Stop the World
by Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Latest episode
A French connection: nuclear doctrine in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
A French connection: nuclear doctrine in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
About this podcast
Everything seems to be accelerating: geopolitics, technology, security threats, the dispersal of information. At times, it feels like a blur. But beneath the dizzying proliferation of events, discoveries, there are deeper trends that can be grasped and understood through conversation and debate. That’s the idea behind Stop the World, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s podcast on international affairs and security. Each week, we cast a freeze-frame around the blur of events and bring some clarity and insight on defence, technology, cyber, geopolitics and foreign policy.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 151 episodes
- A French connection: nuclear doctrine in Europe and the Indo-Pacific · 35 minNuclear doctrine is once again back on the agenda, with Russian sabre-rattling and questions being asked about the US nuclear umbrella. This week, ASPI Senior Analyst Dr Alex…
- How to build a sovereign Australian AI industry · 48 minIn this episode of our TSD Artificial Intelligence Masterclass series, the United States Studies Centre's Olivia Shen leads a panel discussion with Andrew Hastie, Shadow Minister…
- How Russia and Iran openly use the shadow fleet, with Michelle Wiese Bockmann · 53 minGlobal shipping is vital to economics and security. We have seen it in relation to Russia’s war on Ukraine and we have felt it globally with the disruption to the Hormuz Strait…
- Europe should be prepared, not panicked: Lithuanian defence tech leader Kristijonas Vizbaras · 40 minEurope is rearming, but can it build the defence industrial capacity it needs to stand on its own two feet? In this episode of Stop the World, David Wroe speaks with Kristijonas…
- Anthropic’s Jeff Bleich on AI safety and democracy · 30 minIn this episode of our TSD Artificial Intelligence Masterclass, Politico Australia's Ryan Heath interviews Anthropic International Special Envoy, Jeff Bleich. AI safety was a…
- AI and cybersecurity with ASD Director-General Abi Bradshaw · 30 minIn the next episode of our TSD Artificial Intelligence Masterclass series, Justin Bassi speaks to Abi Bradshaw, Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate. The…
- OpenAI’s Ann O’Leary on AI guardrails, geopolitics and global governance · 31 minOn 14 September, ASPI hosted its Sydney Dialogue Artificial Intelligence Masterclass in Canberra. We’re bringing some of the sessions to Stop the World listeners in the coming…
- AI safety and opportunities with Dr Andrew Charlton MP · 33 minOn 14 September, ASPI hosted its Sydney Dialogue Artificial Intelligence Masterclass in Canberra, and in the coming weeks, we're bringing some of the sessions to Stop the World…
- ‘Not happy, Sam!’ David Wroe and Justin Bassi on the AI Medicare breach and the Trump-Xi Summit · 45 minAI safety and security is now one of the global stories of the year. This week it landed with a thud on Australia’s doorstep with the news that AI agents being tested by OpenAI…
- China and the great AI race. With AEI’s Ryan Fedasiuk and ASPI’s Alex Colville · 58 minThe AI news is coming thick and fast. OpenAI and Anthropic have called for the industry to pace its development, and to slow down if necessary so safety research can catch up…
- Bridging the gap: New Zealand's Chief Defence Scientist on innovation, sovereignty and AI · 19 minDavid Galligan is Chief Defence Scientist and head of Defence Science & Technology with the New Zealand Defence Force. He was a keynote speaker at the recent ADSTAR Summit, held…
- ADSTAR Summit series: RAAF’s Ross Rice on getting technology into the fight faster · 26 minGroup Captain Ross Rice heads the Rapid Capability Office under Plan Jericho, the Royal Australian Air Force's effort to integrate technology and innovation, and to get new…
- Retired Major-General Roger Noble on the horror and unavoidability of war · 50 minRetired Major-General Roger Noble AO, DSC, CSC joins STW to talk about his new book, My Long War, covering his remarkable career over six operational deployments to Iraq…
- ADSTAR Summit series: AI, data and decision advantage, with Paul Robards · 33 minOn the sidelines of the ADSTAR Summit, STW speaks with Paul Robards, Defence's Chief Data Integration Officer, who also has responsibility for the Defence Artificial Intelligence…
- Contestability at 25: Hugh White & Justin Bassi on ASPI's founding and Australia’s strategic future · 1 h 27 minThis Saturday marks ASPI's 25th birthday – the date the institute began operations in 2001. To mark it, STW is joined by Hugh White, ASPI's founding executive director, and…
- ADSTAR Summit series: CDF Mark Hammond on technology and our future ‘great white shark’ · 12 minAustralia’s new Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral Mark Hammond, joins STW on the sidelines of the ADSTAR Summit in Adelaide to share his thoughts on the integration of advanced…
- Anton Leicht on Australia’s AI middle power pathway · 1 h 0 minSTW speaks with Anton Leicht, one of the most compelling voices on the geopolitics and economics of artificial intelligence. Anton has become a leading authority on how middle…
- ADSTAR Summit series: Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro on asymmetric advantage · 29 minAs a relatively small military, the Australian Defence Force needs to fight and win through advantages such as superior technology. Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro…
- Gabrielius Landsbergis on Ukraine, Russia, authoritarianism and the future of democracy · 59 minAs foreign minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024, few people had the front row seat of Gabrielius Landsbergis to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Trump’s return to the…
- CNAS’s Janet Egan on AI security and Australia’s big opportunity · 1 h 10 minJanet Egan is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, and one of the most respected…
