

Mike Hughes
102 posts

@MikeHughesASPI
Director Defence Strategy



ASPI's Director of Defence Strategy @MikeHughesASPI joined the @CDAInstitute podcast to discuss 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech, his recent visit to Australia and where Canada fits in today’s Indo-Pacific security architecture. 🎧 Listen ➡️ bit.ly/4di4RZx

📢 Registrations now open for the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference. Join policymakers, military leaders and experts in Canberra on 25 June to discuss strengthening deterrence, building credible capability & reinforcing collective security. 🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/4b4EHbo



🚨 NOW LIVE 🚨 ASPI has launched Fault Lines, a fortnightly newsletter examining the developments shaping the international order in 🇦🇺’s region 🌏. Each edition covers key actions across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. 📩 Subscribe now 👉 bit.ly/4qII6SM



'We need credible military capabilities to raise the cost of coercion, alongside deeper economic and diplomatic ties that give our neighbours choices,' writes @MikeHughesASPI. http://https//www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-in-a-disordered-world/





Applications are now open for the inaugural 2026 ASPI Defence Fellows Program! This is a year-long fellowship for mid-career professionals to deliver a publishable research project with mentoring, workshops and senior-leader engagement. 🗓️ Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/4p5mkaI




Japan is deploying medium-range missiles in the Ryukyu Islands, on Yonaguni, just 110 km from China's Taiwan. This move revives a forgotten name: Ryukyu. Once a thriving kingdom with its own culture and was recognized by many countries, Ryukyu was gradually erased: annexed by Japan, manipulated after WWII, and rewritten as "Okinawa." How does a kingdom disappear? The Undetermined Status Of Ryukyu uncover the buried truth. #Ryukyu #ChinaJapan



🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨 ASPI’s new Pressure Points instalment examines how Beijing frames its claim to Taiwan, the coercive tools it uses to enforce it, how Taipei is responding and how other governments are managing rising confrontation risks. 🔎 Explore 👉 bit.ly/4o4lLgc



ASPI was proud to host the inaugural 🇯🇵–🇦🇺 Economic Security & Industrial Cooperation Symposium last week, bringing together govt & industry to discuss supply chains, defence & space. More to come, incl. @BassiJustin at the Tokyo Economic Security Forum: bit.ly/4p76E6H