Spies have changed since the days of the Cold War. The sort of information they seek is much broader than just military or intelligence secrets.
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While it may be difficult to enact a global set of regulations on surveillance technologies, individual countries can take the lead with enhanced monitoring and stronger laws.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Professor Lain Dare of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra discuss the week in politics.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says other countries won’t trust Australia after Scott Morrison deceived the French
The so-called AUKUS pact will include a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to counter the growing threat posed by China.
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
The growth of online and space activity make traditional ideas of national security increasingly outdated.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.
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, The Philippines Institute, Australian National University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Law School, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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