Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank established by the Australian government in 2001 and headquartered in Canberra. It conducts research and analysis on defence, strategic policy, national security, cyber, and technology issues to inform Australian and regional policymakers and public debate.www.aspi.org.au
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Oct 25, 2026
Radhika DesaiHOST
tell you.
Radhika DesaiHOST
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute, ASPE, which is this very hawkish organization, has been tracking critical technology since the early 2000s.
John RossGUEST
I know the study and I don't agree with
Radhika DesaiHOST
it.
John RossGUEST
Because I don't think it's true.
Radhika DesaiHOST
Let me just say what it says and then you can say what it is.
Radhika DesaiHOST
So the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says that it started tracking critical technologies in the early 2000s.
Radhika DesaiHOST
At that time, out of some 50-odd technologies, the US was leading in all but a handful.
Nury TurkelGUEST
And now she has become the one of the strongest voices, critical voices.
Nury TurkelGUEST
She is largely responsible for the first forced labor report produced by Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
John BatchelorHOST
She's in Australia now, but the Chinese Communist Party intimidates, threatens, and challenges people who tell the truth, such as Nuri Turkle.
John BatchelorHOST
And Nuri's family is threatened.
Robert BarwickHOST
But he was somewhat thrust into politics by the sharp political turn Australia took against China from around 2017 onwards.
Robert BarwickHOST
Influenced by US and UK funded think tanks like the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, ASPI, the sudden animosity against China exploited sheer ignorance about China, which Colin knew better than anybody.
Robert BarwickHOST
So he spoke up repeatedly to set the record straight.
Robert BarwickHOST
He became a regular in pearls and irritations.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
But what are the solutions here? John Coyne spent 25 years in intelligence and national security agencies, most recently with the Australian Federal Police.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
He's now the director of the National Security Program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
And Sally got a chance to speak with him this morning.
Sally SaraHOST
How do security agencies try to get a sense of potential threats for politicians when, as we've heard from briefings from ASIO and other organisations, there are a range of threats at the moment? It may be an individual with a grievance.
John CoyneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Everyday Australians reclaiming the square to be able to disagree on issues, but not make it nasty to understand that the democratic just because you don't get what you want doesn't mean the democratic processes aren't working.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
John Coyne there, a veteran of the intelligence and national security agencies, most recently with the AFP.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
He's now at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Luke Siddham DundonHOST
Well, the One Nation leader, Senator Pauline Hanson, says she is horrified and saddened by the attack on Dr Helen Haynes.
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The latest figures from the Australian Federal Police show there have been more than 1,000 reports of threatening, harassing, nuisance or offensive behaviour involving federal parliamentarians, high office holders and protected locations in the past financial year.
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Dr John Coyne is the Director of the National Security Program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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He says Australia has experienced a rapid increase over the last several years of threats against high office holders.
John CoyneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What we've seen, certainly I would suggest, ever since COVID-19 is that when people feel that they're not getting their way, they feel that democracy or government or organisations are failing them.
Janine CoxHOST
At the other end of the policy debate, organisations such as the Institute of Public Affairs have argued that Australia has allowed too much sovereign refining capability to disappear.
Janine CoxHOST
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has repeatedly warned about Australia's reliance on imported liquid fuels and long maritime supply routes.
Janine CoxHOST
So these organisations may disagree on how much domestic capacity Australia needs, but the basic vulnerability is becoming very hard to ignore.
Janine CoxHOST
The federal government now appears to agree.
Cassandra SteerHOST
And I want to take you through the bios of the speakers briefly.
Cassandra SteerHOST
Dr. Raji Pillai Rajagalapan is resident senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra.
Cassandra SteerHOST
Prior to joining that institute in Australia, she was the director of the Center for Security Strategy and Technology at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
Cassandra SteerHOST
And previously to that, her bio is incredible.
Bridget FitzgeraldCORRESPONDENT
But Zelensky's relationship with another Donald, US President Trump, are strained.
Bridget FitzgeraldCORRESPONDENT
Malcolm Davis is a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Defense Strategy Program
Malcolm DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The fact that Starshield was, uh, essentially throttled back to the point whereby, uh, Ukraine wasn't able to conduct, uh, retaliatory operations against Russia, uh, I think probably does undermine trust, uh, between Ukraine and the United States.
Bridget FitzgeraldCORRESPONDENT
Starshield is a secured satellite network designed for governments to use and works off Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink technology.
David WroeHOST
Th- thanks, Justin.
David WroeHOST
Look, yes, I am, uh, moving on from my current position as Head of AI and Security at ASPI.
David WroeHOST
A very, very sad day for me after four years.
David WroeHOST
I have loved the institute.
Justin BassiHOST
Well, yeah, even though I'm very angry that you're leaving, of course, but, uh, no, look, uh, congratulations.
David WroeHOST
Thanks.
Justin BassiHOST
Um, uh, the, the four years you've had at ASPI, uh, you have, uh, improved and strengthened ASPI across, uh, the board, uh, very quickly.
Justin BassiHOST
Uh, you began, uh, as ASPI's Strategic Communications Director in charge of the strategist.
Sam JonesGUEST
They fit perfectly within what Defense wants to do with our coastline and protecting our assets, but Defense don't seem to always come to the table.
Sam JonesGUEST
So I actually spoke to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's John Cohen, and he called Defense a stormy day spender, uh, comparing it to someone that, you know, just doesn't really put money away, um, prioritizing lowest cost over supply chain resilience and sort of talking a lot about the demand for fuel without actually underwriting the infrastructure price when we're going to need it and, you know, the years before we're going to need it.
Sam JonesGUEST
Um, so I also sp- spoke to Exmouth Shire President Matthew Nicoll, um, and he sort of said, you know, "Defense has come to this project with an almost 'if you build it, we'll use it' mindset without actually giving that guarantee to the proponents," which is what they really want and what the Shire of Exmouth wants as well.
Sam JonesGUEST
Um, and it's important to note that the project was actually specifically named as a recommendation, uh, in the Defense estate audit, uh, essentially saying that, you know, this is a facility that Defense could, could really put s- put some work into to help build, own, and operate and maintain it.
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