AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading
indicator of a country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and technology capability.
energy, the environment, AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials
and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading indicator of a
country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and
technology capability.
Dragonfire laser system test firing/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Dragonfire_laser_system_test_firing.webp 
2026, Dr Nathan Attrill, ASPI 
Taiwan Security Monitor, https://x.com/TaiwanMonitor/status/1951860786944487445 
2026, ASPI, Byron Illyes 
Photo by Engin Akyurt: https://www.pexels.com/photo/gasoline-pumps-in-close-up-photography-12377480/ 
2026, Defence Imagery, LSIS Danyellah Hill 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/54446118165/ Sam Altman: AI is coming for my job, too
23 February 2026
The north isn’t small, our thinking may be
21 December 2025
Photo by Engin Akyurt: https://www.pexels.com/photo/gasoline-pumps-in-close-up-photography-12377480/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/54446118165/ Sam Altman: AI is coming for my job, too
23 February 2026
The north isn’t small, our thinking may be
21 December 2025
Everything seems to be accelerating: geopolitics, technology, security threats, the dispersal of information. At times, it feels like a blur. But beneath the dizzying proliferation of events, discoveries, rivalries and unravellings, there are deeper trends that can be grasped and understood through conversation and debate.
That’s the idea behind Stop the World, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s podcast on international affairs and security, launched in April 2024. Each week, we cast a freeze-frame around the blur of events and bring some clarity and insight on defence, technology, cyber, geopolitics and foreign policy.
The Sydney Dialogue 2025
The Sydney Dialogue attracts the world’s top thinkers, innovators and policymakers, and focusses on the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and security. TSD has become the place where new partnerships are built among governments, industry and civil society, and where existing partnerships are deepened.
Date: 4-5 December
Location: Sydney, Australia
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