{"id":71727,"date":"2024-02-16T00:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=71727"},"modified":"2024-02-16T00:16:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T05:16:09","slug":"research-espionage-is-a-real-threat-but-a-drastic-crackdown-could-stifle-vital-international-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/research-espionage-is-a-real-threat-but-a-drastic-crackdown-could-stifle-vital-international-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Research espionage is a real threat \u2013 but a drastic crackdown could stifle vital international collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71728\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Research-espionage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Research-espionage.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Research-espionage-250x132.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s research institutions are targets for nefarious actors, from China and elsewhere. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220504040816\/https:\/www.aph.gov.au\/DocumentStore.ashx?id=9f0851be-082b-4b56-ac25-873163fb73c4&amp;subId=699731\">publicly tabled<\/a>\u00a0an \u201cawareness\u201d of various attempts to compromise the sector.<\/p>\n<p>What are we doing about it? Not enough, according to critics.<\/p>\n<p>One recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/australia-risks-falling-behind-allies-on-research-security-will-it-take-a-spy-scandal-in-our-universities-to-catch-up-221602\">charge<\/a>\u00a0is that Australia \u201clags behind\u201d its allies and partners in responding to threats to \u201cresearch security\u201d such as espionage,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeaffairs.gov.au\/about-us\/our-portfolios\/national-security\/countering-foreign-interference\/defining-foreign-interference\">foreign interference<\/a>\u00a0and theft of intellectual property, emanating overwhelmingly from China.<\/p>\n<p>This is far from the case. On the contrary, Australia\u2019s flexible and proportionate response to the threat of foreign interference manages the risks without hampering the international collaboration that is essential to research in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Laggards or leaders?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Do research institutions really face a unique threat of foreign interference, compared with other sectors? And has Australia\u2019s response really lagged behind that of other countries?<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/DocumentStore.ashx?id=427c8f15-a679-4617-9e80-1bd6b9577fda&amp;subId=699731\">submission to a parliamentary inquiry<\/a>\u00a0in late 2020, ASIO contended that the research sector does not face a unique level of risk. Rather, it is \u201cjust one of several sectors that is vulnerable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And far from Australia being a laggard, ASIO\u2019s current director-general, Mike Burgess,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/download\/committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/toc_pdf\/Parliamentary%20Joint%20Committee%20on%20Intelligence%20and%20Security_2021_03_11_8562_Official.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/0000%22\">told<\/a>\u00a0the same inquiry in March 2021 that, in his view,<br \/>\n<em>Australia is generally ahead of the curve when it comes to identifying and managing this risk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Department of Home Affairs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/DocumentStore.ashx%3Fid=171f2b92-9404-4cab-91b0-2e40234cd93a%26subId=699733\">submitted<\/a>\u00a0that local efforts had attracted \u201csignificant interest from international counterparts\u201d precisely because Australia was \u201cleading and shaping international approaches to countering foreign interference, in the education and research sectors\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A changing landscape<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Australia\u2019s response to the risk of foreign interference has developed rapidly over the past five or six years.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2018, Vicki Thomson, chief executive of the Group of Eight coalition of leading universities,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/search\/display\/display.w3p;query=Id:%22committees\/commjnt\/9b46f71e-9b1b-408e-abe2-10ad1baece6d\/0010%22;src1=sm1\">insisted<\/a>\u00a0the group had \u201cnot been provided with any direct evidence of overt influence in our universities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, Michael Spence, then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, recounted an earlier meeting between a group of university leaders and ASIO. He said they had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/radionational-breakfast\/university-of-sydney-vice-chancellor-criticises-government\/9377646\">asked directly<\/a>\u00a0whether there was \u201cany hard evidence\u201d that foreign interference in universities was happening. The answer, according to Spence, was \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The landscape has changed sharply since then. ASIO\u2019s understanding of foreign interference has progressed, as have the briefings given to universities and the collective response by government and research institutions.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A collaborative taskforce<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In 2019, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\/university-foreign-interference-taskforce\">Universities Foreign Interference Taskforce<\/a>\u00a0was set up as a collaboration between government agencies and research institutions. The taskforce has crafted best-practice\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\/resources\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\">guidelines<\/a>\u00a0for managing the risks.<\/p>\n<p>In Senate Estimates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/search\/display\/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22committees%2Festimate%2F567ff01c-d590-41e8-ab09-bd5d4e996f13%2F0001%22\">hearings<\/a>\u00a0in March 2021, Burgess was asked whether universities were now \u201clistening\u201d to his agency\u2019s warnings of foreign interference risks targeting the sector. He replied, \u201cThey are, very much so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/download\/committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/toc_pdf\/Parliamentary%20Joint%20Committee%20on%20Intelligence%20and%20Security_2021_03_11_8562_Official.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/0000%22\">Burgess<\/a>\u00a0said he was \u201ccomfortable\u201d that the outcomes of the taskforce were effective, and that he was \u201cnot predisposed to create some new agency or body\u201d. Two months later, in another Estimates hearing, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/search\/display\/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22committees%2Festimate%2Fd7fe7de5-3631-428a-ac35-cb326f3a8de6%2F0001%22\">commended<\/a>\u00a0universities for having been \u201cvery cooperative and collaborative working with government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/Parliamentary_Business\/Senate_estimates\/legcon\/2022-23_Budget_estimates\">Burgess<\/a>\u00a0judged the challenges were still being \u201cwell managed\u201d and once again commended universities for their \u201cexcellent work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Home Affairs officials have also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/download\/committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/toc_pdf\/Parliamentary%20Joint%20Committee%20on%20Intelligence%20and%20Security_2021_03_11_8562_Official.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22committees\/commjnt\/4799720b-bfa4-43b4-baa7-57aed7755dbc\/0000%22\">noted<\/a>\u00a0that engaging with universities via the taskforce had increased their own understanding of the research sector, which previously was \u201cnot familiar to them as much as others are\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A proportionate response<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In August 2023, the Department of Education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\/resources\/report-implementation-guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\">released<\/a>\u00a0a report on how universities are putting the Universities Foreign Interference Taskforce\u2019s guidelines into practice. The report \u201cconfirmed an understanding of the threats posed by foreign interference, and progress in implementing advice in the Guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The report also said the \u201cextent and maturity\u201d of implementation varied across the sector, but this was by design. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\">core principle<\/a>\u00a0behind the guidelines was to take \u201ca sensible approach that is proportionate to risk\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Not all universities face the same risks.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\/resources\/report-implementation-guidelines-counter-foreign-interference-australian-university-sector\">Some universities<\/a>\u00a0have \u201cgone beyond what is outlined in the Guidelines, understanding they may be more susceptible to certain risks\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Essential collaborations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Taking a prescriptive and mandatory \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d approach would have imposed unnecessary costs on research institutions. What\u2019s more, it may well have stunted Australia\u2019s capacity for innovation in the process.<\/p>\n<p>This is why ASIO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/DocumentStore.ashx?id=427c8f15-a679-4617-9e80-1bd6b9577fda&amp;subId=699731\">urges<\/a>\u00a0that efforts to increase research security be \u201cwell balanced\u201d. They should not get in the way of the international collaboration that is essential for research institutions to perform their role.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, China is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/china-rises-first-place-most-cited-papers\">peer<\/a>\u00a0of the US in research and knowledge creation. In many sectors where Australia has grand ambitions, such as the extraction and processing of critical minerals, China is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techtracker.aspi.org.au\/tech\/critical-minerals-extraction-and-processing\/?c1=us&amp;c2=cn\">technology leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We must be clear-eyed about threats to \u201cresearch security\u201d. But a one-eyed focus on China, and adopting a simplistic and heavy-handed approach to managing these threats, will only leave Australia worse off.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio: <\/strong>James Laurenceson is Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s research institutions are targets for nefarious actors, from China and elsewhere. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has\u00a0publicly tabled\u00a0an \u201cawareness\u201d of various attempts to compromise the sector. What are we doing about it? Not enough, according to critics. One recent\u00a0charge\u00a0is that Australia \u201clags behind\u201d its allies and partners in responding to threats to \u201cresearch [&hellip;]\n&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/research-espionage-is-a-real-threat-but-a-drastic-crackdown-could-stifle-vital-international-collaboration\/\" class=\"more\">learn more&rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86115],"tags":[434830],"coauthors":[11733],"class_list":["post-71727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-research-espionage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research espionage is a real threat \u2013 but a drastic crackdown could stifle vital international collaboration - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/research-espionage-is-a-real-threat-but-a-drastic-crackdown-could-stifle-vital-international-collaboration\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research espionage is a real threat \u2013 but a drastic crackdown could stifle vital international collaboration - World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australia\u2019s research institutions are targets for nefarious actors, from China and elsewhere. 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