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Australia all at sea on submarine cable risks
Aging fleets and a leadership void threaten the country's subsea cable resilience.
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3 Dec 2025
Australia bets on old laws to manage new AI risks
Relying on legacy laws may seem pragmatic, but other countries are racing ahead with purpose-built AI regulation. -
2 Dec 2025
One size does not fit all for social media bans
With half its population under 18, Nigeria shows why Australia-style digital bans could stifle democratic activism. -
1 Dec 2025
Foreign interference and Indonesia's buzzer networks
New X data reveals the networks amplifying false narratives, yet attribution remains frustratingly elusive. -
26 Nov 2025
Stablecoins for a universal basic income: The Pacific Islands model
Digital payment systems are emerging as a substitute for inadequate regional banking infrastructure. -
24 Nov 2025
AI didn’t fire you. The board did
From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, the new excuse for redundancy has ripple effects everywhere. -
19 Nov 2025
Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories matter again in the digital age
In a sign that geography is destiny, isolated islands look set to soon be essential nodes for the world’s data. -
19 Nov 2025
Can ASEAN secure a quantum future?
To harness the power of quantum, Southeast Asia must upskill, innovate, and think beyond the vendor-supplier model. -
18 Nov 2025
The troubling reality of DeepSeek’s AI model
With genuine ideological and existential threats to consider, the next iteration of AI will be critical. -
13 Nov 2025
Albania’s AI-generated minister is impressive spectacle, questionable reform
Behind the glossy digital image lies deeper concerns about governance, corruption, and how political performance shapes policy. -
10 Nov 2025
Not every critical mineral is equal – and Australia’s policy should reflect this
The elements that genuinely matter for security should be treated as defence policy, not economic opportunity. -
7 Nov 2025
A wall rebuilt in Europe – this one for drones
Russia’s threats spurred plans for continental air defence, but squabbles over control and capability threaten the project. -
6 Nov 2025
A new permanent contest with China over critical minerals will be hard to win
Australia’s more ambitious critical mineral deal-making is exacting a high price -
31 Oct 2025
Resilience diplomacy: The quiet contest shaping the Indo-Pacific
For middle powers, the ability to help partners withstand shocks may prove more valuable than raw strength. -
23 Oct 2025
US foreign worker visas: Where there’s crisis, there’s opportunity
Highly skilled Indian workers will be looking elsewhere after Trump’s visa decision. This could be Australia’s moment. -
22 Oct 2025
Can rare earths be Australia’s next mining boom?
Traditional approaches won’t secure Australia’s critical minerals future – or the geopolitical heft on offer. -
21 Oct 2025
What a chipmaker in the Netherlands can tell Australia about its commercial relations with China
Commercial disputes with China can escalate quickly – and apparently stable ties can be quickly upended. -
15 Oct 2025
Rare earth showdown: Why the West must learn to pick winners – and partners
Albanese must convince Trump that only allied cooperation can break China's rare earth chokehold. -
2 Oct 2025
Australia’s AI choice: Standards setter or technology taker?
If Australia adopts artificial intelligence built to foreign specifications, we tacitly accept an invisible leash. -
1 Oct 2025
When the Taliban switches off the internet, Afghanistan disappears
Cutting Afghanistan off from the world shows how the Taliban prioritises control over the welfare of millions already suffering. -
1 Oct 2025
How Trump’s $14 billion TikTok tug-of-war affects Asia
With Western nations cracking down on the wildly popular app, does Beijing have its sights set on the developing markets? -
30 Sep 2025
Indonesia’s SupTech experiment offers lessons for emerging markets
With consumer credit booming, AI-driven oversight could help safeguard the economy. -
30 Sep 2025
Time for an ASEAN agreement on lethal AI
The use of autonomous weapons in the region’s flashpoints could narrow the window for human intervention to seconds. -
25 Sep 2025
Singapore and Dubai as smart city case studies
Two cities, two very different tacks on embedding digital technology into everyday lives. -
25 Sep 2025
Airspace chaos: European eyes on the skies
Copenhagen and Oslo drone sightings, Russian airspace violations and European airport cyber attacks will loom large over a meeting of EU leaders in the Danish capital next week. -
24 Sep 2025
The real battle for the Moon’s resources is here on Earth
Pre-market contracts could decide lunar governance before mining starts and usher in a new age of “resource colonialism”. -
23 Sep 2025
Which way for ASEAN’s AI governance approach?
Three possible futures as other emerging regions watch on. -
18 Sep 2025
US-China rare earth talks: Trading predictability for time
Transparency in rare earth licensing could tame market volatility. -
11 Sep 2025
Northern Myanmar: The latest stop in Trump’s rare earths escapade
The likelihood of Chinese buy-in on US–Myanmar mining deals is remote. -
10 Sep 2025
The South China Sea’s next legal frontier: Ships without sailors
Unmanned warships blur legal boundaries as technology outpaces international law in contested maritime zones. -
10 Sep 2025
India’s digital arrest scams
Cultural predispositions and the brain’s cognitive biases are being weaponised by cybercriminals to devastating effect. -
9 Sep 2025
Why Australians are realists on China
Tech rivalry is a telling case study where pragmatic engagement with both superpowers is preferred despite mounting pressure to choose sides. -
5 Sep 2025
Digital authoritarianism is on the rise: Australia should take note
Democracies are increasingly using the tools of digital control under the guise of national security. -
3 Sep 2025
Beyond submarines: Why AUKUS Pillar II matters now
The trilateral security partnership has the potential to deliver meaningful operational advantages within this decade. -
28 Aug 2025
Australia’s stablecoin opportunity in the Pacific
Digital dollar tokens could revolutionise regional remittances, but only if Canberra helps shape a regulatory framework to dodge the scams. -
25 Aug 2025
Congo’s mineral curse fuels US-China rivalry
Boasting about a peace deal is belied by continued suffering on the ground. -
22 Aug 2025
Chips made Taiwan indispensable. AI can make it unstoppable.
Taipei’s semiconductor leadership creates opportunity for broader international influence through artificial intelligence infrastructure and governance. -
15 Aug 2025
From drone wall to robot shield: Ukraine’s military evolution
Kyiv’s frontline commanders are deploying ground robots for logistics and combat as the kill zone expands across eastern Ukraine. -
15 Aug 2025
Robotaxis: China isn’t sharing this ride with anyone
Beijing’s governance model has allowed it to streak ahead in the commercialisation of AI-enabled transport. -
12 Aug 2025
AI-driven tobacco control in ASEAN requires unified data standards
Aligning the diverse digital infrastructure across member states offers a chance for effective AI deployment to help the region’s 120 million smokers. -
7 Aug 2025
How Burkina Faso’s strongman became the Indo-Pacific’s unlikely hero – and other tales of disinformation
Digital disciples are spreading false narratives in an effort to exploit anti-Western sentiment across the region. -
6 Aug 2025
Fibre-optic drones reshape Ukraine's technological war
Unjammable fibre-connected weapons are spreading from Ukrainian battlefields as drones continue to reshape warfare. -
5 Aug 2025
United States, China or Russia: Who writes the moral code for artificial intelligence?
Competing powers are embedding their own values into AI and curating state-sponsored “civilisational race” narratives. -
4 Aug 2025
The copper gambit: How Indonesia turned a trade war into strategic leverage
Indonesia’s mineral transformation from raw exports to refined power shows the benefit of resource nationalism. -
1 Aug 2025
How low-earth orbiting satellites can help innovation meet inclusion
The infrastructure leap that is connecting the unconnected and making digital access affordable. -
25 Jul 2025
Deepfakes and nuclear weapons: Why AI regulation can’t wait
Sophisticated voice cloning technology used against senior officials is another reason for urgent international cooperation on AI governance. -
25 Jul 2025
Does China really pose an existential threat to America?
Americans seem more concerned about losing status as top dog than acknowledging the limits of Beijing’s actual power. -
23 Jul 2025
Short-form video apps are creating a generation of mind jolts, shrugs, and slugs – and what that means for global politics
If you could sustain enough attention to read that long headline, you’re on the right track. -
18 Jul 2025
Bang for buck: Why Kyiv is rushing to scale drone interceptors
The economics of traditional air defence systems are being tested in Russia’s war on Ukraine. -