Policy, Guns and Money: Birth rates in Xinjiang, net zero emissions and the ransomware pipeline

ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre released a report which found that birth rates in Uyghur-majority areas in Xinjiang in western China have fallen by unprecedented amounts since 2017. Danielle Cave speaks to report authors James Leibold and Nathan Ruser about the government policies behind the drop and some of the report’s key findings.

Net zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy sector, a new International Energy Agency report, highlights that the need to transition to net zero emissions by 2050 has become a near-necessity. The Strategist’s Anastasia Kapetas talks to ASPI’s Robert Glasser about the report’s findings and what it means for the international energy sector.

On 7 May major US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline was the victim of one of the most disruptive cyberattacks on record. ASPI’s Tom Uren and John Coyne discuss the fallout from the ransomware hit by cybercriminal hacking group DarkSide, what it means for international law enforcement and its impact on the regulation of cryptocurrencies.