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Analysis of AI, semiconductors, cyber operations, software systems, and digital infrastructure as instruments of strategic competition.

When the Network Goes Dark: Starlink's Vulnerability and the Future of Western Military Power

When the Network Goes Dark: Starlink's Vulnerability and the Future of Western Military Power

Russia's growing ability to jam SpaceX's satellite constellation threatens not just Ukraine's battlefield communications but the entire architecture of American and NATO military operations from Eastern Europe to the Pacific.

When the Signal Dies: Australia's Telecommunications Fragility and the Cascading Consequences of Infrastructure Failure

When the Signal Dies: Australia's Telecommunications Fragility and the Cascading Consequences of Infrastructure Failure

The 2023 Optus outage severed ten million Australians from banking, healthcare, and emergency services for twelve hours. The 2025 failure allegedly killed two people. These were accidents. The next major disruption might not be—and Australia remains structurally unprepared for either.

When the Grid Goes Dark: The Cascading Consequences of Australia's Electricity Vulnerability

Energy & Climate

When the Grid Goes Dark: The Cascading Consequences of Australia's Electricity Vulnerability

Australia's electricity grid faces compounding threats from cyber attacks, extreme weather, and accelerating coal closures. The consequences of major disruption cascade through three orders of magnitude—from immediate infrastructure failure to civilisational transformation. Current planning...

The Wires Beneath the Waves: Tech Giants and Pacific Sovereignty

The Wires Beneath the Waves: Tech Giants and Pacific Sovereignty

Google and its peers are laying cables to connect the Pacific's most isolated nations. The infrastructure brings genuine benefits—and dependencies that look increasingly like digital feudalism. For island governments that cannot maintain what they do not understand, the gift may cost more than...

The Quantum Countdown: How a Computing Revolution Will Reshape Security, Science, and Power

The Quantum Countdown: How a Computing Revolution Will Reshape Security, Science, and Power

Quantum computers capable of breaking today's encryption may arrive within a decade. The race to upgrade global cryptographic infrastructure has begun—but most organizations have not started running. The consequences of delay compound daily.

The Invisible Rewiring: What AI Agents Actually Change

The Invisible Rewiring: What AI Agents Actually Change

As 79% of enterprises adopt AI agents, the consequential shifts are not in productivity metrics but in organizational connective tissue—informal networks, tacit knowledge, and accountability structures that never appeared on workflow diagrams.

When the Clocks Stop: The Hidden Fragility of Global Timing Infrastructure

When the Clocks Stop: The Hidden Fragility of Global Timing Infrastructure

The Wires Beneath the Waves: How Submarine Cables Became the Pacific's Contested Terrain

The Wires Beneath the Waves: How Submarine Cables Became the Pacific's Contested Terrain

Taiwan experiences seven to eight cable breaks annually, most linked to China. The pattern reveals how submarine cables have transformed from neutral infrastructure into strategic terrain where great powers contest the physical substrate of the digital world.

The Fragile Thread: Australia's Pacific Communications in a Taiwan Crisis

The Fragile Thread: Australia's Pacific Communications in a Taiwan Crisis

Ninety-seven percent of Pacific data flows through cables China could sever in hours. Australia's island partnerships depend on infrastructure designed for peacetime efficiency, not wartime resilience. The window to build redundancy is closing faster than procurement timelines assume.

The Signals That Drowned Themselves

The Signals That Drowned Themselves

The Address That Wouldn't Die

The Address That Wouldn't Die

The Architecture of Borrowed Trust

The Architecture of Borrowed Trust