This report draws on three nationally representative survey and eight deliberative focus groups. It reveals complexity and commonalities in Australian community attitudes to national security, risk and resilience. The findings are intended to offer an evidence-based foundation for the hard conversations – and choices – a more dangerous world demands at a moment of compounding...

Futures is a systematic exploration of probable, possible and preferable future developments to inform present-day policy, strategy and decision-making. This primer provides an overview of Futures methodologies and their practical application to policy development and advice.

In this paper, the author addresses the importance of preparedness in Australia and the need to reform national disaster response capability. The author also highlights the compounding dimensions of the challenges — from climate change, to geopolitical threats and risks to social cohesion — as well as the corresponding opportunities for reform of traditional security...

This paper analyses the most unexamined component of Australia’s international statecraft - covert action. Such activity by intelligence agencies has become an increased focus of academic research internationally, and the paper introduces an Australian perspective to the debate.

This policy options paper proposes reforms to bolster the capacity of Australia's leaders to hold national security institutions accountable as Australia moves into an era of heightened strategic complexity and risk.