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The National Security Podcast — 297 episodes
The maritime gateway: ports and border security
How thirsty is AI? Competing for Australia's most strategic resource
Is Australia ready for the next pathogen threat?
NZ Chief of Army on Plan ANZAC and the future of land power
AUKUS at five: facts and fears
Security, power and the perspectives we miss
Beyond oil: what the Hormuz crisis means for Australia
“The future is expensive” – managing cost-of-living while investing in security
2026 National Defence Strategy: evolution, not revolution
Truth, trust and the algorithm: can democracy keep up?
No worries? What Australians think about security, risk and resilience
What is driving the war in Iran – and what comes next?
Plotting a through line: February 2026 geopolitics update
Modernising Australia's border security
Why organised crime is now a national security threat
Pat Conroy on defence reform, industry and the Pacific
The future will thank us: an intergenerational approach to security
Australia’s Chief of the Defence Force: reflections on half a century of service
Seeing the unseen: why geospatial intelligence is important
Democratic resilience in the digital age
Sustaining deterrence and building defence industrial resilience
What Finland can teach Australia about national security
Evolving lessons in counterterrorism from 9/11 to 2025
Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
The evolution of strategic deterrence
Partners with limits: inside the China–Russia relationship
PM Albanese's China visit and the future of the Aus-China relationship
How can we avoid conflict in our region?
Unpacking the Australia-US relationship with “our man in Washington”
A decade at the helm: in conversation with Rory Medcalf
Nuclear flashpoint: Iran strikes, non-proliferation, and future threats
Disasters, distrust, and disinformation
Iran, Israel and the future of Middle East security
The trans-Tasman alliance: strengthening Australia-NZ security ties
In conversation with Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff
AI, rights and rules: who’s accountable in an automated world?
Australia decides 2025: national security priorities
Transatlantic security crisis? NATO and Europe's strategic dilemma
Insidious and underappreciated? The impact of gender-based violence on national security
Why Taiwan’s security matters to Australia and the world
China's evolving relationship with the United States
Is Australia prepared? Lessons from the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review
Aid, development, and Australia’s national security: why it matters now more than ever
How global shocks, supply chains, and innovation impact food security
China's naval activity off Australia: coercion or common practice?
Russia, the US, and the (uncertain) future of “the West”
Security in transition: Trump’s America, alliances, and global stability
Who decides? Courts, citizenship, and national security
Contest for the High North: Greenland and Arctic security
BRICS and the global order: shifting tides or a club of convenience?
Africa: Australia’s Indo-Pacific “blind spot”
The power of fiction and storytelling in understanding national security
Think you can identify misinformation online? Research shows you probably can’t
Pat Conroy on defending Australia and Pacific partnerships
Andrew Hastie on social cohesion, defence, and strategic challenges
‘I have concepts of a plan’: what to expect from Trump 2.0
Trust and leadership in intelligence and national security: Women in National Security
George Brandis on how politics and national security intersect
In conversation with Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart
Killer robots and unpredictability: the new face of weapons regulation
Beyond the ballot: misinformation, trust and truth in elections
The politics of migration, refugees and national security
The impact of climate change on national security
The new oil: critical minerals, rare earths, and the clean energy transition
Quad Leaders’ Summit: setting it up for success in "phase 3"
Fostering ethical leadership: why compassion matters in public service
The AUKUS officials, part 3: Damian Parmenter, UK Director General AUKUS
Transformative and resilient: reflections from the 2024 Pacific Islands Forum
Going for gold: sport, statecraft, and security
The ultimate high ground: Australia’s role in the space domain
India’s evolving place in the world under a third Modi government
Alliances and security agreements in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
Australia’s AUKUS officials, part 2: Tanya Monro, Chief Defence Scientist
Australia’s AUKUS officials, part 1: Hugh Jeffrey, Deputy Secretary SP&I
Like-minded lessons: why Australia should be watching Europe's approach to China closely
The future of Australian elections and Australian democracy
Terrorism and extremism: a present and evolving threat
Economic security: shocks, preparedness and resilience
Social licence for national security: what’s the mandate?
Chinese strategy and statecraft: coercion and competition in the Indo-Pacific
Safeguarding the present and future of democracy
Future direction of the AUKUS agreement: what role for Japan and others?
It wouldn’t happen in Australia: can the centre hold?
The monitor's lens: the Secrecy Review and insights from the INSLM
Indo-Pacific statecraft: deterrence and diplomacy
Deterrence and denial: navigating the 2024 National Defence Strategy
One and free: interests, values and national identity
An intergenerational approach to national security policymaking
Insights into intelligence: statecraft, security, and truth
Trouble in paradise? What’s next for the Australia-Solomon Islands relationship?
In conversation with the EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific, Richard Tibbels
ASEAN-Australia ambitions: celebrating 50 years of dialogue
Fixing systems, not women: space and the Women, Peace and Security agenda
Promise and peril: what to expect from the year of elections
‘Joined at the hip’: what next for the Australia-PNG relationship?
An ocean of opportunities: why Australia should prioritise the Indian Ocean Region
Election watch 2024: what makes Indonesian democracy unique?
Australia’s role in regional cyber resilience
How the role of OSINT will change in a landscape of data abundance
Why Indo-Pacific maritime security matters
Why big tech is now in the geopolitical driver’s seat
The changing nature of violent extremism: challenges in a new age
Bots, trolls and geopolitics: examining the dark side of social media
Taiwan’s 2024 elections: what you need to know
National security oversight: who watches the watchers?
How artificial intelligence is changing the rules of policymaking
Insights from Aotearoa: New Zealand's first National Security Strategy
Vetting the future: ASIO's progress towards a fairer security clearance process
Women in National Security LIVE with Kathryn McMullan, Kim Brennan, Nu Nu Win and Olivia Shen
The rise of open-source intelligence in a hyperconnected world
PM Albanese's China visit: expectations and realities
Senator James Paterson on national security, China and Australia's social cohesion
Former Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos on PM Albanese’s US visit
Navigating ‘digital empires’: how to pursue innovation through tech regulation
Competing at the cutting edge: the Quad’s role in critical and emerging technology
The biotechnology revolution: opportunities for the Quad
The changing nature of violent extremism: challenges in a new age
Strengthening national security through diversity: an interview with ASIS’ Chief Technology Officer
The quantum frontier: Australia’s achievements and ambitions
Mapping the future: how strategic foresight can supercharge policymaking
Beyond crime scenes: the proactive power of modern forensic science
Under a growing shadow: Kevin Yam on Hong Kong's future
The view from Washington: Charles Edel on Australia-US relations
Addressing atrocities in the digital era
Risk and reward: Chinese Australians and the national security community
South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy: a new era of regional engagement
Redefining the battlefield: robotics, artificial intelligence and the Australian Army
Strengthening Australia's social fabric: insights from Islam
Can the US-China relationship be rehabilitated?
Australia’s intelligence leaders in conversation
SIGINT: an unofficial history with Clare Birgin and John Blaxland
‘Australia's Security in China's Shadow’: in conversation with Dr Euan Graham
Inside the Defence Strategic Review: a conversation with Secretariat co-lead, Professor Peter Dean
The Quad pod: perspectives on Indo-Pacific diplomacy
Examining Korea’s place in the Indo-Pacific regional order
Guardians of this land: a First Nations perspective on security
Climate science as intelligence: Antarctica’s strategic value
Bots, trolls and geopolitics: examining the dark side of social media
An integral part of governing: Women, Peace and Security
Beyond the ‘comfort zone’: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Why big tech is now in the geopolitical driver’s seat
Gaining strategic advantage through cultural and linguistic diversity
Australia’s population 'reality check'
ANZUS, AUKUS and everything in between: Australians’ views of the US Alliance
In conversation with Minister Clare O’Neil
One year of war in Ukraine: is the end in sight?
The future of space security
The lesser-known – and poorly understood – part of AUKUS
National resilience in a changing world: lessons from Europe
Stranger than fiction: imagination as an instrument of national security
What 2022 can tell us about the year ahead
Procuring nuclear propulsion, while preventing proliferation
The United Kingdom’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific
Russia, China and the Indo-Pacific: a Japanese perspective
Gareth Evans on repositioning Australia for a new age of geopolitics
Women in National Security LIVE with Nina Davidson, Catherine Burn and Abigail Bradshaw
Understanding the United States’ National Security Strategy
Clare O'Neil MP and Professor Ciaran Martin on cyber security
ASIS Director-General Paul Symon AO in conversation
Women in National Security: Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor at ANU National Security College
India’s strategic direction with Dr C Raja Mohan
Peter Khalil MP on the competition between authoritarianism and democracy
Women in National Security: Lindy Cameron, CEO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre
Former Navy chief Michael Noonan on AUKUS, nuclear submarines, and Australian sea power
The future of artificial intelligence: understanding strategic implications
How terrorism has changed since 9/11
Germany’s reality check on China: a Green perspective
Women in National Security: Sophia Hamblin Wang, Chief Operating Officer for Mineral Carbonation International
Development and geopolitics in Southeast Asia
The future of Australian diplomacy in the Pacific
Cold winds - How Finland sees national security
Women in National Security: Elise Stephenson, gender researcher and Fulbright Scholar
How the global economy is reshaping international security
Working with India: understanding the limits and potential
Women in National Security: Julie-Ann Guivarra of the National Indigenous Australians Agency
Young Australians in national security and foreign affairs
Critical submarine cables: a deep dive into undersea infrastructure
Development, conflict mitigation, and security for the Pacific
‘Secret statecraft’ in the spotlight
Post-election impressions with Duncan Lewis and Caitlin Byrne
Women in National Security: Catherine Burn, Deputy Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Election explainer: outlining the national security policies on offer
The Pacific’s ‘Pandora’s box’: unpacking the Solomon Islands-China security deal
Women in National Security: Abigail Bradshaw, Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre
The European Union’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Climate change, disaster preparedness, and the Australian Defence Force
Indo-Pacific diplomacy and the war on Ukraine
Women in National Security: Australia’s first Space Commander Catherine Roberts
UK-Australia relations with High Commissioner George Brandis
Reporting the war on Ukraine with journalist Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop
A new age of economic statecraft?
A path to peace: Sir Lawrence Freedman on Russia’s war on Ukraine
Women in National Security: Nina Davidson from the Office of National Intelligence
Consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine
Introducing: The Women in National Security series
The evolving China-Russia relationship and its impact on Australia
Revitalising the Australia-United Kingdom security agenda
The 100th National Security Podcast - what can we learn from 2021?
How the Chinese Communist Party sees China’s place in the world
Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers on securing Australian democracy
Minister Paul Fletcher on governing in the Internet age
Senator Penny Wong on expanding Australia’s power and influence
Quad Tech Network – Biotech in the Indo-Pacific
Professor James Renwick on national security law and intelligence oversight
Quad Tech Network - A 5G risk and resilience framework for the Quad
Quad Tech Network – A techno-diplomacy strategy for telecommunications in the Indo-Pacific
Senator Jenny McAllister on intelligence oversight and diversity in national security
Quad Tech Network – How to secure battery value chains
Balancing acts: unpacking Australia’s electronic surveillance law
Tom Tugendhat MP on the AUKUS “ménage à trois”
Understanding Australia – the vital role played by the National Archives with Director-General David Fricker
Indo-Pacific Futures – Geoeconomics
High Commissioner to Australia HE Manpreet Vohra on the future of India’s role in the world
Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology
Tim Watts MP on national identity and cyber literacy in Australia
Indo-Pacific Futures – The grey zone, hybrid war, and minilateralism
Avoiding a space race to the bottom: Australia as a ‘middle space power’
Audiopaper | New Indo-Pacific partnership: building Australia-Bangladesh security ties
The next ‘Asian tiger’: building Australia-Bangladesh security ties
Audiopaper | Australia as a space power: combining civil, defence, and diplomatic efforts
Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology on a values-based approach to tech diplomacy
Audiopaper | Protecting education exports: minimising the damage of China’s future economic coercion
How Australia can protect its education exports from China
Re-thinking Australian science policy in a changed world
Audiopaper | Clever country in a changed world: re-thinking Australian science policy
Senator James Paterson on Australian security and foreign interference
Charge d’Affaires Mike Goldman on US-Australia relations and regional security
Secrecy or transparency? Modernising intelligence
Senator Kristina Keneally on the threat of right-wing extremism
Goodbye 2020, we never loved you
Australia’s defence agenda in a contested Indo-Pacific
Frances Adamson on securing Australia in an age of disruption
American democracy at a moment of change
Caroline Millar on securing Australia in an age of disruption
Michael Pezzullo on security as a positive and unifying force
Molly McKew on disinformation and the presidential election
COVID-19 and the private sector’s role in health security
Geopolitics in a time of great distraction
Australian Signals Directorate's Rachel Noble on securing the nation
Securing Australia with Major General Duncan Lewis
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy
Digital trust and the cost of cyber failure
Great power competition with Ali Wyne
Australia's Defence Strategy Update
Information warfare with Major General Marcus Thompson
Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Australia and COVID-19
Foreign investment and national security
Indonesia and COVID-19
American national security and the 2020 election
Policy challenges of responding to climate change and COVID-19
Disinformation - from climate change to COVID-19
The implications of climate change for national security
Rory Medcalf on the contest for the Indo-Pacific
Ask Policy Forum: The podcast where you ask the questions
Populism and Australia’s future in Asia
Freedom of the press and the year that was 2019
Impeachment, foreign policy, and national security
Women in National Security: Hon Mariya Didi, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Maldives
Techlosophy and the future of security
Right-wing extremism and domestic terror (part two)
Right-wing extremism and domestic terrorism (part one)
Fintech and the geopolitics of crypto-currencies
In the middle of the Indo-Pacific: Japan, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands
Identity, geopolitics, and Europe’s place in the new world order
Kelly Magsamen on US National Security Policy
National Security Podcast extra: Hugh White on How to Defend Australia
National security and the media in Southeast Asia
Battlefield singularity, AI pixie dust, and the future of war
Economic warfare and the globalisation of innovation
The Quad pod
Tech, law, and the day cyber turned kinetic
National Security Podcast: Laura Rosenberger – Democracy, China, and Trump
Strategic forecasting with the UK Ministry of Defence
National Security Podcast extra: India and Pakistan, to the brink again
Data, cyber, and the social contract
Counter-terrorism and China's war on Uyghurs
Hostage diplomacy and the Huawei indictments
An inside look at countering terror
National Security Podcast: Unpacking the APEC powerplays
Women in National Security – episode 6
Women in National Security – episode 5
Women in National Security – episode 4
Women in National Security – episode 3
Women in National Security – episode 2
Women in National Security – episode 1
Facts and fears with James Clapper
Putting India in the Indo-Pacific
A shifting maritime landscape
Securing elections and fighting fake news
Countering violent extremism
Binary bullets
The Helsinki head-scratcher
National Security Podcast: Weaponised narratives
Terrorism 2.0
Summitry and strategy
Podcast extra: Trump 0, Kim 1
Rory Medcalf: the rise of the Indo-Pacific