Stop the World

May 17 2024 11

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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, 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. 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.

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EU security and strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific

May 17 2024 41 mins

This week on Stop the World, ASPI Senior Analyst Alex Bristow speaks to Niclas Kvarnström, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European ExternalAction Service, to discuss the European Union’s engagement in and relationship with the Indo-Pacific. With war in Europe and conflict in the Middle East, they discuss how much capacity the European Union (EU) has to focus o

Defence innovation and the pathway to Pillar 2 success

May 09 2024 56 mins

This double episode of Stop the World is all about defence innovation. ASPI’s Director of Defence Strategy and National Security Bec Shrimpton speaks to Anduril’s Vice President of Strategy for Australia and the Asia Pacific Pete Quinn, the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive at Anduril Australia and Asia Pacific David Goodrich, as well as ASPI Visiting Senior Fellow Keirin

Why auld acquaintance should ne’er be forgot

May 02 2024 51 mins

Australia and the United Kingdom have a lot of shared history and values, but not a lot of shared geography. For a long time, that left the strategic relationship feeling a little dusty—a friendship to be taken for granted. But the two countries’ security partnership has a sense of deepening urgency, with the creation of AUKUS, the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt and the recent signin

Mapping China's data harvesting and global propaganda efforts

May 01 2024 9 mins

ASPI has released a groundbreaking report that finds the Chinese Communist Party seeks to harvest user data from globally popular Chinese apps, games and online platforms in a likely effort to improve its global propaganda. The research maps the CCP's propaganda system, highlighting the links between the Central Propaganda Department, state-owned or controlled propaganda entit

The future of intelligence

Apr 25 2024 40 mins

This week on Stop the World, it’s all about intelligence. Chris Taylor, head of ASPI’s Statecraft and Intelligence Program interviews David Gioe, Professor of Intelligence and Security at King's College London and Associate Professor of History at the US Military Academy at West Point. They discuss the history of intelligence, with a focus on the Cold War, and explore how

Unpacking Australia’s new defence strategy

Apr 18 2024 39 mins

This week on Stop the World, Senior ASPI Analyst Euan Graham is joined by retired Major General Andrew Bottrell AO, who was previously Head of Land Systems at Defence, alongside ASPI’s Director of Defence Strategy & National Security Bec Shrimpton to discuss the newly released National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program. What is a National Defence Strategy and

Human rights in 2024

Apr 11 2024 32 mins

Stop the World, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s new podcast is finally here! 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 taking place around the world, there are deeper trends tha

Stop the World (Trailer)

Apr 09 2024 1 mins

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), is pleased to be launching a new podcast - Stop the World. 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 gra