24 Oct 2023
The dual-use conundrum
Restrictions on technology with both a civilian and military application are too often worthless without better coordination.
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17 Oct 2023
Empowering women in the Pacific: A collaborative effort to confront online abuse
A regional symposium was an important step in tackling technology-facilitated gender-based violence. -
16 Oct 2023
Managing risk: Pandemics and plagues in the age of AI
An Australian-initiated international forum could hold the key to controlling unconventional weapons in the age of generative AI. -
5 Oct 2023
AI will shape our world – even our brains – but it can be regulated
There is no shortage of ideas. The challenge is bringing them all together for policymakers and the public to understand. -
4 Oct 2023
Glitch in the code: Google, Meta, and the fight over news in Canada and Australia
The battle between tech giants and local regulations still carries an international flavour. -
19 Sep 2023
The future of gig work
The new world of on-call, contract and temporary work is only sustainable if it is fair and safe for those who power it. -
15 Sep 2023
Critical minerals, critical choices: Australia’s role in shaping the green revolution
“Resource nationalism” only poses a threat to mining policy if the government pretends it’s not happening. -
13 Sep 2023
The Fix: A realist take(s) on ChatGPT
Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss. -
5 Sep 2023
Danger Will Robinson: Warfighting robots fast approaching
A swarm of angry Australian-made cardboard attack drones sets the scene for all future conflicts. -
24 Aug 2023
Cash is king, no more
Digital payments have transformed Australia, but global financial infrastructure for a cashless society still has some catching up to do. -
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9 Aug 2023
Iran’s lithium lode: A potential strategic game-changer
Australia might find itself on a political and economic tightrope as China looks to diversify its options for the new oil of our times. -
3 Aug 2023
Economic diplomacy: Hard labour managing geo-economic fragmentation
Australia faces tough choices from aid to energy in a new world of government intervention in trade and industry. -
26 Jul 2023
The Fix: Chipping in
In this new Interpreter feature, we’re inviting short observations about issues or resources that might otherwise be missed. -
21 Jul 2023
Indonesia’s new capital of power can’t afford the tangled wires of Jakarta
Look up and live takes on a new urgency in the digital age. -
18 Jul 2023
Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer
In these times of high-tech angst, a new draft Act passed in the European Parliament sets the scene for the future of AI. -
14 Jul 2023
Australia and Southeast Asia: Driving EV collaboration across borders
A regional value chain for battery production – with Australia to process critical minerals and export these products – is too good a chance to ignore. -
11 Jul 2023
Existential risk is a whole-of-society challenge
From climate change and pandemics to nuclear war and extinction by AI, collective action will be imperative. -
10 Jul 2023
The Quad: Tackling the spider, not cobwebs, in cyberspace
A security pact, but not as we know it. How a commitment to uplift software security will reap benefits for all. -
5 Jul 2023
Don’t believe the hype: the many futures of AI
Is generative artificial intelligence the source of a utopian future, or will it become the author of its own destruction? -
3 Jul 2023
Jokowi’s visit to Australia is about much more than electric vehicles
The President has a roadmap for economic success that could also set bilateral relations on the right path. -
1 Jun 2023
Indonesia’s digital success deserves more attention
India and China get the plaudits, but Indonesia is also taking impressive digital strides capitalising on local talent. -
30 May 2023
How can we regulate AI? Let’s just ask it
Even leading developers want to pause the revolution underway. So what insights does the machine offer on itself? -
24 May 2023
The Quad needs to talk security for subsea cables
The infrastructure that underpins the digital age needs special protection in international forums. -
19 May 2023
AI vs democracy: the battle is already here
The first disruption was to the business model of journalism. Australia has yet to heed the warning. -
24 Mar 2023
A Catch-22 for India’s tech ambitions
With Russian supply chains under stress, New Delhi explores indigenous capabilities. -
20 Mar 2023
Indonesia’s nickel superhighway
There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth. -
18 Jan 2023
Link start-ups ecosystems to build influence in Southeast Asia
Australia should launch a major initiative to support investment with new business prospects in the region. -
16 Jan 2023
Towards meaningful Quad cooperation on intelligence
Collaborative AI capabilities would allow the partners to deepen military cooperation, should leaders choose that step. -
15 Dec 2022
Economic diplomacy: From pollie crises to polycrisis
There are political bunfights, strategic challenges and wicked problems, but let’s not “overcrisify” the world. -
15 Dec 2022
Allies, algorithms and safety online
Echo chambers of extreme content are a growing concern for governments and regulators around the world. -
14 Dec 2022
Why the cryptocurrency ecosystem is a house of cards
The tumultuous picture surrounding cryptocurrencies this year has been sobering – a contagion of negative effects. -
17 Nov 2022
Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta
Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China. -
24 Oct 2022
Where the chips fall: in containing China, the US can leave Australia out
Australia’s interest won’t be served by supporting US efforts to build a high fence around China’s technology industry. -
25 Sep 2022
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, Russia may still win a vote to reshape the net as we know it. -
13 Sep 2022
Computational diplomacy - the science of an art?
Vast troves of historical data exist on negotiations and responses and agreements. The trick is a means to read it. -
5 Sep 2022
Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too
A new internet for the people and by the people is on the horizon. But decentralised power has its own problems. -
29 Aug 2022
Should democracies ever lie?
Is bending the truth sometimes necessary and justified in situations short of war? -
25 Jul 2022
An element of doubt? Rare earths targeted in disinfo campaign
Attempts to break China’s stranglehold on crucial materials for the digital age are targeted – where else but online. -
14 Jun 2022
Hyundai takes the driver’s seat in Indonesia’s EV market
With net zero emissions targets looming, Southeast Asia’s biggest car market is setting the pace on electric vehicles. -
7 Jun 2022
PNG’s elections: dangers that lie on social media
Facebook has a major reach in PNG, making the sheer volume of suspicious and inauthentic content online a big concern. -
26 May 2022
“Black ships”, the Quad and space
Satellite technology underpins the attempt to tackle China’s illegal fishing. -
18 May 2022
A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council
As authoritarian challenges loom, more transatlantic cooperation on technology should be welcome news for Australia. -
29 Apr 2022
Musk’s Twitter: Tweet freedom for Asia?
The tech billionaire should brace for more than keyboard warriors in a world of authoritarianism and eroding democracy. -
1 Apr 2022
Ukraine: This isn’t the information war you were looking for
But watch a change in tempo for cyber operations as the on-the-ground military situation trends towards stalemate. -
24 Mar 2022
Economic diplomacy: Cryptocurrency (quietly) joins a new world order
From Bitcoin to the greenback, beyond Ukraine a battle is also underway in global finance. -
22 Mar 2022
China’s women “hold up half the sky”
Entrenched gender inequality and the heavy hand of censors can no longer silence female voices in China. -
16 Mar 2022
Social media in times of war
Ukraine offers lessons not only about disinformation dangers but opportunities for resistance and activism. -
8 Mar 2022
Women’s participation in peace mediation
Zoom diplomacy has become a vital conflict resolution tool. But where are all the women? -
7 Mar 2022
The hypocrisy of Russia’s push for a new global cybercrime treaty
The same Russia in the middle of invading a neighbour is preaching respect for state sovereignty online.