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NEW PODCAST 🎤 On Stop the World this week, Michael Irwin, Co-CEO of the Australian defence technology start-up Breaker, joins @davidwroe to explain where autonomous military technology is headed. 🎧 Listen ➡️ bit.ly/3NM2XpO 📺 Watch ➡️ bit.ly/4bxiQYW

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Ananta x ASPI Roundtable: EU-Indo Pacific Exchange on Hybrid Threats Hybrid threats don't announce themselves. From cyberattacks to influence operations, they chip away at institutions, democracies, and critical infrastructure often before we even notice. 🌏 Ananta and the @ASPI_org brought together experts from India, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and the EU in New Delhi to ask the hard questions: How do we detect them? How do we respond? And how do we build the regional cooperation needed to stay ahead? The conversation has started. #HybridThreats #IndoPacific #HIPPA #CyberSecurity #RegionalCooperation

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On calls for 🇦🇺 to advocate for global rules on AI in warfare, @davidwroe tells the @FinancialReview: “There is clearly a moral and ethical case for global regulation and perhaps a treaty to do with the application of autonomous lethal force.” 🗞️ Read 👇 afr.com/politics/feder…

Many threats & deadlines looming ... 🇮🇷 Iran faces an estimated half the deployable US air power with nuclear talks set for tonight. 🤖 @AnthropicAI faces punishment from @SecWar at either end of the spectrum with a deadline tomorrow. @Kieran_Gilbert @SkyNewsAust

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France strikes to address misinformation weakening Western alliance | Eric Frecon and @fitbintim | bit.ly/46RgJhd

'If this fund is to strengthen sovereign capability, it needs to be designed not just as a co-investment vehicle. It needs to be an integrated bridge between venture capital and mission demand,' writes @vanderjas. aspistrategist.org.au/making-the-adv…

EVENT REMINDER 📢 Don't miss ASPI Resident Senior Fellow @davidwroe in conversation with @Altana_AI CEO Evan Smith next week. They’ll discuss how trust can become a strategic asset across global trade, defence supply chains and critical tech. ✍️: bit.ly/49Qngt6

In 2024, the US Congress ordered TikTok to break from its Chinese parent company ByteDance over security and data concerns, or face a ban. Instead, a new US joint venture was created, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake. So what changed and what didn’t? @fryan explains ⤵️

Nice to see @ElonMusk sharing a clip from #TheSydneyDialogue - the Indo-Pac’s premier forum on tech & AI. But note the research mentioned was from 2025 & this is one clip of a much wider discussion. 🎥 Watch session: bit.ly/4tEa9Ve Find more: aspi.org.au

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🗓️ EVENT REMINDER 🗓️ Join CEO of @Altana_AI Evan Smith and ASPI Resident Senior Fellow @davidwroe on 25 Feb for a fireside discussion exploring how trust can become a strategic asset in global trade, defence supply chains and critical tech. 🎫 Register: bit.ly/49Qngt6

NEW PODCAST 🎉 This week Stop the World released its 100th episode! To mark the occasion, host @davidwroe was joined by Mira Rapp-Hooper, Visiting Fellow @BrookingsFP for a conversation on Trump, China and the future of US grand strategy. Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4ap08Ce

🔔 FINAL REMINDER 🔔 Applications for Coordinator of @ASPI_CTS close tomorrow! Join one of the Indo-Pacific’s most influential think tanks and support the strategic delivery of the CTS program, including stakeholder engagement, events & more. ✍️ Apply: bit.ly/3NX58Xf

This @taipei_times article covers Dr Nathan Attrill and Shelly Shih's new analysis in The Strategist revealing China has built an army of lawyers to intimidate and constrain Taiwan. 📚 Read the analysis ➡️ bit.ly/4rNsM7c Read the article ⤵️ taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar…

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🗓️ JOB REMINDER 🗓️ Applications for Coordinator of @ASPI_CTS close next Friday. This role supports operational and strategic delivery for @ASPI_CTS, including program management, partnership engagement and events delivery. ⏳ Don't miss out. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3NX58Xf