aspistrategist.org.au25d
Varghese review will undermine think tank independence
For China watchers, there’s a grim irony contained in the 14 principles that former senior official Peter Varghese recommends in his long-awaited review into national security think tanks, released ...
The Australian26d
Make no mistake, command and control will crush ASPI’s independence
Beijing hasn’t quite got its way through the recommendations of Varghese, who is now chancellor of the University of Queensland. But the embassy’s champagne stocks may be a little depleted ...
The Australian Financial Review28d
Why governments should fund think tanks that make life difficult for them
The Labor government’s response to the Varghese Review about future funding for strategic policy work is hardly a barbeque stopper, coming as it does a few days before Christmas. But it matters ...
The Australian29d
Varghese review will kill off fair, open policy debate
Like me, Varghese was a career public servant. He was secretary of DFAT from 2012-16 and ran the Office of National Intelligence between 2004 and 2009. Varghese has been chancellor of the ...