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Golden Dome creates a new missile defense bargain with US partners (Léonie Allard and Jean-Loup Samaan – Atlantic Council)

New details are emerging about the White House’s “Golden Dome” initiative, a missile-defense system intended to intercept long-range and hypersonic missiles fired at the...

Japan and the Gulf: Competing with China the Soft Way? (Alice Dell’Era – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As China expands its geo-economic footprint in the Persian Gulf through the Belt and Road Initiative, Japan has recalibrated its approach to the Middle...

Silent Complicity: The Global Network Behind the Sit-tat’s Airstrikes (Showmik Sarker Prottoy – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Air strikes are nothing new for Myanmar’s civilians, but since the 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, they’ve become frequent,...

Trump Movie Tariffs and the Global Competition for Soft Power (Benjamin Opiyo – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

United States President Donald Trump’s announcement of 100 percent tariffs on movies not made on American soil elicited criticism from filmmakers and film experts....

What to make of the restart in Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiations (Michael MacArthur Bosack – The Interpreter)

Last week, Russian and Ukrainian ceasefire negotiators met face-to-face for the first time since March 2022. The location for the talks was the same...

The World Health Assembly adopts a historic Pandemic Agreement (Alexandra Finch – The Interpreter)

After three years of intense negotiations in the aftermath of Covid-19, the World Health Assembly this week adopted a historic Pandemic Agreement. The agreement,...

How extremists are manipulating AI chatbots (James Paterson – The Interpreter)

In an environment where people are feeling increasingly dislocated and disconnected, Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots have proven themselves a compelling form of social connection....

Australia should establish a unit dedicated to financial warfare capabilities (James Tennant – The Strategist)

In an age of great-power competition, the next major conflict may be waged not in the skies over the Indo-Pacific or in the South...

Australia must rethink cybercrime to tackle it effectively (Annie-Mei Forster and Anika Guenov – The Strategist)

Let’s face it: Australia is seen as a soft target for cybercriminals. Its fragmented cybercrime response makes both individuals and institutions more vulnerable. Australia’s...

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