Australian security in an era of uncertainty: Views from the Defence Strategy Program in The Strategist: 2025-26 edition brings together articles published in ASPI’s The Strategist over the past 12 months, examining the most significant strategic, operational, technological and economic challenges facing Australia at a consequential moment in its history.
The structure of the volume reflects the breadth of the challenges confronting Australia across five thematic parts:
- strategy and deterrence;
- regional security;
- Taiwan;
- capabilities; and
- defence spending.
These 37 works capture a conversation conducted in real time as events unfolded and reflect the breadth of the challenges confronting Australia. The value of a collection such as this lies precisely in the diversity of perspectives it brings to complex problems that rarely lend themselves to simple answers.
A common theme runs throughout these essays. Australia’s security will continue to depend on strong alliances and partnerships, but it will also increasingly depend on our ability to generate greater national resilience, preparedness and self-reliance. These are not competing objectives. They are complementary elements of a successful strategy for navigating a more contested world. The analysis of these articles demonstrates the complexity of the tasks ahead – tasks that will require difficult decisions, long-term investment and an informed public conversation about Australia’s security and future.
