Australia’s food and energy security policy must treat diversification as a strategic asset, not an inefficiency. Systems optimised purely for cost and speed perform well in calm conditions. They fail when shipping disruptions, export controls …
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South Korea is digitally sophisticated, technically capable and deeply invested in modern digital government systems. In September 2025, when a fire tore through a government-linked data centre in Daejeon, what followed was a clear failure …
When Dutch General Tom Middendorp speaks, the world’s security apparatus pays attention. As the former chief of defence of the Netherlands and current chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, Middendorp, widely …
When governments talk about deterrence, they usually mean doctrine, platforms and weapons. Yet modern power rests equally on the infrastructure that sustains a nation under stress. The capacity to keep networks online, data protected and …
A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it became one. As Tropical Cyclone Fina tracked toward the Top End, port authorities expedited the arrival of …