An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
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This could mark the start of a major arms race in space, which would threaten all of us on Earth.
Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new documentary sees three generations of women speak about wounds and healing.
Tech giants, major powers and top research universities are all in a race to build viable quantum systems. Why now?
Fears are growing that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.
Russia isn’t likely to put nuclear missiles in space, but their reported anti-satellite weapon is just as alarming. An expert on nuclear strategy explains.
The heads of the some of the most powerful countries in the world would be wise to listen to the devastating testimony of Hiroshima survivors.
Labor has touted a renewed engagement with the Asia-Pacific since coming to power. The submarine deal, however, is not in this spirit.
The INF treaty signed by Gorbachev and US president Ronald Reagan prohibited medium-range missiles.
The West’s new approach to Russia – bar it from international organizations, restrict international trade, prevent further military moves – looks just like how it treated Russia in the 20th century.
China and the US are racing for quantum technology breakthroughs in weapons, communications, sensing, and computing that could tilt the balance between the world’s military forces.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
The region is already arming at the fastest rate in the world, but China and other nations can be expected to respond to AUKUS by further expanding their militaries.
A key element of the battle between truth and propaganda has nothing to do with technology. It has to do with how people are much more likely to accept something if it confirms their beliefs.
We’re facing an arms race to build an artificial super-intelligence – this could be a disaster without government action.
An international civil service matters for global governance. Without it, it would be impossible to promote and maintain a rules-based world.
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Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance; Associate Expert, National Security College, Australian National University
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