ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker now covers global research efforts into 74 technologies, giving policymakers, industry and partners the clearest, most current picture of the tech race for strategic advantage. This expanded scope adds 10 technologies …
Decoupling is well underway in critical technology research. A divide is emerging between China’s critical technology research ecosystem and that of the United States and its allies. The implication is clear: to varying degrees, policies …
Despite the impressive and undeniable strides quantum computing has made in recent years, it’s important to remain cautious about sweeping claims regarding its transformative potential. To avoid future disillusionment as the technology matures and ensure …
It shouldn’t have come as a complete shock. US tech stocks, especially chipmaker Nvidia, plunged on Monday after news that the small China-based company DeepSeek had achieved a dramatic and reportedly inexpensive advance in artificial …
China and the United States have effectively switched places as the overwhelming leader in research in just two decades, ASPI’s latest Critical Technology Tracker results reveal. The latest tracker findings, which can be found in …
Sea state A new report to the US Congress has found that China’s naval modernisation program has substantially improved the capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The PLAN is already the largest navy in …
Planet A Delegates to the COP27 summit from nearly 200 countries last weekend agreed to establish a ‘loss and damage’ fund, which is intended to compensate developing and climate-vulnerable countries that suffer from global heating …
Sea state On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed a £4.2 billion contract to BAE Systems, a defence, aerospace and security company, to build five Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. The contract, along with …
Planet A More than 113 million Africans will be displaced by 2050 due to the effects of climate change, according to a report released by the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative, a joint UN group assisted …
Sea state The Russian navy says it repelled a drone attack in the bay of Sevastopol in the Crimean peninsula, where Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet is based. Russia claimed that all aerial and maritime drones …
Sea state India put its ‘strategic rivals on notice’ last week by successfully launching a test missile from INS Arihant, the Indian navy’s flagship nuclear submarine, striking a designated point in the Bay of Bengal …
Planet A Last week, at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, member states agreed on a ‘long-term global aspirational goal’ for aviation of net-zero emissions by 2050, despite opposition from …
