Defence, Security & Space

Many of the security challenges we face threaten to undermine the core tenets of liberal democracies. Internationally, a digital war is already taking place. In military parlance this is “competition below conflict”: deliberate efforts deployed to impair individual, corporate and government decision-making through corrupt, distorted, or false information campaigns. In recent years cyber interference from foreign actors in the domestic affairs of other nations has become public knowledge.

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Artificial Intelligence, Social Media & Disruptive Technologies

Democracy, Participation & Human Rights

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In the Cognitive War – The Weapon is You!

Cognitive Warfare

Trust as a strategic resource for the defence of Australia

Australia, the utility of force and the society-centric battlespace

Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security & Governance

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