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Connecting the Indo-Pacific: the future of subsea cables and opportunities for Australia

This report examines the role of hyperscalers as drivers of…

Lessons in leadership: interviews with 11 of Australia’s former Defence Ministers

In a time of growing strategic uncertainty, 11 of Australia’s…

ASPI launches report about Australia-South Korea critical technology cooperation

On 13 December 2024, ASPI hosted a hybrid event to launch…

ASPI and STEPI sign MoU for future cooperation on technology policy

On 12 December 2024, ASPI and South Korea’s Science and…

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Preventing and countering violent extremism in Africa: mining and Australia’s interests

Australia has commercial and strategic interests in helping…
17 December 2024/by nathan

Australia’s army is suffering from a crisis of identity and confidence

The Australian Army does not have a social licence problem, it has self-confidence issue.

Using open-source AI, sophisticated cyber ops will proliferate

Open-source AI models are on track to disrupt the cyber security paradigm.

China is buying less from developed countries, but not Australia

Australia’s exports to China have not returned to the peaks…

Darwin is key for undersea data links. We must promote their resilience there

Australia needs further investment into Darwin’s digital…

From the bookshelf: ‘American Policy Discourses on China’

In her new book, Yan Chang Bennett explores historical US views…
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Iron ore futures: possible paths for Australia’s biggest trade with China

The iron ore market is wrong-footing forecasters again, as it…
15 December 2024/by nathan

Two concepts of patriotism

Most Australians would say that they are patriotic, proud to…

US tech-defence leaders want to upend the establishment

Elon Musk wants to cancel the F-35, get rid of manned combat…

Syria’s house of cards

Some 54 years after Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria, rebels…

Adapting all-domain forces to changes in land warfare

Many elements of 21st-century warfare echo those of the 20th…

Chaos in Syria will complicate an already complicated world

The Assad family’s half-century rule has come to a seemingly…
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