Welcome to ASPI’s Fault Lines fortnightly newsletter.
Strategic policy is often discussed in abstractions: trends, concepts and projections. Fault Lines focuses instead on where those forces surface —where tectonic plates meet, stress builds, tremors erupt. The forces shaping Australia’s region are vast, slow, often hard to see. Fault lines make those dynamics visible.
Fault Lines monitors actions that shape and contest the international order in Australia’s region. Every fortnight, it’ll provide a structured snapshot of the actions and developments shaping the regional order across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. You’ll see coverage of:
Coercive or assertive behaviour that challenges sovereignty, territorial integrity, or economic resilience;
Shifts in military posture or capability with regional implications;
Legal, regulatory, or diplomatic actions that alter the operating environment;
Grey-zone and hybrid activities below the threshold of armed conflict; and
Patterns of behaviour that suggest longer‑term strategic intent.
We move beyond headlines, filter signal from noise, and put it all in one place.
Fault Lines is prepared and published by the Defence Strategy Program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, an independent, non-partisan think tank that conducts research related to Australia’s strategic and defence policy choices. Fault Lines is written for policymakers, analysts, journalists, and informed readers seeking to keep pace with the changing order in Australia’s region.
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