As Australia’s space sector grows and continues to build significant sovereign capabilities, optimising the links between the commercial and national security space sectors is critical. ASPI’s Bec Shrimpton speaks to Adam Gilmour, CEO and founder of Gilmour Space Technologies, about the need for greater collaboration between the private sector and government to support Australia’s space industry.

It’s been more than two years since the deadly clashes on the India–China border in 2020, and despite many rounds of consultations between the two countries, the situation shows no signs of improving. ASPI’s Baani Grewal speaks to Tanvi Madan, senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy in the foreign policy program and director of the India Project at the Brookings Institution, about the trajectory of the India–China relationship in light of the border issues, as well as the differences between India’s participation in the Quad, BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Southeast Asia continues to see a rapid digital transformation, fuelling the region’s economic growth. ASPI’s Gatra Priyandita talks to Elina Noor, director of political-security affairs and deputy director of the Washington DC office at the Asia Society Policy Institute, about how governments in Southeast Asia are responding to the region’s digital transformation.