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AI, AUKUS and Iran: Key Takeaways from the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference
AI, AUKUS and Iran: Key Takeaways from the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference
ASPI Resident Senior Fellow David Wroe joined Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia on 26 June to unpack some of the key discussions from the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference 'Securing the Region for Un...
On technological swords and shields, with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s Nicole Giles
On technological swords and shields, with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s Nicole Giles
Nicole Giles is Deputy Director of Policy and Partnerships at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service—and she visited ASPI in Canberra to talk through what she calls the three Vs: the velocity, ...
Special episode: ASPI’s report on improving intelligence delivery for the AI age
Special episode: ASPI’s report on improving intelligence delivery for the AI age
Do intelligence agencies need to rethink how they deliver assessments to political leaders in the AI age? That's the question at the heart of a new ASPI report, ‘Reading the Room: Redesigning Intel...
AI, warfare & democratic values, with British firm Faculty AI’s head of defence
AI, warfare & democratic values, with British firm Faculty AI’s head of defence
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly central to warfighting. And the firms that build it are critical partners to militaries around the world. Once such company is Britain’s Faculty AI,...
Contested Systems: Cyber, Geopolitics and Resilience across Government and Critical Infrastructure
Contested Systems: Cyber, Geopolitics and Resilience across Government and Critical Infrastructure
On 4 June, ASPI and Cisco hosted a fireside conversation with Anne Neuberger, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security...
Britain’s AI Minister Kanishka Narayan on tech sovereignty and national strength
Britain’s AI Minister Kanishka Narayan on tech sovereignty and national strength
Today we’re joined by Kanishka Narayan, Britain’s Minister for AI and Online Safety, who visited Australia last week to sign an MOU on cooperation between Britain’s illustrious AI Security Institut...
The Cost of Defence 2026 with ASPI’s Mike Hughes: “Reality still chasing rhetoric”
The Cost of Defence 2026 with ASPI’s Mike Hughes: “Reality still chasing rhetoric”
ASPI this week released our Cost of Defence report which, as always, has taken a thorough and rigorous look at every dollar spent on defence in the budget. And to help us make sense of the $66.4 bi...
Getting human rights back on the agenda, with China researcher Yalkun Uluyol
Getting human rights back on the agenda, with China researcher Yalkun Uluyol
Yalkun Uluyol, China researcher at Human Rights Watch, joins us to discuss the repression of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China — and why human rights abuses are struggling to stay on the g...
Former White House China director Matt Turpin on Trump’s trip to Beijing
Former White House China director Matt Turpin on Trump’s trip to Beijing
As US President Donald Trump prepares to arrive in Beijing for two days of talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, we’re joined by Matt Turpin, who was director for China in the White House National ...
The Federal Budget and Defence spending in a worsening global strategic environment
The Federal Budget and Defence spending in a worsening global strategic environment
Mike Hughes, Director of Defence Strategy at ASPI, joined ABC News on 13 May to discuss the Australian Federal Budget 2026-27, what’s in the Budget for Defence and the challenging global strategic ...
David Wroe - Interview with Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia - 8 May 2026
David Wroe - Interview with Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia - 8 May 2026
ASPI resident senior fellow David Wroe speaks with Sky News Australia’s Kieran Gilbert about the latest exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran, the political calculations on either si...
ASPI view: Justin Bassi and David Wroe talk about Takaichi’s visit and Trump’s surprise move on AI
ASPI view: Justin Bassi and David Wroe talk about Takaichi’s visit and Trump’s surprise move on AI
Today on Stop the World, ASPI executive director Justin Bassi and David Wroe talk about Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to Australia and the latest news in artificial intelligence. ...
AUKUS risks, a Japanese submarine option and avoiding an Australian submarine capability gap
AUKUS risks, a Japanese submarine option and avoiding an Australian submarine capability gap
Speaking to Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia on 5 May, ASPI’s Director of Defence Strategy, Mike Hughes AIM, discussed the findings of ASPI's new report examining risks in the AUKUS Optimal Pat...
The big picture: key geopolitical trends with Andrew Shearer
The big picture: key geopolitical trends with Andrew Shearer
Technology is increasingly central to geopolitical competition, but what does that mean in practice? This session examined the strategic forces shaping global competition, including the contest bet...
Technology and hybrid threats
Technology and hybrid threats
This session explored how technology is transforming grey-zone and below-the-threshold operations, making them harder to attribute and increasingly difficult for democracies to counter. It examined...
Australia–Japan defence ties, AUKUS risks and the case for a Japanese submarine fallback
Australia–Japan defence ties, AUKUS risks and the case for a Japanese submarine fallback
On 4 May, Director of ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program Mike Hughes AIM joined Patricia Karvelas on ABC Afternoon Briefing to discuss the significance of the Australia–Japan strategic relationship am...
Building national strength through innovative technology industries
Building national strength through innovative technology industries
This session explored the different national approaches to innovation and how governments can balance competing needs including making strategic public investments in critical technologies to bolst...
Dynamism and danger: Ray Powell and Jim Carouso on the Indo-Pacific
Dynamism and danger: Ray Powell and Jim Carouso on the Indo-Pacific
Why should we care about the Indo-Pacific? It’s a question sufficiently packed with vitality that Ray Powell and Jim Carouso have for the past two years devoted a weekly podcast to finding the answ...
David Wroe - Interview with Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia - 30 April
David Wroe - Interview with Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia - 30 April
ASPI Resident Senior Fellow David Wroe joined Kieran Gilbert on Sky News Australia to discuss King Charles' state visit to the United States, including the highlights from the King's speech to US C...
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
This session examined the strategic importance of semiconductors and Japan’s efforts to regain leadership in advanced chip manufacturing through a state-backed industrial approach. Rapidus is a cas...