leiden University
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Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra) and Research Fellow (adjunct) - The Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University- NATO Fellow Asia-Pacific, University of Canberra
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Associate professor of international history, Utrecht University
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UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
