Coalition warfare has always been messy. Different procedures, systems, standards, doctrines, and operational caveats complicate and slow coordination at every level of conflict. AI may finally cut through that dynamic to become the connective tissue …
The concept is bleakly called P(doom)—the probability that AI will destroy humanity. Daisy McGregor is not as worried about it as she used to be. Leading UK policy at AI research house Anthropic, she points …
Don’t despair but don’t relax. It was a profoundly important message delivered last week by Australia’s director-general of national intelligence, Andrew Shearer. The placid period that followed the end of the Cold War, so comfortable …
At ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue on 5 December, Director-General of National Intelligence Andrew Shearer reflected on major geopolitical trends. In a discussion with ASPI executive director Justin Bassi, Shearer said that ‘the biggest, most consequential change …
Executive director Justin Bassi’s foreword for ASPI’s The Sydney Dialogue 2025, being held on 4 and 5 December. Technology is one of the most powerful forces shaping our world. It can empower societies or …
Originally published on 30 August 2024. Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic revealed a troubling trend: AI models are more likely than humans to escalate conflicts to kinetic, even nuclear, war. This outcome …
Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic revealed a troubling trend: AI models are more likely than humans to escalate conflicts to kinetic, even nuclear, war. This outcome highlights a fundamental difference …
Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, spoke at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue about how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the importance of securing democracies against malicious cyber actors. An edited transcript of her speech follows. Two …
In the following edited transcript from proceedings at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue, Michael Pezzullo, secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, interviews Eric Schmidt, chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project, co-founder of Schmidt Futures and …
Samoa’s prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mata‘afa, gave the opening keynote address on Day 2 of ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue. An edited version of her speech follows. Small island developing states are facing a range of challenges …
In the final session on Day 1 of ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue, Mike Horowitz from the US Department of Defense led a panel discussion on global technology trends. In these introductory remarks, I will lay out …
All our countries have long benefited from open economies. We trade freely, exchange ideas and innovate across borders. But as we’re all aware, the geopolitical climate is rapidly changing. Some countries increasingly use geoeconomics as …
