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Wong 'outraged' at Israeli decision to not criminally investigate Zomi Frankcom killing – video

'Australia is outraged by the Israeli government's decision to not pursue any criminal proceedings against those respons...

The anti-ballistic missile shortage

In six months of on-again, off-again fighting with Iran, the United States has effectively exhausted its supply of heavy...

Russian greenhouse operator plans to hire 50 North Korean workers as students

A former state-run Russian farm is seeking to bring 50 North Korean men and women to work at its greenhouse as “student ...

How AI Could Hollow Out the U.S. Military

The best soldiers know how to think for themselves.

Australia’s AI future relies on our scientific capability

This week is National Science Week. When the Minister for Industry, Senator Tim Ayres, launched it at Questacon, he put ...

Trump says he’ll meet Kim this year, despite Pyongyang denying communication

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, despite Pyongyan...

NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory

Without a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year.

Fault Lines – Putin’s Kurils trip, US’s carrier gap, China’s NZ espionage

Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actio...

The ‘Extinct Volcanoes’ Problem: Why Unit Strength Is Not Combat Power

More than a century ago, Aleksandr Svechin warned against mistaking formations that still existed on paper for units tha...

Space Force Funding Could Be Record High, If Congress Agrees

The Administration is requesting $71 billion for the U.S. Space Force in FY2027, more than twice what it has now. An ana...

No-Go for Katalyst’s Reboost of NASA’s Swift Observatory

Katalyst Space and NASA concluded today that reboosting the Swift Observatory with Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will not b...

Who controls the Pacific’s communications?

Submarine cables, social media algorithms and AI systems all shape whether Pacific information reaches its audience — an...

Working with Australia, India should focus on South Asia’s digital transformation

India needs to pay greater attention to South Asia’s digital transformation as part of its regional strategy. Digital in...

Bosnia’s high representative succession dispute exposes a deeper transatlantic rift

A deadlock over Bosnia and Herzegovina's next high representative reflects competing US and EU visions for the country a...

Inside Iran’s Wartime Regime

Afshon Ostovar, one of the leading experts on Iran and the host of the members-only podcast The Iran Reckoning, is joine...

Pentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO

David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office’s National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office...

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026

The view from South Korea on Trump scaling back joint military exercises

Seoul-based Atlantic Council experts weigh in on how US president’s decision to cut short military training is being vie...

A revisit of remote Spectre attacks on Cloudflare Workers

In 2024 and 2025, we reassessed remote Spectre attacks on our Workers infrastructure. We share details about the new att...

Exclusive: Linux Foundation's Akrites to Go Live in September

The Linux Foundation's Akrites initiative will become operational in September, when it will begin accepting AI-powered ...

How Ukraine’s strikes on Russian warehouses became a problem in Kyrgyzstan

Producers as far afield as Central Asia have been affected by Ukraine’s drones attacks on the e-commerce giant.

MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

eSentire uncovered a malware campaign combining ClickFix lures with ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

Kim Yo Jong denies Trump-Kim contact, dismisses scale back of military drills

Kim Jong Un’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong has seemingly denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he is in cont...

Middle powers are reshaping the Indo-Pacific, too

The contest between Washington and Beijing isn’t the whole story.

An Australian gift of guns to PNG must not end up in the wrong hands

Before handing PNG thousands more rifles, Australia must prove the armouries meant to store them are secure.

New Delhi’s Mecca Pact calculus

Pakistan reads the Mecca Pact as deterrence – India reads it as one more variable to manage.

China risk returns in American bond markets

China doesn’t have to tank the US bond market, just hike it up a little bit to make Washington concede on a given day.

Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign

Grandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections

Longer wells boost Permian crude oil and natural gas production

Well operators in the Permian region of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are getting more oil and gas out of the gro...

OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident

OpenAI is strengthening safeguards for its most advanced AI models, citing growing risks as frontier systems gain more p...

Q&A: What is ‘long-duration energy storage’ – and why does the UK need it?

The UK is pioneering the use of “super batteries” that can store energy for long periods, smoothing the output from… The...

Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations Hit by Medusa Ransomware

The FBI warned that the RaaS operation has significantly enhanced its tactics, techniques and procedures, making it hard...

ICO Urges Police to Improve Data Governance in Facial Recognition Rollouts

The UK’s privacy watchdog has called on police using facial recognition to follow its recommendations

UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026

Cifas data finds account takeover and identity fraud are driving a surge in fraud cases

Trump courts Kim again, US-ROK drills shrink and a more confident North Korea

Donald Trump is once again reaching out to Kim Jong Un, praising their personal relationship, calling for a reduction in...

Contested Logistics and the “Last Unmanned Mile”

In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare...

North Korean ‘trainees’ appear packaging Finnish-marketed pet food in Russia

Dozens of North Koreans appeared to work at a Moscow factory handling canned food for cats and dogs marketed as a Finnis...

Managed Instability: Why the Wars Against Iran and Ukraine Can Go On and On and On…

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still...

Christine Lagarde: Panel remarks about the European economy during a discussion on the global economic outlook at the World Economic Forum

Proving the Negative: Three Warnings from Arms Control for the Age of AI

In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union o...