Intersections

Battle of the currencies: The dollar versus digital (Stephen Grenville – Lowy The Interpreter)

The US dollar’s role as pre-eminent global currency is under pressure. Enthusiasts of BRICS (the grouping of economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China...

Australia risks wasting its solar superpower status (Clare Caldwell – Lowy The Interpreter)

As statistics go, this is a good one: Australia could generate enough electricity to satisfy the needs of the entire world by covering just...

In cybersecurity, people are the weak point (Annie-Mei Forster and Saja English – ASPI The Strategist)

While cybersecurity professionals often focus on firewalls, encryption and software vulnerabilities, the real battleground is human psychology. While organisations remain fixated on digital defences,...

Nuclear weapons hang in a complex balance (Euan Graham – ASPI The Strategist)

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, there is renewed focus on nuclear weapons in international security. China and other nuclear-armed...

Rethinking Cyber Deterrence in a Multipolar World (Louise Marie Hurel and Gareth Mott – RUSI)

Geopolitical tensions in cyberspace are escalating. There is an urgent need to reassess how the cyber domain can support broader deterrence strategies. However, the...

With Nonprofits Under Pressure, Boards Must Step Up on Tech Now (Tech Policy Press)

We don’t need another piece reminding nonprofit leaders that tech matters. Nonprofit CEOs know that digital systems shape service delivery, fundraising, and security; boards...

Strategic resilience can help prevent tragedy in the next flash flood (Thomas S. Warrick – Atlantic Council)

The death toll from the July 4 flash floods in central Texas—at least 136 dead, including thirty-seven children—is a failure of strategic resilience that...

Forget Berlin and Paris — Athens Is Leading Europe’s Digital Shift (Konstantinos Komaitis – Tech Policy Press)

As Brussels accelerates work on Europe’s new digital identity wallet, a flagship of the European Union’s Digital Decade development plan, the success of the...

Six months later, US soft power feels effects of USAID cuts (Melissa Conley Tyler and Heather Wrathall – The Strategist)

Six months ago, the Trump administration paused almost all foreign assistance. As more than US$60 billion of programs suddenly stopped, we predicted that people...

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