Diplomacy & International Relations

For long-term AI ambitions, Australia should think nuclear (Kyle McCurdy – The Strategist)

Australia’s two major parties are divided over nuclear energy and the future mix of the nation’s power sources. But they are missing Australia’s opportunity...

Australian critical minerals reserve would put country on the right track (John Coyne, Henry Campbell – The Strategist)

Australia’s future prosperity will not be built on nostalgia for past booms. It’ll be forged in the critical supply chains of tomorrow. That’s why...

Trump’s national security strategy: from Pax Americana to Pact Americana (Jahara Matisek, James Farwell – The Strategist)

After 100 days of action, US President Donald Trump’s national security strategy is coming into focus. His second presidency appears to embrace a ‘peace...

Achieving Food Security in Tunisia: What Prospects Lie Ahead? Challenges and Opportunities (Isabelle Tsakok – Policy Center for the New South)

Tunisia’s stagnant growth since the Jasmine Revolution (2011) illustrates that political democracy, when not anchored in economic democracy, is fragile at best. Economic democracy...

The Sahara Conflict and International Law: Reviewing the Legal Debate from an Integrated Perspective (El Mostafa Rezrazi – Policy Center for the New South)

In his thought-provoking book, The Sahara Conflict and International Law: Reviewing the Legal Debate from an Integrated Perspective, Pr. Matsumoto Shoji embarks on an...

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise (Toshi Yoshihara, Casey Nicastro – The Strategist)

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element of the Australian-UK-US defence technology partnership, have called on the Australian government to go for a...

European Defence Fund funnels money to drones, hypersonic defense, AI (Rudy Ruitenberg – Defense News)

The European Union’s executive arm picked 62 defense projects for a combined €910 million ($1 billion) in financing in the latest funding round by...

Trump 2.0 Will Escalate the Contest for Military AI Supremacy (Kyle Hiebert – Centre for International Governance Innovation)

Days after re-entering the White House, Donald Trump tore up Joe Biden’s directives on the US government’s oversight and use of artificial intelligence (AI)....

Convergence and divergence in Australia and Southeast Asia’s economic security approaches (Hanh Nguyen – East Asia Forum)

Australia sees Southeast Asia as a vital partner for economic growth, focusing on areas such as agriculture, critical minerals and energy transition. Despite shared...

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