James Corera

🚨 Professional Development Opportunity 🚨 Build practical policy skills with ASPI’s Policy Foundations Program — a 1-day training course unpacking how policy is developed and decisions are made in government. 🗓️ 22 April 2026 📍 Canberra 🔗 Register ➡️ bit.ly/4uFEwv2

A senior Dutch counterespionage official has warned that foreign governments are recruiting ordinary Europeans for spying and sabotage. That makes such activities harder to counter, he says. 🔗 politico.eu/article/russia…

Key takeaways from China’s new five-year plan | Shruti Jargad | bit.ly/4sqMjvc

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 Our latest report, ‘Strategic surprise in the 21st century’, finds 🇦🇺’s ability to manage future national security crises will depend on how quickly it can identify risks, integrate information, decide and recover under pressure. 🔖: bit.ly/4lAaNiZ

🗓️ EVENT ALERT 🗓️ Join us on 24 March for a conversation with @grantshapps, former 🇬🇧 Secretary of State for Defence. At a time of increased global instability, the conversation will explore the challenges facing 🇦🇺 and 🇬🇧 and how we can respond. 🎫: bit.ly/4sRn3Ob

A significant milestone for Fiji! Strengthening national cybersecurity and resilience is a shared priority, and Australia is proud to be a partner to Fiji with this vital strategy. A moment to celebrate the future of cyber security for the nation.

China’s plan to scale its way to AI dominance | @BethanyAllenEbr, Nathan Attrill and @fryan | bit.ly/3PJiMhu

We have released the third publication in the Quantum Technology Primer series for cyber security leaders, focusing on quantum communications. Read the full series 👉 cyber.gov.au/business-gover…

We are living through a remarkable moment in human history. Here is my best attempt to make sense of it: My first-ever paper for @AEI. aei.org/research-produ…

🗓️ EVENT ALERT 🗓️ Join ASPI and @C4ADS on 26 March for a panel event exploring how 🇨🇳 is deploying maritime coercion in the Indo-Pacific, how open-source methods can be used to uncover 🇨🇳’s activities and strategies for 🇦🇺’s response. 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4rDdbqx

This new primer can help U.S. policymakers and analysts consider China’s informational picture, how Chinese decisionmakers tend to think about their environment, and who in the PRC has the authority to make which kinds of decisions. bit.ly/4sx8peW

Are you prepared to defend yourself against cyber threats? Watch the full interview to learn more about how cybercriminals are targeting individuals and critical infrastructure, and what #YourFBI Cyber Division is doing to protect the American people from cyber attacks: youtu.be/3isTETnylB4?si…

Australia supports the EU calling out malicious cyber activity behind significant compromises of devices, and offensive cyber-espionage. This malicious activity threatens the stability and predictability of cyberspace. Australia calls on all cyber actors to act responsibly, and for all States to act in accordance with international law and the norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.

A royal visit with strategic purpose: why Denmark matters to Australia | @BartHoogeveen | bit.ly/4cKUa1D

Darwin Port: stop picking over the past and move forward | @johncoyne14 | bit.ly/4boRwMG

Now both sides in the Iran conflict are targeting data centers: US/Israel struck the data center of the state-run Bank Sepah, which pays the Iranian military and IRGC. More evidence that data centers are key military targets, and must be protected. jpost.com/middle-east/ir…

Pleasure to join this @USSC discussion at Parliament House examining President Trump’s grand strategy, following the release of the US National Security & National Defense Strategies, operations against Iran & Venezuela, and what it means for allies such as Australia. 📺⤵️

From energy projects to energy technology stacks: seeing risk before it locks in | @CoreraJames and @vanderjas | bit.ly/3Nypu9t

Threat actors are rapidly integrating AI as a core component of their operations, using it across the attack lifecycle to move faster, scale more easily, and experiment with new tactics at unprecedented speed. msft.it/6014QYVMk

IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency says offices and infrastructure run by US tech firms with Israeli links including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia and Oracle are “Iran’s new targets”. They are located in Israeli cities, as well as in some Gulf countries. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/apjw94?update=…