Sixth National Security School
Australian-New Zealand National Security: Shared Threats, Shared Solutions
Date: Saturday, 11 October 2025
Location: The Aspen-Otago National Security Forum, Rydges Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand
2025 is the sixth year of the Otago National Security School. We are commemorating that with a joint venture with Aspen New Zealand, an associate of the Aspen Strategy Group, which runs the substantially larger Aspen Security Forum each year in Colorado and Washington D.C. We are also partnering with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
The Forum will take place in Queenstown on Saturday 11 October 2025.
The topic for this year’s Forum will be Australian-New Zealand National Security: Shared Threats, Shared Solutions. A range of New Zealand, Australian and international speakers will be announced shortly.
They will present on topics including:
- Shared Threats: The Australian-New Zealand Threat Landscape
- Youth and Violent Extremism
- Foreign Interference in Elections
- National Security Strategies and Independent Intelligence Reviews
- Espionage and AI
- Trading Influence: South Pacific Perspectives on China
- Frozen Conflict? Will Antarctica become a Contested Space?
- Mischief Making or Malice? North Korea and Regional Security
- Shared Solutions: What Can Australia and NZ learn from Each Other?
For a copy of the draft programme and registration, please visit back in early June.