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Australia and Papua New Guinea: a relationship worth investing in (Mike Hughes – ASPI The Strategist)

‘Australia is secure when Papua New Guinea is secure, and Papua New Guinea is secure when Australia is secure.’ So said Billy Joseph, PNG’s...

Shanghai University’s uncrewed vessels support China’s maritime push (Astrid Young – ASPI The Strategist)

ASPI’s newly expanded China Defence Universities Tracker reveals how leading Chinese research institutions, including Shanghai University (SHU), are developing advanced uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs)...

Gas-powered computing: develop Beetaloo for Australia’s AI centre (John Coyne – ASPI The Strategist)

Energy, not algorithms, will decide who leads in artificial intelligence. At the AI Horizons Summit in Pittsburgh last week, the United States’ largest natural...

Belarus and Poland Share Military Information Despite Worsening Political Relations (Yauheni Preiherman – The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 10, Poland shot down at least 19 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that had violated its airspace. Afterward, Poland invoked Article 4...

Ukraine Ramps Up Defense Production With Increased International Cooperation (Yuri Lapaiev – The Jamestown Foundation)

Ukraine is stepping up international cooperation in defense manufacturing to maximize production, drive innovation, and protect critical industrial infrastructure from Russian strikes. Kyiv launched...

What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve? (Council on Foreign Relations)

The Federal Reserve is the most powerful economic institution in the United States. It is responsible for managing monetary policy and regulating banks and...

What policymakers need to know about China’s role in the US drug supply chains and what to do about it (Marta E. Wosińska –...

Policymakers are increasingly concerned that a major geopolitical conflict with China could disrupt U.S. drug supply chains, causing widespread drug shortages. While onshoring downstream...

UN hails Colombia’s first convictions under transitional justice measures as ‘crucial milestone’ (UN News)

The UN has welcomed Colombia’s first convictions under its transitional justice tribunal, calling sentences handed down to former rebel commanders “a crucial milestone on...

Afghanistan faces ‘perfect storm’ of crises, UN warns (UN News)

Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women’s rights...

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