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James Curran is wrong: ASPI is and will remain independent

Commentators are free to criticise research institutes critical of China but should focus on evidence, not innuendo.

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James Curran gets a number of things wrong in his column on the Varghese Review and the work of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

Above all, ASPI did not “work hand in glove with the Morrison government on how to play China as an issue in Australian domestic politics”. This is a baseless accusation, for which Curran provides zero evidence. One can only assume the intention is to make ASPI a political target in the aftermath of the review’s release. ASPI is a non-partisan institute that shouldn’t be painted as working or aligning with any side of politics.

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Euan Graham is Acting Director, Defence Strategy and National Security at Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

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