The widening conflict involving Iran is causing shipping disruptions that are threatening global fuel supplies. But this is only the latest reminder that economic vulnerability is strategic vulnerability. It reinforces that markets are now arenas …
Articles by: "James Corera"
Australia is experiencing a once-in-a-generation energy build-out. Offshore wind and distributed energy systems are being deployed at speed, reshaping how electricity is generated, coordinated and controlled. The urgency—driven by decarbonisation, reliability and resilience—is exposing a …
NATO’s decision to approve configured iPhones and iPads for handling classified information up to NATO restricted level—without requiring special software or settings—highlights a shift in how governments approach secure mobility. The significance lies not in …
When Iranian drones struck hyperscale cloud data-centre facilities in the United Arab Emirates and damaged infrastructure near Bahrain on 1 March, they did not just target military bases. They also targeted server farms. That distinction …
A debate over Chinese-made electric buses has arrived in Australia with familiar speed. Talk of potential kill switches has prompted calls to rip and replace foreign vehicles and turn to domestic supply. But the concerns …
If recent days have shown anything, it is that the United States and Israel retain the capacity to dismantle a state’s military infrastructure (and even leadership) at speed. But dismantling a regime is another matter …
US-Israeli airstrikes may dominate the footage from Tehran, but a decisive contest is also unfolding in code: a live demonstration of how modern coercion targets a state’s digital nervous system as deliberately as its physical …
Recent commentary has cast Australia’s effort at reducing under-16s’ use of social media as a technical policy stumble, a flawed experiment in age assurance and enforcement. That lens risks being too narrow. Yes, age verification …
New South Wales Police’s planned six-month trial of drones made by Chinese company DJI highlights broader considerations about management of risks associated with technologies that are owned, controlled or influenced by foreign entities. As with …
Political leaders are no longer speaking the language of seamless globalisation; they are describing a world defined by fragmentation, strategic rivalry and coercion below the threshold of war. They are calling out in plain terms …
For Australia and the Indo-Pacific, one of the more consequential and under-recognised takeaways from the United States’ operation in Venezuela is how cyber and digital effects were integrated alongside kinetic force. After Operation Absolute Resolve, …
As naturally occurs after public violence such as the 14 December Bondi Beach terror attack, we crave clarity. Media outlets search for a single, definitive answer that might impose order on shock and loss. In …