All Episodes
Stop the World — 140 episodes
ADSTAR Summit series: RAAF’s Ross Rice on getting technology into the fight faster
Retired Major-General Roger Noble on the horror and unavoidability of war
ADSTAR Summit series: AI, data and decision advantage, with Paul Robards
Contestability at 25: Hugh White & Justin Bassi on ASPI's founding and Australia’s strategic future
ADSTAR Summit series: CDF Mark Hammond on technology and our future ‘great white shark’
Anton Leicht on Australia’s AI middle power pathway
ADSTAR Summit series: Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro on asymmetric advantage
Gabrielius Landsbergis on Ukraine, Russia, authoritarianism and the future of democracy
CNAS’s Janet Egan on AI security and Australia’s big opportunity
Taiwan in the bullseye of China’s AI-charged info warfare. With You-Hao Lai of DSET
The Great Escape: OpenAI models go rogue and China pressured at ASEAN. With David Wroe & Justin Bassi
Frontier AI, cyber and tech contest with China, with Mike Kuiken, Michael Sulmeyer and Sophie Mayo
Dean Ball on AI, power and geopolitics
Middle power ‘coalitions of the capable’, with Canada’s ex-head of defence strategy Raquel Garbers
Special episode: ASPI’s report on improving intelligence delivery for the AI age
On technological swords and shields, with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s Nicole Giles
Anne Neuberger on how AI is reshaping cyber offence and defence
AI, warfare & democratic values, with British firm Faculty AI’s head of defence
Britain’s AI Minister Kanishka Narayan on tech sovereignty and national strength
The Cost of Defence 2026 with ASPI’s Mike Hughes: “Reality still chasing rhetoric”
Getting human rights back on the agenda, with China researcher Yalkun Uluyol
EU defence official Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß on Europe’s rearmament and working with Australia
Former White House China director Matt Turpin on US-China relations and "managed trade"
ASPI view: Justin Bassi and David Wroe talk about Takaichi’s visit and Trump’s surprise move on AI
Dynamism and danger: Ray Powell and Jim Carouso on the Indo-Pacific
Darwin Dialogue Special: Resources Minister Madeleine King on Australia's critical minerals strategy
Self-reliant but not alone: ASPI unpacks the 2026 National Defence Strategy
“The party’s AI”: China’s use of artificial intelligence to protect the state
Ripple effects and bottlenecks, with NATO futurist Florence Gaub
‘The Iranian people do need help from the outside’: pro-freedom activist Nos Hosseini
Denying Greenlanders self-determination would mean war: former Danish natsec adviser Bo Lidegaard
What the hell do we do about Iran? With ASPI’s Justin Bassi and David Wroe
Arms Control Wonk’s Jeffrey Lewis on the Iran war and global nuclear risk
Aussie defence tech start-up Breaker lets you command swarms of robots. With co-CEO Michael Irwin
Estonia’s Foreign Minister: “Putin is just playing with Trump” on Ukraine peace
Ukrainian MP Galyna Mykhailiuk: ‘This is the moment when international law either exists or not.’
Anthropic vs Pentagon, Chinese AI and democracy with the GMF’s Lindsay Gorman
AI, the India summit and the future of work with Dr Andrew Charlton and Maxwell Scott
Wrestling the dragon: IPAC head Luke de Pulford on staring down Beijing
Mira Rapp-Hooper on Trump, China and the future of US grand strategy - Episode 100!
The Economist’s Shashank Joshi on 'purging the sentimentality' from our US relationship
RIP the world order? Constanze Stelzenmueller on trans-Atlantic turmoil and its consequences
Bondi terror attack: ASPI experts discuss antisemitism and national security lessons
TSD Summit Sessions: Selina Xu on China’s AI strategy and capabilities
TSD Summit Sessions: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety and risks
Digitising the world: Microsoft’s Mike Yeh on cloud computing, AI and sovereignty
Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf on how to make defence faster, cheaper and better
Superintelligence and human security, with Dan Hendrycks
‘We are not doing well’: Estonia’s Marko Mihkelson on democracy vs authoritarianism
Albo meets Trump, Putin finally cops it and superintelligence hits the headlines
Russian mind games: strategic comms guru Natalia Solieva on Moscow’s attempts to gaslight the world
Europe’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy, with Special Envoy Paola Pampaloni
Google’s Alice Friend on harnessing artificial intelligence
So you want to own Greenland? With Liz Buchanan.
General (Ret) Charles Flynn on land power, deterrence and technology in the Indo-Pacific
Australia’s future: Senator James Paterson on strategy, technology and securing the economy
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her fight for Belarus’ freedom
NATO futurist Florence Gaub on forecasting the future to shape the future
‘Geopolitical gaslighting’: Hybrid threats expert Elisabeth Braw on Iran, Russia and the new gig economy for bad guys
Mark Galeotti on Trump, Putin, Zelenskyy and the European posse
The Washington Post’s Anna Fifield on North Korea’s strategic cunning
Lord Mark Sedwill on global crises and the merits of fusing national power
The security of the stack: how hyperscale clouds, cables and data centres are becoming major strategic issues. With ASPI’s Jocelinn Kang.
China military scholar Elsa Kania on the PLA’s dramatic modernisation
Flooding the Twilight Zone: Can the sensible centre resist the onslaught of extremist conspiracy theories? With Julia Ebner
Bethany Allen explains her investigation into a British university’s joint venture campus in China
Albo’s trip to China, Trump’s lightbulb moment on Russia, and the latest clashes in Syria. Justin Bassi and David Wroe discuss the week’s issues.
AUKUS must succeed. With Sir Stephen Lovegrove
Comfort Ero on the ugly face of peacemaking
Estonia’s Ambassador to NATO Jüri Luik on money, solidarity and the future of the alliance
Canadian defence expert Raquel Garbers on NATO defence spending and Chinese economic warfare
How much should we let Trump be Trump? Justin Bassi and David Wroe discuss Iran and the NATO summit
The Philippines’ General Emmanuel Bautista on standing together against Chinese assertiveness
Going post-nuclear: Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the future of Iran
Papua New Guinea Defence Minister Billy Joseph on the march towards a security treaty
Donald Trump's foreign policy is performance art. With Kori Schake
ASPI's Justin Bassi on the latest 'Cost of Defence' report
AI expert Connor Leahy on superintelligence and the threat of human extinction
Nathalie Tocci on the birth of a new Europe, and what it means for Australian security
Sir Lawrence Freedman on the delusions that plague war planners
What satellites reveal about the clash over Kashmir, with Nathan Ruser
Ahmed Kodouda on the spiralling war and humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Special episode: Will India and Pakistan go nuclear? With Raji Rajagopalan
All the world's a stage but is Australian politics playing its part, with Laura Tingle and Peter Hartcher
Democracy in the age of disinformation, with Audrey Tang
The FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo on Trump’s tariffs and the disappearing Chinese general
The road to artificial general intelligence, with Helen Toner
Bringing Russia’s war criminals to justice, with Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk
Vladimir Putin is taking the peace, with Peter Tesch
What’s happening in Syria, with Aaron Zelin
Europe steps up, with Constanze Stelzenmüller
The Economist's Shashank Joshi on Trump, Ukraine and Europe's rearmament
Status update: Responsible state behaviour in cyberspace
Why Ukraine matters to the Indo-Pacific
A new world order? Ukraine’s Ambassador on Russia, the United States and Europe
It’s all about economic security with the EU’s Maria Martin-Prat
Stop the World is back with a pod on the Quad
Stop the World: Building cyber resilience with Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness
Strategic shifts with Thijs van der Plas, Anita Nergaard and Scott M. Oudkirk
Stop the World: Authoritarianism and the future of Hong Kong with Kevin Yam and Ted Hui
Artificial intimacy, persuasive technologies, and how bots can manipulate us
Urban warfare in Ukraine and Gaza with John Spencer
TSD Summit Sessions: The Climate Crisis with Anote Tong
Climate change and security with ‘Climate General’ Tom Middendorp
UK defence strategy, AUKUS and deterrence with General Sir Jim Hockenhull
TSD Summit Sessions: Diversity and national security with Arfiya Eri
TSD Summit Sessions: Quantum, semiconductors and security with Dr Pete Shadbolt
TSD Summit Sessions: AUKUS - lowering barriers, increasing capability with Abe Denmark
TSD Summit Sessions: Cyber security and tech diplomacy with Jennifer Bachus
TSD Summit Sessions: ASEAN, regional stability and disruptive tech with Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz
TSD Summit Sessions: Intelligence and evolving technology with Michael Rogers and Jason Healey
Multilateralism, UN reform and the WDSN with Lisa Sharland
Stop the World: TSD Summit Sessions: Strengthening peace and stability with Baiba Braže
Stop the World: TSD Summit Sessions: Artificial intelligence and catastrophic risk with Connor Leahy
TSD Summit Sessions: How to navigate the deep fake and disinformation minefield with Nina Jankowicz
TSD Summit Sessions: Defence, intelligence and technology with Shashank Joshi
TSD Summit Sessions: Artificial intelligence and the value of data with Jennifer Zhu Scott
Arbitrary detention on the rise and freedom of press on the decline with Peter Greste and Kylie Moore-Gilbert
TSD Summit Sessions: Economic security with Abigaël Vasselier
TSD Summit Sessions: Technology innovation and investment with Gilman Louie
Explainer: A quick dive into subsea cables with Jocelinn Kang and Jessie Jacob
Understanding AUSMIN, with Kim Beazley and Marise Payne
Japan in a blizzard of Indo-Pacific diplomacy with Guibourg Delamotte and Yamagami Shingo
Not just another conversation on Russia, with Mark Galeotti
TSD Summit Sessions: Countering hybrid threats with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai
The Sydney Dialogue Summit Sessions: Australia’s Cyber and Critical Technologies Ambassador Brendan Dowling
Peace on Ukraine’s terms, with Minister Bill Shorten
AUKUS, industry and public support with Sophia Gaston and Eric Chewning
Japan’s security, partnerships and regional strategic outlook with Narushige Michishita
Russia, North Korea and nuclear threats with Bee Yun Jo and Peter Tesch
Defence innovation and investment with Heather Richman and Linda Lourie
Securing democracy: countering disinformation in 2024
EU security and strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific
Defence innovation and the pathway to Pillar 2 success
Why auld acquaintance should ne’er be forgot
Mapping China's data harvesting and global propaganda efforts
The future of intelligence
Unpacking Australia’s new defence strategy
Human rights in 2024
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