AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading
indicator of a country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and technology capability.
energy, the environment, AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials
and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading indicator of a
country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and
technology capability.
Defence image library, https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20230728raaf8660203_0068.jpg&Type=Filename 
iStockphoto, https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/vertical-aerial-photograph-of-mineral-raw-material-port-gm1584748346-528952034 
Dragonfire laser system test firing/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Dragonfire_laser_system_test_firing.webp 
2025, Prime Ministers Office of Japan, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/104/diplomatic/202510/26australia.html 
Dean Calma / IAEA, https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/53210958862 
Photo by Engin Akyurt: https://www.pexels.com/photo/gasoline-pumps-in-close-up-photography-12377480/ 
2026, Defence Imagery, LSIS Danyellah Hill 
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, rivalries and unravellings, 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, launched in April 2024. 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.
The Sydney Dialogue 2025
The Sydney Dialogue attracts the world’s top thinkers, innovators and policymakers, and focusses on the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and security. TSD has become the place where new partnerships are built among governments, industry and civil society, and where existing partnerships are deepened.
Date: 4-5 December
Location: Sydney, Australia
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