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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...

Israel buys $55 million in helo protection systems from Elbit for Apaches, Black Hawks (Seth J. Frantzman – Breaking Defense)

The Israeli Ministry of Defense will acquire $55 million-worth of protection systems from Israel’s Elbit Systems for its fleet of Apache and Black Hawk...

Estonia-Russia ship standoff portends a harsher tone on the Baltic Sea (Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo – Defense News)

Russia’s detention of a Greek-owned ship that departed from Estonia – days after Estonian forces tried to intercept a Russia-bound tanker – signals Moscow’s...

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