Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping global power, prosperity and security but debates about AI sovereignty are often disconnected from the complex trade-offs leaders face. The tool presented in this report offers a practical solution. It is a structured and repeatable method to assess a nation’s AI maturity, sovereignty and agency across 103 AI capabilities.

This report profiles the telecommunications sector to better understand the risk landscape and whole-of-sector resilience. The resulting assessment and profile detailed in this report provide a common language and the foundations for a shared vision and cooperative action. It should be revisited regularly to track progress and demonstrate the ongoing commitment to improving sector resilience.

The 2016 US presidential election demonstrated the increasingly complex cyber and information environment in which democracies are operating.

The inaugural Australia–US Cyber Security Dialogue held in Washington DC in September 2016 examined cybersecurity issues and how best to manage them in a cooperative manner. The dialogue was facilitated by ASPI and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The robust bilateral and cross-sectoral discussion sessions traversed issues of cooperation in the Asia–Pacific...

Earlier this year ASPI hosted a roundtable discussion on the strategic, technological and force structure adjustments that must be made so that the Australian Army can successfully adapt to the challenges, and exploit the opportunities, of cyberspace. The roundtable was a closed-door discussion under the Chatham House rule among representatives from the Army, the Department...