Though the recent National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework may allow Australia to improve its response to climate change-related natural disasters, without introducing more pre-emptive measures, increased funding means very little, Paul Barnes, Anthony Bergin, and Robert Glasser write.

With several anniversaries coming up this year that could spur social unrest, on top of the economic turbulence of a trade war with the US, China finds itself in a complicated position. Taiwan must work to diversify its portfolio should it wish to maintain its economic independence, Stephen Nagy writes.

In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Katherine Mansted talks with Laura Rosenberger about the security challenges democracies face in a world of renewed great power competition and rapid technological change.

Much like its precursor, the new Ainu bill fails to provide Japan’s indigenous people with clear and strong rights. But things may not be as bad as they seem, Naohiro Nakamura writes.

In part four of his series, Isaac Kfir looks at the online strategies al-Qaeda and ISIL have adopted, and at how governments and tech companies have responded. 

With Indonesia’s general elections just around the corner, fake news and increasingly autocratic Internet governance are becoming more and more of a problem, William Chalk writes.