On 13 July, Australia’s Deputy prime minister and defence minister Richard Marles formally opened the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Washington DC office.

In what is Australia’s first defence and national security think tank to open an overseas office, we were thrilled to have Minister Marles join ASPI’s Executive Director Justin Bassi and the inaugural Washington DC director Mark Watson for the official launch.

In this special episode, Justin and Mark share their views on the launch and the critical role that ASPI DC will play in informing security, defence and foreign policy debates in Washington.

Mentioned in this episode:

ASPI Washington DC: https://www.aspi.org.au/washingtondc

Guests (in order of appearance):

Justin Bassi: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/justin-bassi

Mark Watson: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/mark-r-watson

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