A review of national security and foreign policy research will see funding cuts for prominent think tanks, particularly those with hawkish views on the Chinese Communist Party. The review recommends competitive grants and government observer status on think tank governing councils, aiming to exert greater influence over research.
A high-profile think tank known for its hawkish views of the Chinese Communist Party is set to have its funding cut as the result of a review that will allow the federal government to exert more influence over national security and foreign policy research.
Sources familiar with Varghese’s confidential briefings said that the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the Australian American Leadership Dialogue were set to be two big losers from the review. Dutton said at the time he hoped the office would “become the go-to place in Washington for think tank perspectives on Australian defence and security policy” and would “provide a distinctive Australian voice in the US strategic policy debate”.The initial funding grant for ASPI’s Washington office is set to run out in the middle of next year.
Under his recommendations, a high-powered panel of public servants known as the Secretaries Committee on National Security would set regular priorities for strategic policy research funded by the government.“The government is reaching into the think tank community and will have more control over what think tanks do,” one concerned source said.“The government is going to give us more money and we will need to account for it better,” another source said.
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