The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan think tank focused on Australia's defence, cyber, tech and strategic policy.
Canberra, Australia
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To secure frontier AI access, Australia’s best bet is a coalition of the dependent | Hannah Merchant | bit.ly/4xJADW6
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We’re pleased to welcome Dr Osamu Nishiwaki as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at ASPI.
A former Director-General for Trade and Economic Security at @METI_JPN, Dr Nishiwaki will contribute to research on economic security, defence and 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 relations.
🔗: bit.ly/4xHMILm
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Looking to strengthen your policy capabilities?
ASPI’s Better Policy Applications is a two-day workshop designed for practitioners looking to build practical skills and improve the quality and impact of their policy work.
🔗 Learn more and register: bit.ly/4ydxCOG
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India’s relationship with China should be understood sector-by-sector | Shibani Mehta | bit.ly/4z1gP1E
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The Head of ASPI's AI and Security program @davidwroe joined @STomevska on @abcnews to unpack the OpenAI Medicare hack, the company's response to the breach, the need for stronger AI safeguards & why it could take a major disaster before 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 take AI regulation seriously. 📹⬇️
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ICYMI 🔊
We’re looking for a China Analyst or Senior Analyst to join ASPI’s high-performing China team.
Don’t miss the opportunity to join one of the Indo-Pacific’s most influential think tanks and contribute to globally recognised research.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/4jlyegA
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Speaking to @abcnews, ASPI's @davidwroe discussed an OpenAI agent hacking a Medicare portal, why the fact that the breach went undetected for months is a national security concern, and the urgent need to strengthen cyber defences and regulation of frontier AI.
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ASPI's @davidwroe joined @News24Aust to discuss revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed a Medicare data portal, the risks of increasingly autonomous AI systems and why governments need to address the “global human coordination problem” around AI safety.
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Chinese twin-track diplomacy is building influence in the Middle East | @geoff_p_wade | bit.ly/4xJz2zw
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ASPI's @davidwroe joined @News24Aust to discuss Donald Trump’s opposition to global AI safeguards, why the world needs to come together to encourage the US and China to find a way forward on AI safety, how the tech could reshape employment and the state of the 🇺🇸–🇨🇳 AI race. 📺⬇️
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Taiwan’s inconsistent sovereignty claims are good for Beijing | Ivan I-Wei Huang | bit.ly/3V3cuME
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Beijing picked 19,000 companies to win. Many are already in our supply chains | Stephan Robin and Shelly Shih | bit.ly/4yN8XQZ
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🚨 NEW TRACKER 🚨
ASPI has launched the China Little Giants Tracker, mapping 19,000+ Chinese SMEs designated by Beijing for their specialised technological capabilities and relevance to national industrial priorities.
🔗 Request access now: bit.ly/4hiv0rL
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Australia’s multiculturalism is a precious achievement | Jenny Bloomfield | bit.ly/4cWKK2p
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Don’t just secure critical minerals supply. Look for substitutes | Alain Richardt | bit.ly/4iKhRKx
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Ukraine and the Middle East teach the Indo-Pacific about the new space wars | Frank Rose | bit.ly/3T6OMOX
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Katherine Bennell-Pegg’s ISS mission would boost Australia’s standing in space | @raji143 and @Dr_M_Davis | bit.ly/4gYT3gq
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China is building an AI system for tailoring its foreign propaganda | @fryan | bit.ly/4rnqcGi
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Spaces are now open for the next intake of ASPI's Better Policy Program.
The latest cohort brought together a diverse mix of participants to build practical policy tradecraft from first principles.
🔗 The next program runs 13–14 October. Register here: bit.ly/4cSn2UP
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On research security, our divisions are the real vulnerability | @BassiJustin, @BuchananLiz and @CoreraJames | bit.ly/4dhKU4o
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JOB ALERT 🔊
ASPI is looking for an experienced China analyst or senior analyst to join the team.
The role will focus on China’s foreign and security policy, defence and military affairs, Australia–China relations and China’s impact on the region.
🔗: bit.ly/4z2utBF
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A new edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines digest is out now!
This edition covers 🇯🇵 and 🇰🇷’s next defence budgets, continued 🇨🇳 pressure on the 🇵🇭, 🇦🇺’s development diplomacy in the 🇸🇧 and much more.
📩: aspidefence.substack.com/sub…
📚: aspidefence.substack.com/p/f…
📰: aspistrategist.org.au/fault-…
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ASPI's @Dr_M_Davis joined @_melissamackay on @abcnews to discuss US confirmation that it has stationed arms in orbit around the Earth, China and Russia's space weapon capabilities, and why the weaponisation of space is likely to continue.
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NEW PODCAST 🎙️
Fresh from ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue AI Masterclass, leading China AI experts @RyanFedasiuk and @alexcolv1lle join Stop the World to discuss the upcoming Trump–Xi meeting, China’s strategic goals for AI and recent AI safety incidents.
🎧: bit.ly/4xs7cI0
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The lesson from Germany: under-reacting to hybrid threats is dangerous | @fitbintim and Bart Hogeveen | bit.ly/4yGdTqP
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Fault Lines – Defence bills, warning flares, Pacific cheques | ASPI Defence Strategy Staff | bit.ly/473Sufo
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lame duck? Yes, but Trump is still the focus as US heads to midterms | Lester Munson | bit.ly/3UXXoYD
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Earlier this week, @davidwroe joined @abcnews to discuss AI safety warnings from leading US AI companies, the challenges of getting the US and Chinese governments to take action on AI safety, and how pressure from industry and the public could help drive action.
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How Australia can execute its denial strategy long before SSNs arrive | Malcolm Edgar | bit.ly/46ZmsRE
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After five years, AUKUS’s political resilience is remarkable | @JAParker29 | bit.ly/4d6pnvF
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Industry is building the capability and industrial base northern Australia needs | @raelock | bit.ly/4yIlSE1
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Japan’s record defence budget request is really about AI | Sugio Takahashi | bit.ly/3T8oPOW
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China’s military research absorbs HK, Macau. Track the links with ASPI’s updated China Defence Universities Tracker | @geoff_p_wade | bit.ly/4h4JGL3
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🚨 NOW LIVE 🚨
ASPI’s China Defence Universities Tracker has been expanded to cover Hong Kong and Macau universities, and 10+ new Chinese Academy of Sciences institutes.
Explore new insights into China’s defence, security and tech ecosystem.
👉 Access: bit.ly/46nwhIF
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In AI and nuclear alike, extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence | @vanderjas | bit.ly/3TryGiY
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Australia should look to Norway for ways to build national resilience | Paul Pelczar | bit.ly/4A9uBAm
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AI is going to change everything. Australia should help steer that change | @davidwroe and @BassiJustin | bit.ly/46V0XBv
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🤖 That’s a wrap on the #TSDAIMasterclass!
Thank you to our speakers, delegates and partners for a day of frank and insightful discussion on where AI is taking the region and what Australia and its partners can do to ensure they are not mere bystanders.
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"Progress will move at the speed of trust. And we need to earn that trust."
Closing off the day at #TSDAIMasterclass, @AnthropicAI’s Jeff Bleich talked about the need for frontier labs to get beyond the ‘move fast and break things’ stage.
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On the limitations of AI sovereignty, Kendy Hau, Head of Defence for Oceania at @Fujitsu_Global, told the #TSDAIMasterclass: "everything sovereign is just a peacetime risk aversion dressed up as strategy."
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"The key objective is for AI to accelerate the kill chain: reducing the time from detecting an enemy... to engaging it."
At the #TSDAIMasterclass, @DefenceU's Nelli Blinova discussed the role AI plays in Ukraine's military.
📺 Watch it here ⬇️
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AEI's @RyanFedasiuk joined ASPI's @alexcolv1lle and @AcadSinica’s Kai-Shen Huang at #TSDAIMasterclass to talk US semiconductor export controls. In brief: they haven’t stopped 🇨🇳's research progress, but they have limited 🇨🇳 inference providers’ ability to scale.
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For how long will China’s open-weight AI models remain open? @AcadSinica’s Kai-Shen Huang joined the conversation with @FinnianMchugh at #TSDAIMasterclass, alongside AEI’s @RyanFedasiuk and @alexcolv1lle to discuss where things are heading on China’s AI frontier.
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Discussing the opportunity that AI presents for India's health sector, Dr Vidushi Chaturvedi, former Indian civil servant, told the #TSDAIMasterclass that AI could help in "reaching the unreached" among India's diverse population.
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At the #TSDAIMasterclass, @MEAIndia's @amit_a_shukla highlighted a crucial element missing from the global AI debate: a perspective from the Global South.
"What is missing from the entire set of debates is the perspective of a developing country."
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Legacy software creates ever more risk of AI-enabled cyberattacks. In conversation with ASPI’s @BassiJustin at #TSDAIMasterclass, @ASDGovAU’s Abi Bradshaw explains why government and industry need to act on it now.
Watch below ⤵️ and read more from ASPI: bit.ly/4yFQPbY
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“Cybersecurity has never been a spectator sport... You cannot run away from this to protect yourself.”
Joining #TSDAIMasterclass, @ASDGovAu’s Abigail Bradshaw emphasised cybersecurity fundamentals as AI raises the security standard for government agencies.
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Commenting on the Albanese government’s AI policy, @ayrestim said that there is a “battle for technological supremacy across the world” and that “it’s not this Albanese government’s approach that we should just be a cork bobbing on the ocean of that competition.”
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In conversation with ASPI's Head of AI and Security @davidwroe at #TSDAIMasterclass, @ayrestim expressed his confidence in securing future frontier AI models for 🇦🇺:
“🇦🇺 is a good place to invest... 🇦🇺 should approach these issues in my view with some real confidence.”
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Speed matters in cyber defence and offence—now more than ever. Speaking with ClearAI’s Jisoo Kim at #TSDAIMasterclass, @limingz explained how AI’s improved ability to find software vulnerabilities puts a premium on which comes first: the exploit or the patch.
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“There is a real sense of incredible responsibility... to make sure we get this right.”
At #TSDAIMasterclass, @OpenAI's Ann M. O’Leary discussed calls for pacing frontier AI development to address safety risks, noting that these conversations have been underway for some time.
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"This time it’s a whole of society piece."
Joining the discussion at #TSDAIMasterclass, @skdevitt discussed how cyber threats increasingly expose all of society to risk, and demand a response in kind.
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Commenting on the recent Hugging Face incident, @OpenAI's Ann M. O’Leary stressed the importance of getting AI alignment right and highlighted the company's commitment to embedding independent auditors to ensure the right safety processes are in place.
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"Without a sovereign AI frontier model here in Australia, we are going to be a supplicant state, not a sovereign state."
Speaking with @USSC’s Olivia Shen at #TSDAIMasterclass, the Hon. Andrew Hastie MP gave his view of what's at stake in 🇦🇺's AI policy debate.
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