Australian Strategic Policy Institute

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 In ‘Responsible cyber behaviour in the Indo-Pacific: Views from Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan and Taiwan’, Gatra Priyandita, PhD and Louise Marie Hurel urge the international community to broaden its understanding of responsible cyber behaviour by incorporating diverse perspectives from the Indo-Pacific—a region critical to the future of global cyber governance. 📕 Read it now ↪️ bit.ly/40sHoNq

'It’s early days. US big tech is not going to rest on its oars. DeepSeek may not be as cheap as it claims, nor as original. Indeed, OpenAI is investigating whether DeepSeek leaned on the company’s tools to train its own model. But when it comes to protecting our digital ecosystems from emerging technologies with the game-changing potential of DeepSeek, it’s never too early to start planning', writes Simeon Gilding.

Important and timely piece by ASPI's Dr John Coyne on the rise of antisemitism and why governments need to improve and strengthen messaging to the Australian public in the interests of social cohesion and national resilience. "Instead of confronting extremism, radicalisation and the growing influence of ideological violence, policymakers have retreated into reticence, offering platitudes that fail to give the public confidence or deter those who seek to cause harm." Read it here ⤵️

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On the federal government's response to rising antisemitism in Australia, Dr John Coyne writes in The Sydney Morning Herald: 'The government’s approach – avoiding public discussion for fear of inflaming tensions – belongs to a bygone era. Excessive reticence was a flawed strategy even before social media, but now, in an age in which digital communications dominate every aspect of our lives, it is a liability.' Read it now ⤵️

'A PNG team playing in Australia is not an inherently bad idea. It’s a significant diplomatic achievement and one that will have deep symbolic import for many people in both nations…But there is not unlimited money. The long-run strategic payoffs of addressing the basic human development challenges that drive PNG’s fragility seem likely to be greater,' writes William Leben.

The Krach Institute asked members of our Global Trusted Tech Network about their takeaways from the DeepSeek announcement. Here's what they said. Michelle Giuda Vijay Raghunathan Isaac Stone Fish Audrey Tang Roman P. Geoffrey Cain Dan Cimpean Shiran Mlamdovsky Somech Justin Bassi David Wroe Australian Strategic Policy Institute Purdue University

'US tech stocks, especially chipmaker Nvidia, plunged on Monday after news that the small China-based company DeepSeek had achieved a dramatic and reportedly inexpensive advance in artificial intelligence. But the step forward for China’s AI industry was in fact foreseeable. It was foreseeable from ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker,' write Jennifer Wong-Leung and Stephan Robin.

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 On 13 February, join ASPI's David Wroe, Canada’s Deputy Secretary for AI Dr Mark Schaan, and Microsoft ANZ's National Technology Officer Sarah Carney, for a look at the responsible adoption of AI and its impact on geopolitics 🌐. 📝 Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hTLdCz

🔔 JOB ALERT 🔔 We are looking for a Program Coordinator to help support the coordination and delivery of ASPI’s professional development programs! The role of ASPI's Professional Development program is to enhance strategic policy capability by exploring current and emerging policy challenges and building effective policy making and strategic analytical skills. Interested? Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3SOLE6e