AI weapons systems that are designed to learn and adapt could become increasingly difficult for humans to predict, explain and control. This creates an accountability gap that existing oversight mechanisms may not be equipped to …
Debate: "General"
China’s leading tech companies are no longer the copycats of yesteryear. Contrary to many perceptions in the West, they are increasingly innovative and are challenging the West for drones, robotics, electric vehicles (EVs), advanced manufacturing, …
Potential Japanese acquisition of nuclear weapons is an under-appreciated deterrent to a Chinese attempt at seizing Taiwan. If China took Taiwan, Japan would surely activate what we must presume to be well-established plans to rapidly …
At Davos this year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said ‘middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.’ Nowhere is the case stronger than in …
There is a distinct possibility of an enormous war breaking out in the next few years over a Chinese attempt to seize Taiwan. To prevent such a catastrophe, the world’s leading democracies need to establish …
Over the past few months, New Delhi’s relations with Beijing have improved. It would be a mistake to read this as a sign of greater strategic trust. A better explanation is that India is managing …
Australia and Canada are separated by half a world, but a new defence partnership is exposing an unexpected similarity. Canada is buying Australian surveillance technology developed to monitor the vast approaches to Australia’s north. The …
Australia’s next class war may not principally be fought over wealth, but over truth. For most of modern history, democratic societies have argued about competing interests: wages and profits; taxation and spending; and security and …
Australia is spending heavily on military AI and, separately, on building the capabilities and interoperability of its Indo-Pacific partners, yet we are paying too little attention to what happens as those two agendas converge. The problem …
China is seeking to exploit perceived Western missteps in the Middle East, including the Iran war, by turning societies against the United States and other western nations. As part of this, the Chinese Communist Party’s …
The stakes will be high in expected talks between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi on AI safety and governance during Xi’s state visit to Washington on 24 September. AI and tech company executives …
Taiwan’s inconsistency in asserting its sovereignty is giving Beijing a narrative opening. Taiwan needs a coherent doctrine for when and how to contest border disputes, even if it makes different arguments to different countries. On …