Where to next for the JCLEC? (John Coyne, Alexander Vipond, ASPI The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/where-to-next-for-the-jclec/

America’s ‘Maginot Line': a study of static border security in an age of agile and innovative threats (Steven Bucci, John Coyne, ASPI)

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/americas-maginot-line-a-study-of-static-border-security-in-an-age-of-agile-and-innovative-threats

The Border Force strike is an unacceptable risk to airport security during the school holidays (John Coyne, ASPI)

https://www.aspi.org.au/opinion/the-border-force-strike-is-an-unacceptable-risk-to-airport-security-during-the-school-holidays

Australian border security and unmanned maritime vehicles (James Mugg, Zoe Hawkins, John Coyne, ASPI)

Protecting the sovereignty of our maritime borders has never been more difficult than it is today. Australia must identify strategies for pre-positioning our finite maritime response capabilities in order to be able to respond promptly, effectively and efficiently to risks across our EEZ.

This special report examines the potential for UMVs to expand Australia’s maritime domain awareness and make the ADF’s and Australia Border Force’s risk management strategies more efficient. It provides recommendations for improving the efficiency of Australia’s maritime border security efforts.

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/australian-border-security-and-unmanned-maritime-vehicles

Understanding the limits of intelligence (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

Last week, Sir John Chilcot’s review revealed that in 2003 the then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, committed his country to the US-led invasion of Iraq based on ‘flawed intelligence and assessments’. After the report’s release, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard made a statement that when he sent Australia to war with Iraq in 2003 ‘[T]here were errors in intelligence, but there was no lie’.

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/understanding-limits-intelligence/

Australia must help fight the death penalty in Asia (John Coyne, ASPI)

Last week, 73-year-old Vietnam-born Australian Nguyen Thi Huong was sentenced for trying to smuggle 2.8 kilograms of heroin to Sydney.

https://www.aspi.org.au/opinion/australia-must-help-fight-the-death-penalty-in-asia

Australia's Migration System Needs To Go Through Security (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

https://www.aspi.org.au/opinion/australias-migration-system-needs-to-go-through-security

Same same but still same same: Australia’s national drug supply reduction strategy (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/still-australias-national-drug-supply-reduction-strategy/

Agenda for Change 2016: border security and law enforcement (John Coyne, David Connery, ASPI The Strategist)

Australia’s law enforcement and border security operating environment is becoming increasingly complex and is evolving rapidly. For the strategic leaders of Australia’s law enforcement and border security agencies, uncertainty in the current operating environment is matched by pervasive policy and funding uncertainties

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/touchstone-border-security-law-enforcement/

National security leaking and the Farrell case (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/national-security-leaking-and-the-farrell-case/

Death penalty: hard line will hinder policing (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

Imagine if our federal police had information relating to a child being raped in another country, but were prevented from sharing this with their foreign police colleagues because the offender could be sentenced to death if he's arrested. This is exactly what could happen if the government implements recommendations from a recently released inquiry report.

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opinion/death-penalty-hard-line-will-hinder-policing

UNGASS 2016: Evolution Rather Than Revolution In The War On Drugs (John Coyne, ASPI)

Last month's United Nation's General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem left most people scratching their heads trying work out what was actually achieved. Firebrand political leaders and civil society drug reformers alike were angry that, in the end, UNGASS was a wasted opportunity: there was no revolution in global drug policy. For them the implications are clear, for the time being the 'war on drugs' will continue unabated.

But the news isn't all bad. UNGASS 2016 was still a landmark moment in global drug policy reform: it was just more evolutionary than revolutionary, but no less important. Because of UNGASS there is now a wider acceptance that the current punitive approaches to drug use aren't working as intended, there has been a change in language around drug users, and there is an increased UN acceptance of drug treaty 'flexibility'.

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opinion/ungass-2016-evolution-rather-than-revolution-in-the-war-on-drugs

Europe’s unprecedented border management challenge (John Coyne, ASPI The Strategist)

According to Frontex, the EU’s border management agency, last year there were over 1.8 million illegal border crossings detected along Europe’s external Schengen borders—six times the detections reported in 2014. Europe’s external border security measures are now under immense pressure, while its internal border controls are all but non-existent.

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/europes-unprecedented-border-management-challenge/

Anzac Day: Why I won’t go to the official dawn service any more (John Coyne, The Age, ASPI)

The Anzac circus is all about the descendants of veterans, not those who have served.

Anzac Day is an appropriate time to reflect on why our more recent veterans are being left behind in the day's social and nationalist resurgence. As the number of Australians wanting to become involved increases, unforeseeable changes in the fabric of the day and its meaning are occurring.

That's only natural: Anzac Day means many things to different people, and culturally constructed movements are seldom stable.

There have been well-meaning but disrespectful changes. In many cases, Anzac Day has gone from being a solemn event to one with a carnival atmosphere. Images of casually dressed young men with Australian flags tied around their necks are hard to look at when I'm reflecting on a friend who recently tried to commit suicide because of the burden of his military service...

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opinion/anzac-day-why-i-wont-go-to-the-official-dawn-service-any-more

The Intel On Intelligence Gathering In Times Of Terror (John Coyne, ASPI)

In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, Jakarta and Belgium, intelligence collectors and police everywhere are under immense pressure to collect the necessary intelligence to protect us from future violence. In this pressure-cooker environment the intelligence and police agency red lines for acceptable covert intelligence collection are at risk of being blurred writes John Coyne.

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China has a role to play in our national ice strategy (John Coyne, The Huffington Post Australia, ASPI)

To have a lasting impact on the availability of ice, the Australian Federal Police will now need to pursue less tangible, but more complex and difficult strategies focused on addressing the diversion of drugs and precursors in the Chinese chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opinion-pieces/china-has-a-role-to-play-in-our-national-ice-strategy

Children of the revolution: technology and the future (John Coyne, Jolyon Keegan, Thomas Boulton, ASPI The Strategist)

At the turn of the millennium, the smart phone didn’t exist, Google wasn’t yet the dominant choice for navigating the internet and the majority of investment in cutting edge computing capability was driven by governments.

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/children-of-the-revolution-technology-and-the-future/