AI and national security | The Strategist
2024年8月2日 · Joseph S Nye, Jr, co-chair of the Aspen Strategy Group, is a former dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, a former US assistant secretary of defense and the author, most recently, of A Life in the American Century (Polity Press, 2024).. Image of Shoko Asahara, leader of the cult Aum Shinrikyo, in 1994: Wojtek Laski/Getty Images.
Chris Smith Archive - The Strategist
Many elements of 21st-century warfare echo those of the 20th century. The nature of war as a brutal and fundamentally human endeavour has endured despite the introduction of stealth aircraft, precision missiles, drones, satellites and …
More than innovation: Australia needs fast, low-cost defence …
Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown that mass and asymmetry characterise modern warfare. The challenge is to deliver affordable mass—weapons in great numbers—while ensuring technology is evolving ahead of rapidly changing threats.
The United Nations and a world out of balance | The Strategist
See the sad, stressed state of the world when Australia’s prime minister goes to a Quad summit in the US but doesn’t bother going to the United Nations.
Adapting all-domain forces to changes in land warfare
Many elements of 21st-century warfare echo those of the 20th century. The nature of war as a brutal and fundamentally human endeavour has endured despite the introduction of stealth aircraft, precision missiles, drones, satellites and cyber capabilities to contemporary battlefields.
The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
ASPI's analysis and commentary site. In April 2024, a spokesperson for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte suggested that the Philippines and China had entered into an undisclosed ‘gentleman’s agreement’ between 2016 and 2022.
Trump-proofing the Quad | The Strategist
The Quad was revived in Donald Trump’s first term as president, but that does not guarantee he will pay much attention to it during his second. Non-US Quad members will need to demonstrate its ongoing ...
The fall of the House of Assad - The Strategist
The swift collapse, after 54 years, of Syria’s al-Assad dynasty has just transformed the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape. The lightning offensive by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia took all of Syria’s neighbours—and everyone else—by surprise.
The Starship revolution in space | The Strategist
SpaceX took a big step towards full reusability of space launchers on 13 October, a step towards a transformation in accessing space far more cheaply, frequently and with big payloads. The remarkably successful fifth test ...
Seven things for Britain’s AUKUS review to fix | The Strategist
2024年11月13日 · The AUKUS review that Sir Stephen Lovegrove will deliver to the British government this month represents a vital opportunity to consolidate the project’s successes and turn a clean page on the areas of dysfunction and inertia that …