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Contested Ground — 68 episodes
Is Australia's political discontent becoming a national security problem?
Weak, vulnerable, backwater – Australia's choice between strategic camps and managed decline
The blind faith factor – why Australians trust an ADF they don't understand
Shots fired! Chinese missile test shatters Australia's "fog of peace", with Mike Pezzullo
Lessons from the UK in political polarisation, generational dislocation and intergenerational warfare, with Ben Dullroy, Bravo Delta Advisory
Budget backlash – has Australia lost its political middle ground?
Australia's sovereign capability reckoning – why the system is no longer fit for purpose
Fortune favours the bold – building a national security strategy for the 21st century, with Marc Ablong
Assessing the fallout and implications of the latest Trump–Xi meeting for Iran, Taiwan and Australia
Australia and the West must ask themselves new questions in the face of the modern world, with Robbin Laird
The Defence budget, inflationary pressures and domestic information warfare
Shipping, supply chains and Australia's exposure to a volatile system, with UNSW's Professor Douglas Guilfoyle and Associate Professor Daniel Prior
Successive governments have failed to prepare Australia for the era of polycrisis, with Marc Ablong PSM, Geostrategic Risk Partners
Apathy, complacency and the 'Lucky Country', Australia's predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy
Australian resilience during a crisis and sovereign industrial capability
From Tehran to Sydney – why war could reshape Australian property
War without borders – the disinformation threat arriving in Australia
The intersection of finance, organised crime, terrorism and foreign interference with Keith Bulfin
The fragility of Australia's energy ecosystem, with AVM (Ret'd) John Blackburn AO
Australia faces fallout closer to home as Iran continues to fight back
We're no longer in a BAU world, with Andrew Henderson, Agsecure
US National Defense Strategy, deterrence by denial and the limits of alliance dependency
Assessing the fallout of the US' Venezuela raid on the global 'rules-based' order
Australia's efforts to combat extremism, anti-Semitism, and balance freedom
Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran and America's resurgence
The nexus of national security, social cohesion and grey-zone warfare
Australia's strategic crossroads and aspects of national resilience
Peace in sight but questions remain about future of Russia–Ukraine conflict
Hacktivists target ADF program, China counters Australia in the Pacific
From PNG to Gaza – what's defining Australia's security future
The information and financial risks to national unity
Andrew Hastie on espionage, resilience, and the new front lines of national security
When information becomes the battlefield
From housing to subs – the economics behind military power
Inside the information battlespace – how the creative industry supports national security
Regional flashpoints and economic headwinds – Australia's strategic dilemma
TomorrowX's disruptive approach to legacy system protection
How Australia is walking the China and United States relations tightrope
AUKUS, Middle East tensions, and Australia's strategic future
Australian sentenced to 13 years in Russia, Australia and EU discuss defence pact
A sit down with Tim Knight, author of Gallipoli Soup
Cyber war, global politics and the power of truth: Unpacking conflict in the Information Age
How to develop a culture of security in your business
Heroism, warfare and Australia's future – WWII reflections and election insights
Alliance abandonment and realpolitik in global affairs
The expanding world of state-sponsored cyber warfare
Regaining the qualitative advantage
What's in store for 2025? Part 2
What's in store for 2025?
What Trump's Panama Canal comments mean for maritime law
Picking up where we left off, 2025 shapes up to be a disruptive year
Iran's collapsing sphere of influence
Ukraine's freedom of manoeuvre in the information domain
The intersection of national security and Australia's declining economic performance
Maritime competition drives need for an Australian Coast Guard, with Jennifer Parker
Ongoing risk of nation-state attackers, ASD; misinformation bill defeated
Where does the misinformation bill leave free speech?
Unpacking resource and food security, with Senator Matt Canavan
Into the space frontier with former prime minister Scott Morrison
Divisions spike ahead of the US election
The pace of military change, with Dr David Kilcullen
Espionage and disrupting non-state adversaries
Irregular warfare in Ukraine and Russian information operations, with MAJGEN (Ret'd) Gus McLachlan
The enduring opportunities of the Australia–US relationship, with former ambassador Joe Hockey
Developing true sovereign capability, with shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie MP
Irregular operations in Afghanistan and grey zone warfare in the APAC region, with MAJGEN (Ret'd) Gus McLachlan
Long-range strike, Iran v the GOP and warfighting in the EMS
UK riots, Australia's terror threat, and policing speech