Australia is a long way from New York and Washington DC, but 9/11 was a seismic event for our country. For one thing, it has reshaped our ideas about criminal responsibility
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The growth of online and space activity make traditional ideas of national security increasingly outdated.
Wingtech Technology is taking over Newport Wafer Fab for £65 million.
The lesson to draw from our conflict over China policy is not that Australia is having trouble identifying its national interest, but that there’s really no such thing as a single national interest.
Ghanians fear that the country’s security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
The government now has a comprehensive blueprint on how to become more open and transparent on all levels, including national security. It’s time to walk the talk — but I’m not holding my breath.
A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government has overlooked the national security threats of climate change.
There is a deep and widening gulf in trust and communications between the agencies and the media that has clearly boiled over in ways that damage both institutions.
The US Armed Forces run 14 programs in over 150 countries, providing education and training for roughly 70,000 foreign military personnel each year. What, if anything, are they learning?
Far-right activists and white supremacists may choose to create what they call their “1776 moment” closer to home.
Amid increasingly sophisticated ploys online, it can be difficult to tell the difference between innocent social networking and a national security offence.
National security must be redefined to reflect new sources of security threats of the type that occurred at the U.S. Capitol.
There’s no going back to normal after COVID-19, partly because our pre-pandemic world was anything but normal.
The centrepiece of the Richardson review’s recommendations is an electronic surveillance act, which in theory, at least, is a good idea.
A sweeping review of Australia’s national security laws has recommended a new single legislative framework governing electronic surveillance activities.
While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
Investigations of the 9/11 attacks show that a short, unstable transition between two presidents can weaken US security. Trump’s sweeping staff changes compound the risk, experts say.
With face masks now compulsory or recommended in various parts of the country, how are facial recognition systems functioning?
Recommendations from a final report offer a few advances in striking the balance between national security and press freedom, but do not go nearly far enough.
As concerns mount in the US and Australia, TikTok is trying to deflect concerns over its perceived ties to the Chinese government. Its PR moves, however, may fall short.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Law School, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
