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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan think tank focused on Australia's defence, cyber, tech and strategic policy.
NEW TSD SPEAKERS 🔊

We're pleased to welcome Michael Biercuk, Dr Aruna Sathanapally, David Speers and 'Esau Lepa 'i Matangi Tupou to the Sydney Dialogue lineup!

🗓️ With only a few days to go until this year's event, be sure to secure your ticket before sales close 👉 bit.ly/4pdQxEO
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
🚨 NOW LIVE 🚨

ASPI's 2025 Critical Technology Tracker update has landed.

The Tech Tracker is the go-to resource for understanding how emerging technologies shape national security and economic advantage.

Explore new technologies, emerging trends and refreshed global datasets 👉 bit.ly/4pbjxx1
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🔔 NEW TSD SPEAKERS 🔔

We're pleased to announce that Hwang Sunghoon, Alexander Babuta and You-Hao Lai will join the speaker lineup at the Sydney Dialogue next week!

This year's event will tackle AI, cybersecurity, hybrid warfare, quantum and much more.

🎟️ Limited tickets remain: bit.ly/4oGwHSe
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

ASPI's new compendium 'North of 26° south and the security of Australia: Views from The Strategist, Volume 12', examines key policy challenges facing the north and offers practical options to bolster security, economic prosperity and social development.

🔖: bit.ly/48pV1B1
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

We're pleased to announce that Janet Egan from @cnas.bsky.social, Mehran Gul, author of The New Geography of Innovation, and Olivia Shen from @usstudiescentre.bsky.social will join us as speakers at #TSD2025 next week!

🎟️ Purchase your ticket here ➡️ bit.ly/43RkvWw
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🔔 NEW TSD SPEAKERS 🔔

We're thrilled to announce that @anthropic.com's Daisy McGregor, the ASFA's Mary Delahunty and Keio University's Michito Tsuruoka, will speak at the Sydney Dialogue next week!

Be part of the region’s leading discussion on tech and security 🌏.

🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4oGwHSe
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🚨 NEW TSD SPEAKER 🚨

We're looking forward to welcoming Jessica Hunter,
🇦🇺's Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, to #TSD2025 on 4-5 December!

Jessica will join a panel exploring how the Indo-Pacific is adopting and integrating digital technologies.

🎟️ Tickets 👉 bit.ly/4oGwHSe
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🔔 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔

We're delighted to announce that Stephanie Foster PSM, Secretary of Australia's Department of Home Affairs, will speak at #TSD2025 next month!

She will discuss leading a national security department amid rising global uncertainty.

🎟️ Tickets close soon ➡️ bit.ly/4oGwHSe
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨

ASPI’s new Pressure Points instalment unpacks how Beijing frames its claim to Taiwan, the coercive tools it increasingly wields to enforce that claim, how Taipei is responding and how other governments are managing rising confrontation risks.

🔎 Explore the website: bit.ly/4o4lLgc
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
‼️ NEW TSD SPEAKERS ‼️

We are pleased to announce that Narelle Devine CSM, Sara Goldsworthy and Selina Xu will join the speaker lineup at #TheSydneyDialogue on 4-5 December!

Interested in attending #TSD2025? Secure your ticket now before sales close 👉 bit.ly/4oGwHSe
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

We're delighted to announce that Michaela Browning, Jisoo Kim and Helen Zhang will speak at #TheSydneyDialogue on 4-5 December!

They'll unpack how critical and emerging tech is reshaping geopolitics and security.

🎫 Don't miss out! Secure your ticket now 👉 bit.ly/4oSmx18
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

‘In whose tech we trust: Part II’ by Jason Van der Schyff et al, outlines practical policy options for Indo-Pacific governments and industry to manage the national-security risks posed by foreign-owned, controlled or influenced technology suppliers.

🔖 Read it now 👉 bit.ly/3LOrkSm
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨 COMING SOON 🚨

ASPI’s 2025 Critical Technology Tracker update will be released in November.

Featuring updated 2024 datasets, global country rankings, talent flows and expanded coverage to 74 critical technologies.

👉 Sign up here for updates: bit.ly/3JNlNe8
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

In ‘Mapping Indo-Pacific security approaches to foreign owned, controlled or influenced technology’, @bassijustin.bsky.social, Simeon Gilding, Angela Suriyasenee et al examine how 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇯🇵🇸🇬🇰🇷 are managing foreign ownership, control and influence risks in tech providers.

🔖: bit.ly/4orVU2E
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEW PODCAST 🎤

In the latest episode of the Sydney Dialogue Summit Sessions, David Wroe speaks to @anduriltech.bsky.social Co-Founder and CEO Brian Schimpf about building defence capabilities quickly and affordably, deterrence lessons from Ukraine and Taiwan, and autonomy and AI.

🎧: bit.ly/49Fzzdo
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

We are delighted to announce that Gerald Mullally, CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, will speak at #TheSydneyDialogue on 4-5 December!

This year's event will examine the technologies poised to shift the world's strategic balance.

🎟️ Register ➡️ bit.ly/47EQqdE
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
🔔 FINAL REMINDER 🔔

Join us today for a special event with Belarusian democracy advocate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and ASPI Executive Director @bassijustin.bsky.social exploring the realities of sustaining political resistance and civil society under repression.

✍️ Register here: bit.ly/4ov7El1
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨 NEW TSD SPEAKERS 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce that Atsuyoshi Koike, Miriam Howe and Jamil Anderlini will join the speaker lineup for #TheSydneyDialogue on 4–5 December — bringing global insights on tech, security and geopolitics.

🎟️ Register now 👉 bit.ly/47EQqdE
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🎙️ The Sydney Dialogue Summit Sessions are back!

In the lead-up to ASPI's major tech and security conference, David Wroe speaks with AI expert Dan Hendrycks on the risks of artificial intelligence, superintelligence and what happens if AI starts setting its own goals and values.

🎧: bit.ly/3JFFJQa
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ICYMI 🎤

In the latest episode of Stop the World, Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of Estonia's Foreign Affairs Committee, joins David Wroe to discuss how authoritarians exploit polarisation in democracies, the need for democratic solidarity and why Russia must be defeated.

🎧 Listen now 👉 bit.ly/4oovSxo
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

In ‘Allies entwined: Australia’s strategic convergence with the Philippines’, Dr Euan Graham urges Australia and the Philippines to capitalise on their growing strategic alignment and move quickly to institutionalise bilateral defence cooperation.

🔖 Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/3JzMO4E
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

In ‘Australian public and institutional responses to Taiwan Strait crises’, Mark Harrison, Mei-fen Kuo, John Fitzgerald, Nathan Attrill & Marc Ablong PSM provide vital insights into how Australians understand & are likely to respond to crises in the Taiwan Strait.

🔖 : bit.ly/43BHggS
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🚨 NEW SPEAKERS 🚨

We're delighted to announce that Airis Rikveilis, Andrew Shearer, Jhalak M. Kakkar and Laurel E. Miller will speak at #TheSydneyDialogue on 4-5 December!

Don't miss the Indo-Pacific's premier policy summit on critical, emerging and cyber technologies.

🎟️ Register 👉 bit.ly/46PM2Z9
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🗓️ EVENT ALERT 🗓️

Join ASPI on 6 November for a special in-conversation event with Belarusian democracy advocate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

This event will explore the realities of sustaining political resistance and civil society under extreme repression.

🔗 Secure your ticket 👉 bit.ly/4oeis77
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

ASPI is proud to release 'The Women, Peace and Security agenda at 25: Views from The Strategist' — a special compendium marking 25 years since UN Security Council Resolution 1325, exploring its achievements, challenges and future direction.

📚 Read more: bit.ly/3Wph6Kr
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM