🚨 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Early bird tickets have been extended to 30 April for our upcoming defence conference!

'JoiningFORCES' will explore new ways to align strategy and capability between those who plan our defence, those who deliver the kit and those who achieve the…

Intl dialogues to tackle spyware such as the #PallMallProcess have sought to bring developing countries to the table.
In this piece Gatra Priyandita & Arindrajit Basu explain why India and Indonesia are not on board and the different motivations behind it.👇
rusi.org/explore-our-re…

It is that time of year again! We are looking foward to reading your abstract and hope to welcome you in The Hague. See the #CallForPapers below

Minister Jan Lipavský at Canberra 🇦🇺attended closed ASPI roundtable on foreign interference. Discussion centered on supply chain security, secure use of AI, and the importance of strategic communications. NÚKIB 🤖✌️

This intervention by Radek Sikorski 🇵🇱 in the 🇺🇳 Security Council today will be a classic. Not much left of 🇷🇺 after that.

Great to hear from Senator Penny Wong at the think tank Quad forum, reiterating the Quad as a lighthouse to illuminate a positive vision for the Indo-Pacific, able to respond to regional priorities, including energy transition, climate, undersea cables & maritime domain awareness.

Thrilled to be supporting #thesydneydialogue again. The Indo-Pacific is increasingly the engine room of the global economy and the fulcrum of geo-strategic developments - this Dialogue is THE place to talk how cyber and tech is shaping the future of our region

📣📣📣 ASPI The Sydney Dialogue is back this year: 2-3 September. 🐨🦘🤖🧰👨🏽‍💻

The premier place for government, industry and civil society leaders to discuss the most pressing issues spanning cyber, technology and security! ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security

‘What will make a Prabowo foreign policy unique may come less from his understanding of the world and more from his personality and interests’, writes Gatra Priyandita. aspistrategist.org.au/prabowos-forei…

🧵Fascinating & curious move by PM&C to do a review limited to ‘national security strategic policy’ work. I’ve written on public funding & strong believe 🇦🇺 does not have enough think tanks & uni’s producing policy-relevant work on our place in the 🌏 1/20
pmc.gov.au/news/media-sta…

“The United States and Europe did not invent de-risking—China did. And it very much looks like the most skilled practitioner in the field.” ⬇️ foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/01/chi…

Compelling and concise outline of Europe’s continuing strategic interests in Asia and the Pacific by 🇪🇺HR/VP Josep Borrell Fontelles European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺

The EU and the Indo-Pacific: partners for a more stable and prosperous world | Josep Borrell Fontelles | bit.ly/3HJ61wl

“…in the case of AI, we are collectively preoccupied with being pregnant.”

Anyone interested in the governance of AI, please read Karly Winkler’s contribution to ASPI series “Of minds and machines” aspistrategist.org.au/it-takes-a-vil…

“…the way we deal with privacy is fundamentally broken. The business models that support the way we’ve become accustomed to use the internet have set a standard that makes it nearly impossible for consumers or governments to prevent data exfiltration...” aspistrategist.org.au/tiktok-is-snoo…

Building trust in artificial intelligence: lessons from the EU AI Act | Roberto Viola | aspistrategist.org.au/building-trust… via @aspi_org

“Ik schrijf steeds meer geopolitieke analyses en steeds minder over de mensen van vlees en bloed die hier wonen. China wordt zo weer een zwart gat voor het Westen.

Dat is gevaarlijk.“

Dank ⁦⁦Garrie van Pinxteren⁩ voor alle verhalen uit & over & van 🇨🇳 nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12…

Thank you Lina Alexandra & CSIS Indonesia for a scintillating discussion about 🇦🇺-🇮🇩 relations, Indo-Pacific perspectives, climate, cyber & SCS.

The 2024 🇮🇩 general election is a close call & deserves more attention in 🇦🇺. ASPI's Gatra Priyandita Euan Graham are tracking closely.

Yesterday the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a major bipartisan report to 'reset' the US-China economic relationship. Here is my summary in 3ish pages, lightly editorialized.
csis.org/analysis/asses…