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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

EVENT ALERT 📌 Join ASPI on 14 September in Canberra for a special Sydney Dialogue AI Masterclass. Hear from political leaders, senior officials and industry experts as they explore the strategic, economic and security implications of AI. 🔗 Register now ➡️ /bit.ly/4aEWpld

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 27/04/2026

NBR advisor @raji143.bsky.social Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan in the Diplomat : Helping Iran, China Is a Party in the War thediplomat.com/2026/04/help...

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Helping Iran, China Is a Party in the War

Several reports in recent weeks have revealed the extent of China’s active support for Iran.

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 We're delighted to announce Admiral David Johnston, Chief of the Defence Force, will speak at the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference. This year's event will focus on translating strategy into action & turning partnerships into practical advantage. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3RxeCKC

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 27/03/2026

NBR advisor Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social writes in the Diplomat on how China’s sustained higher defense spending has altered the military balance in the region. thediplomat.com/2026/03/desp...

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Despite a Supposedly Defensive Policy, China’s Military Budget Rises Fast

China’s sustained higher defense spending has altered the military balance in the region.

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 27/03/2026

"India’s concerns will likely grow if China seeks nuclear parity with the U.S., which would result in a massive nuclear disparity between India and China." | @raji143.bsky.social in the NBR report "Meeting China's Nuclear and WMD Buildup" www.nbr.org/publication/...

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

On the latest Thinking the Unthinkable at @warontherocks.bsky.social, I speak to John Warden about how the US should think about the prospect of Sino-Russian cooperation in thinking about its nuclear strategy, force design, and posture: warontherocks.com/episode/thin...

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Adapting to the Future Strategic Landscape

Ankit talks with John Warden about how the United States should think about its nuclear strategy as we move into an environment in which the...

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RunningRedLights @runningredlights.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Women make up 22% of Tech workforce in 2026, across APAC. (70% women in tech still feel they need to work harder to prove themselves because of their gender)

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Macron's speech available in English now. The official translation is "forward deterrence." us.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/speech-pr...

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Speech by the President of the Republic on France’s nuclear deterrence | France in the U.S.

Visit of Emmanuel Macron to the Île Longue Operational Base (March 2, 2026)

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"Iran agreed a secret €500mn arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles in its most significant effort to rebuild air defences shattered during last year’s war with Israel." www.ft.com/content/d034...

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Iran agreed secret shoulder-fired missile deal with Russia

Leaks reveal €500mn contract for man-portable ‘Verba’ system to rebuild Tehran’s air defences

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

"State news agency Xinhua described the latest launch as another planned round of 'technology verification' for China’s reusable spacecraft programme" and that "The experiment will provide technical support for 'the peaceful use of outer space'" www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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China sends fourth ‘Shenlong’ reusable spacecraft mission into orbit

Programme for ‘peaceful use of outer space’ launched in 2020 is seen as potential rival to US Space Force’s X-37B.

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

ICYMI

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 08/12/2025

NBR advisor Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social in Real Clear Defense: Want an Explanation for China’s Nuclear Build-Up? It’s Not in the New White Paper www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 15/12/2025

APLN member @raji143.bsky.social joins @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's @ethrelkeld.bsky.social to reflect on lessons from the 🇮🇳-🇵🇰 Crisis — covering strategic learning, limited conventional war under the nuclear shadow, information warfare & takeaways for future crises. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eokk...

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Rajeswari Rajagopalan: Lessons from the May India-Pakistan Crisis

YouTube video by Strategic Learning

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Want an Explanation for China’s Nuclear Build-up? - mine and Rajesh’s essay in The Strategist is now in The Diplomat @RRajagopalanJNU @Diplomat_APAC @ASPI_org thediplomat.com/2025/12/want...

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 01/12/2025

“The exercises are a sign of the convergence of perceptions and views among the four countries of the rapidly changing strategic threats in the #IndoPacific...” | NBR advisor @raji143.bsky.social Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan ipdefenseforum.com/2025/11/quad... #Malabar #Quad

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Space logistics: why rules matter for safety, security and sustainability - my @ASPI_org Special Report argues that without shared norms, dual-use nature of RPOs can undermine trust and stability in space. We need to develop norms, build trust and reduce miscalculation.

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 Space logistics — from satellite maintenance to debris removal — is critical to the sustainable use of space 🚀. But a new ASPI report from @raji143.bsky.social warns these technologies are evolving in a regulatory vacuum that could destabilise global security. 🔖 Read: bit.ly/3KidUxm

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🚨 EVENT UPDATE 🚨 We're excited to announce our first speakers for the Sydney Dialogue on 4-5 December! Hear from @tsahkna.bsky.social, Kateryna Chernohorenko, Wilson L. White, Michelle Simmons AO and Steve Bowsher. 👀 Stay tuned for more speaker updates this week. Register now 👉 bit.ly/427eTqj

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

'A more stable relationship may bring a certain amount of predictability to our interactions with Beijing, as well as China’s regional behaviour. But we have been burnt on more than one occasion in the past few years, including by China’s economic and trade coercion,' writes @raji143.bsky.social.

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Albanese's China visit: views from ASPI analysts | The Strategist

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China from 12 to 18 July, his office said yesterday. He’ll meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Here are ASPI analysts’ views on the visit, what A...

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

ASPI's Cyber, Technology and Security team has published its latest Monthly Roundup newsletter! In this edition, @raji143.bsky.social examines how China is weaponising cyber operations in orbit and provides her top picks from the Daily Cyber & Tech Digest this month. 🔖 Read: bit.ly/3Go9FP2

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

"China’s more ambitious cyber attacks aim to mimic the signals that enemy satellites receive from their operators, tricking them into either being taken over completely or malfunctioning during crucial moments in combat." www.ft.com/content/881c...

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China building cyber weapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

Classified CIA document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to take control of communications critical to fighting wars

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

NEW SPEAKER 🔊 We look forward to welcoming Dr Steven Kennedy, Secretary to the Australian Treasury, to the ASPI Defence Conference on 4 June to discuss the major challenges stemming from the 2024 National Defence Strategy. 📄 Interested in attending? Find out more: bit.ly/43phs6E

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

'For a long time, India has struggled to develop an effective response to Pakistan’s use of cross-border terrorism as a state policy. Such attacks are clearly designed to keep India off-balance, but India’s response has also slowly become harsher,' writes @raji143.bsky.social.

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India and Pakistan must manage escalation after Pahalgam attack | The Strategist

India has launched a retaliatory strike against the Pakistan-based groups responsible for a terrorist attack in Indian Kashmir two weeks ago. The Indian government released a press statement announcin...

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

NEW PODCAST 🎤 In the wake of India's retaliatory air strikes on Pakistan, ASPI's @raji143.bsky.social joins David Wroe on Stop the World for a special episode exploring whether 🇮🇳 and 🇵🇰 will avoid the ultimate nightmare—escalation that goes nuclear. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3GFstsT

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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 21/04/2025

As India's PM Modi and US VP Vance hold bilateral talks see a commentary for @aspi-org.bsky.social by NBR advisor @raji143.bsky.social, who writes that "India’s strategic awareness and manoeuvrability will help it work with Donald Trump’s America once again" www.aspistrategist.org.au/flexibility-...

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Flexibility and awareness will help India deal with Trump (again) | The Strategist

India navigated relations with the United States quite skilfully during the first Trump administration, better than many other US allies did. Doing so a second time will be more difficult, but India’s...

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Syed Ali Zia Jaffery @alizia1992.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Out Now on CSSPR : A conversation on China's nuclear modernization and the overall nuclear dynamic in South Asia, featuring Ejaz Haider, @mansoorahmed.bsky.social, and @raji143.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5Q...

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InFocus With Ejaz Haider EP60: Nuclear Triangle, Sino-India and Pakistan

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Syed Ali Zia Jaffery @alizia1992.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Coming soon on CSSPR. Ejaz Haider, @raji143.bsky.social and @mansoorahmed.bsky.social discuss the Sino-Indo-Pak nuclear dynamic(s).

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📣 NEW PODCAST 📣 Stop the World is back from its summer hiatus! In this episode, @raji143.bsky.social speaks to Euan Graham and Griffith University’s Ian Hall about the significance of the recent Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Quad's security role in the coming years. 🎧 ↪️ bit.ly/4gI1KZ4

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am excited to share my new @USIP report on Indian perceptions of China’s nuclear expansion, based on interviews with many senior retired Indian security officials: usip.org/publications/2… @ASPI_org @ASPI_CTS #ChinaNuclear #IndiaChinaNuclear #USIndia

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John Pollock @johnpollock.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

In 2023 the world thought China was building a 600-metre long airstrip on Triton Island. Maxar images 📸 reveal however the PLA has instead been upgrading its signals intelligence facilities. I recently wrote for Chatham House (@theworldtoday.bsky.social) on 🇨🇳's activities in the South China Sea.

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How Beijing is closing surveillance gaps in the South China Sea

The discovery of a new radar system on China’s Triton Island military base shows that Beijing is rapidly developing its intelligence capacities in contested waters, write John Pollock and Damien Symon...

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Daria Impiombato @dariimpio.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Our team at Cyber, Tech & Security @aspi-org.bsky.social has published the last edition of our Monthly Roundup, summarising the big news of 2024 and looking out at what to expect in 2025 - have a read! aspicts.substack.com/p/the-monthl...

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The Monthly Roundup: 2024 in Cyber & Tech

ASPI Cyber, Technology & Security analysts write on the issues that have defined 2024 in the field – and what 2025 might have in store.

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Statement from ASPI on the Varghese review

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Foundational Thoughts @druidorbital.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

WashPo: "Congress should fund planetary defenses against asteroids and space weather. They can include space-based observatories to map asteroids and study the sun...and hardened electronic infrastructure resistant to solar ejections." #spaceweather #coastguard #space

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Opinion | Space is a human-influenced environment. We need to treat it that way.

Space weather. Asteroids. Orbital junk falling from the sky. Yes, humans need to think about our cosmic ecosystem.

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Ustad #ZakirHussain, a giant in the music world, a legend - you will be missed so much. I cannot believe how lucky I was there with my family at the #Shakti@50 concert in Mumbai in Jan 2023. This is one of the earlier Shakti recordings, one of my favs: youtu.be/VA7Mzo73cd4?...

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John Mclaughlin,U Srinivas,Zakir Hussain,V Selvaganesh,Mahadevan- Jazz a Vienne

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

'With Trump making every effort to avoid the traditional Republicans who hemmed him in during his first term, the common denominator among his choices this time is personal loyalty. But even this quality does not help us predict policy', writes Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

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Anticipating Trump’s foreign policy | The Strategist

Prediction is always difficult, but doubly so in the case of the US president-elect. Donald Trump not only speaks loosely and changes his positions often; he also considers unpredictability to be a us...

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎙️ In the latest episode of Stop the World, David Wroe sits down with Kevin Yam and Ted Hui - two of the world's most prominent exiled Hong Kong democracy activists - to discuss the current state of democracy in Hong Kong. 🎧 Don't miss it! Listen now 👉 bit.ly/3ZjPWWr

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Pleased to have done this podcast with South Asia Chat of National University of Singapore’s ISAS on India’s Brahmos cruise missiles sale to the Philippines and India’s broader approach to defence exports. www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-9s...

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South Asia Chat | ISAS-NUS

South Asia Chat podcast series will feature conversations with analysts, academics and thought leaders on topical issues impacting South Asia.

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Dr Miah Hammond-Errey @miahhe.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My latest @Lowy column is on the migration of users from Twitter to Bluesky, taking in the US election and tech power discussions.🧵 Nuance here: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre... #twitter #bluesky #techpower #contentmoderation #musk #tech #socialmedia #infowarfare 1/6

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Bluesky dreaming? Social media shifts signal tech power and influence

Or does X mark the spot?

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hcoc-euproject.bsky.social @hcoc-euproject.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

📖Great piece by @raji143.bsky.social on how #TCBMs can contribute to space security, with an analysis on how the #HCoC can inspire future confidence-building measures in space 🚀

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Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My latest for @aspi_org's The Strategist: Given the current difficulties in framing new rules for space governance, states must revitalise existing measures like The Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) and consider them in global space policy debates: www.aspistrategist.org.au/states-shoul... #HCoC

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States should bolster existing rules for space governance | The Strategist

To solve the ongoing difficulties in framing new rules for space governance, states must revitalise existing measures and consider them in international space policy debates. In particular, they shoul...

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