2026 National Defence Strategy: evolution, not revolution
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20 of 289 episodesTruth, trust and the algorithm: can democracy keep up?
How are everyday Australians experiencing misinformation in their daily lives, and why does it feel increasingly overwhelming? How are platf...
No worries? What Australians think about security, risk and resilience
Why do Australians place peaceful and safe communities above more traditional security priorities? Why are AI-enabled attacks, economic cris...
What is driving the war in Iran – and what comes next?
Why did the United States and Israel choose to strike Iran now – and what are the strategic consequences of that decision? What lessons have...
Plotting a through line: February 2026 geopolitics update
Is there a strategic through line or an explanatory logic behind the Trump Administration’s actions in Venezuela, Greenland and Iran? What i...
Modernising Australia's border security
Why do Australia’s borders require a fundamental rethink? How can Australian governments build on the vision of Australia’s borders as a nat...
Why organised crime is now a national security threat
Why has serious and organised crime – estimated to cost Australia $82.3 billion each year – become a national security issue? How is the Aus...
Pat Conroy on defence reform, industry and the Pacific
How integrated is Australia’s approach to statecraft across defence, diplomacy, development and industry – and how visible is that integrati...
The future will thank us: an intergenerational approach to security
What is intergenerational security and how does it intersect with traditional concepts of national security? How do intergenerational dynami...
Australia’s Chief of the Defence Force: reflections on half a century of service
How is the Australian Defence Force preparing for the challenges of a changing world? Does the appointment of a naval officer as the Chief o...
Seeing the unseen: why geospatial intelligence is important
What are the origins of the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO), and how has the organisation developed within the Nationa...
Democratic resilience in the digital age
What is democratic resilience and why is it a national security issue? Why is it important to preserve public trust and participation in the...
Sustaining deterrence and building defence industrial resilience
Do the US and other Western allies still maintain an edge over China in defence industry and innovation? How are partnerships between China,...
What Finland can teach Australia about national security
How does Finland view strategic linkages between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions? What is the Finnish model of ‘Comprehensive Sec...
Evolving lessons in counterterrorism from 9/11 to 2025
How has the terrorism threat landscape evolved since 9/11, and what makes today’s challenges more complex? How is the counterterrorism respo...
Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
How has Indonesia’s foreign policy evolved under President Prabowo? Is Indonesia slowly moving from being ‘non-aligned’ to being ‘multi-alig...
The evolution of strategic deterrence
How has strategic deterrence evolved from the Cold War to contemporary times? What is ‘strategic substitution,’ and how has China used it to...
Partners with limits: inside the China–Russia relationship
How aligned are China and Russia's strategic interests? How is this relationship playing out in relation to competing spheres of influence i...
PM Albanese's China visit and the future of the Aus-China relationship
How has the Australia-China relationship changed since the Prime Minister’s last visit to China in 2023? From China's perspective, how does...
How can we avoid conflict in our region?
What are some of the key mechanisms for avoiding conflict? Why is ASEAN a key player in preventive diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region? Wha...