The National Security Podcast
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The National Security Podcast
Expert analysis, insights and opinion on the national security challenges facing Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sustaining deterrence and building defence industrial resilience
Do the US and other Western allies still maintain an edge over China in defence industry and innovation?
How are partnerships between China, Ru...
What Finland can teach Australia about national security
How does Finland view strategic linkages between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions?
What is the Finnish model of ‘Comprehensive Securi...
Evolving lessons in counterterrorism from 9/11 to 2025
How has the terrorism threat landscape evolved since 9/11, and what makes today’s challenges more complex?
How is the counterterrorism response...
Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
How has Indonesia’s foreign policy evolved under President Prabowo?
Is Indonesia slowly moving from being ‘non-aligned’ to being ‘multi-aligned...
The evolution of strategic deterrence
How has strategic deterrence evolved from the Cold War to contemporary times?
What is ‘strategic substitution,’ and how has China used it to cr...
Partners with limits: inside the China–Russia relationship
How aligned are China and Russia's strategic interests?
How is this relationship playing out in relation to competing spheres of influence in C...
PM Albanese's China visit and the future of the Aus-China relationship
How has the Australia-China relationship changed since the Prime Minister’s last visit to China in 2023?
From China's perspective, how does its...
How can we avoid conflict in our region?
What are some of the key mechanisms for avoiding conflict?
Why is ASEAN a key player in preventive diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region?
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Unpacking the Australia-US relationship with “our man in Washington”
Is America retreating from global leadership?
Is this just a temporary wave of tension in the bilateral relationship, or might it signal a broa...
A decade at the helm: in conversation with Rory Medcalf
How has Australia’s security landscape changed over the last decade?
How was the Indo-Pacific concept born, and how has it evolved?
What...
Nuclear flashpoint: Iran strikes, non-proliferation, and future threats
What impact will US and Israeli air strikes on Iran have on global non-proliferation efforts?
How is Trump reshaping the US's leadership in nuc...
Disasters, distrust, and disinformation
What are some of the challenges societies face because of mis- and disinformation during disaster response?
How can Australia adapt to deal wit...
Iran, Israel and the future of Middle East security
Where do the other Middle East countries and the Gulf nations stand on the Iran-Israel conflict? How do they view the US’ changing foreign policy?
The trans-Tasman alliance: strengthening Australia-NZ security ties
What is the ‘foreign policy reset’ undertaken by New Zealand’s National government, and how does it differ from the previous Labour government’s appro...
In conversation with Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff
Why is the Indo-Pacific of importance to Canada? Will it have a more consistent presence in the region in the future?
How is Canada adapting i...
AI, rights and rules: who’s accountable in an automated world?
Can differing global approaches to AI regulation and investment work together, or are we headed toward fragmented, siloed systems?
How can AI g...
Australia decides 2025: national security priorities
How is the re-elected Labor Government expected to approach national security and foreign policy in its new term of office?
Can Australia strik...
Transatlantic security crisis? NATO and Europe's strategic dilemma
Is Europe ready to defend itself without the United States? What roles do major countries like France, Germany, the UK, and partners like Australia pl...
Insidious and underappreciated? The impact of gender-based violence on national security
What is the link between gender and extremism? What makes it a national security issue?
Can domestic violence act as a ‘comorbidity’ for extrem...
Why Taiwan’s security matters to Australia and the world
What kind of external pressures and foreign interference is Taiwan facing?
How does Taiwan balance its status as a global tech giant with its...
China's evolving relationship with the United States
How does China’s leadership view the relationship with the US, and how has that perspective evolved over the years?
How might China seek to tak...
Is Australia prepared? Lessons from the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review
Is Australia doing enough to make intelligence useful for policymakers, parliamentarians, and cabinet ministers?
How can Australia build an int...
Aid, development, and Australia’s national security: why it matters now more than ever
What impact will cuts to foreign aid have on security in Southeast Asia and the Pacific?
Why is international development essential to Australi...
How global shocks, supply chains, and innovation impact food security
What are the biggest contemporary threats to food security? How do global shocks affect supply chains?
How will the Trump tariffs impact Austra...
China's naval activity off Australia: coercion or common practice?
Was China's live fire exercise off Australia's coast permissible under international law? What might have been the rationale behind this exercise?
Russia, the US, and the (uncertain) future of “the West”
What parallels can be drawn between Russia’s democratic decline and challenges facing the US and other Western democracies?
What are the prosp...
Security in transition: Trump’s America, alliances, and global stability
How is the shift in foreign policy under Donald Trump reshaping US alliances, and what does this mean for global security?
To what extent is th...
Who decides? Courts, citizenship, and national security
How does the exercise of judicial power shape national security law and policymaking in Australia?
What legal safeguards exist to balance civil...
Contest for the High North: Greenland and Arctic security
Why is everyone suddenly talking about Greenland?
How will Arctic security be impacted by rising great power competition?
How have US ne...
BRICS and the global order: shifting tides or a club of convenience?
Is BRICS primarily a challenge to Western-led institutions, or does it serve a broader purpose in global governance?
How effective has BRICS be...
Africa: Australia’s Indo-Pacific “blind spot”
How should Australia strengthen engagement with Africa?
How do perceptions of Africa influence Australia’s approach to bilateral and regional pa...
The power of fiction and storytelling in understanding national security
How can fiction and storytelling effectively engage the public with the complex challenges of national security?
How does storytelling bridge ga...
Think you can identify misinformation online? Research shows you probably can’t
Only three percent of Australian adults were able to demonstrate the ability to verify information online, in a recent study.
How can media lit...
Pat Conroy on defending Australia and Pacific partnerships
How can Australia continue to champion the rules-based order, while balancing its strategic relationships and defence priorities?
How is the...
Andrew Hastie on social cohesion, defence, and strategic challenges
As the notion of a single ‘global theatre of struggle’ gains traction, what are the major challenges that Australia currently faces?
How has Aus...
‘I have concepts of a plan’: what to expect from Trump 2.0
How does the United States' presidential transition process work, and how does it compare to the Australian electoral system?
How might the ele...
Trust and leadership in intelligence and national security: Women in National Security
How does our strategic environment inform leadership in intelligence and national security?
How do partnerships assist intel collection in an i...
George Brandis on how politics and national security intersect
What is the relationship between national security and politics?
How does national security policymaking differ from other areas of public poli...
In conversation with Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart
What is the role of the Army in an era shaped by strategic competition?
How is the Army adapting for wars of the future?
Why is it importa...
Killer robots and unpredictability: the new face of weapons regulation
How will automated systems and artificial intelligence change the nature of weaponry?
What ethical issues are at play when we discuss lethal aut...