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NEW REPORT 📢 In 'Hedging our bets', Richard Gray argues that while AUKUS remains the best pathway to ensure 🇦🇺’s future defence, significant risks mean Canberra should explore the backup option of leasing or acquiring a submarine capability from 🇯🇵. 🔖: bit.ly/4djWM6i

'As a demand centre, production hub and regulatory frontier, outcomes in the Indo-Pacific will determine whether global efforts can constrain spyware proliferation,' write Allison Pytlak and @GPriyandita. aspistrategist.org.au/the-indo-pacif…

'From the Ottoman blockage of the Dardanelles during WWI to today’s maritime freeze around the Strait of Hormuz, agricultural supply chains’ vulnerability to war is as important in 2026 as it was in 1915,' writes @sabasinai. aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-on-w…

Earlier today, @MikeHughesASPI joined @PatsKarvelas to discuss the significance of the 🇦🇺–🇯🇵 relationship during PM Sanae Takaichi’s visit, the findings of ASPI's new report on AUKUS, why 🇦🇺’s deepening ties with 🇯🇵 should be viewed positively, and 🇯🇵's strategy towards 🇨🇳.

'Japan is unlikely to join the submarine component of the AUKUS defence partnership ... but it could help mitigate the risks associated with Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines,' write Richard Gray and @MikeHughesASPI. aspistrategist.org.au/hedging-our-be…

Amid 🇯🇵 PM Takaichi's visit to 🇦🇺, @AlexBristowASPI argues in the @FinancialReview that the surest way to deter Beijing from instigating a regional conflict is for Japan, Australia, and others in the region to forge closer partnerships. 📚 Read ⬇️ afr.com/policy/foreign…

The Indo-Pacific could shape control of the growing spyware market | Allison Pytlak and @GPriyandita | bit.ly/3OSA4cd

As 🇯🇵 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits 🇦🇺, @davidwroe argues in @theage that 🇦🇺 and 🇯🇵 should deepen co-operation on AI, including through technology transfers, research collaboration and incentives for two-way investment. 📰 Read the article 👇 theage.com.au/technology/we-…

Bookshelf: on war and wheat | @sabasinai | bit.ly/3QLwnpk

This @smh exclusive covers our new report, ‘Hedging out bets’, which argues Canberra should explore leasing or rapidly acquiring submarines from 🇯🇵 as a backup option in case major risks emerge in the AUKUS optimal pathway. 🔖: bit.ly/4djWM6i 🗞️⤵️smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Hedging our bets: a Japanese option for managing risk in the AUKUS Optimal Pathway | Richard Gray and @MikeHughesASPI | bit.ly/4wpVr5J

Measured and practical advice here from Richard Gray. AUKUS is in Australia's interests and will deliver the best capability over the long term, but exploring a prudent back-up with Japan for the medium term makes a lot of sense.

In this excellent new report, my @ASPI_org colleague, Richard Gray, makes it clear that AUKUS will make all three nations stronger. But there are risks and they need to be managed. One option is to work with 🇯🇵 on leasing subs if a capability gap emerges. Read about it here ⤵️

🎙️CROSSOVER ALERT--our co-hosts step to the other side of the mic. @GordianKnotRay & Jim Carouso joined @davidwroe & @ASPI_org's Stop the World podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on U.S. strategy in the #IndoPacific--why this part of the world matters far beyond the map.

'Beijing may choose to accelerate its trajectory, pushing boundaries to advance its interests and take advantage of a distracted US,' write Joe Keary, @raji143 and Linus Cohen. aspistrategist.org.au/expanding-fron…

'As the Takaichi government considers how to close these legal gaps, it should look to Australia, not as a model to copy wholesale, but as a working partner with hard-won experience navigating similar challenges.' writes Takahiko Kei. aspistrategist.org.au/disinformation…

'Individual strengths do not automatically compound into strategic influence – that requires the governance architecture to match the infrastructure investment,' write Jason Van der Schyff and James Corera. aspistrategist.org.au/australia-can-…

NEW PODCAST 🎤 @GordianKnotRay & Jim Carouso, co-hosts of @IndoPacPodcast join @davidwroe on Stop the World for a conversation on US strategy in the Indo-Pacific, the upcoming Trump-Xi Meeting, 🇯🇵 PM Takaichi's visit to 🇦🇺, risks in the SCS, & more. 🎧: bit.ly/4tIGg5w

Expanding frontiers: what happens if Beijing accelerates its Indo-Pacific push | Joe Keary, @raji143 and Linus Cohen | bit.ly/4upOsI8

ASPI Resident Senior Fellow @raji143 joined @abcnews to discuss Russia's scaled back Victory Day parade, which is due to take place next week, including what it says about the pressures Russia is facing, and Ukraine's military strengths. 📺 Watch the interview ⤵️