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While the \u2018first 100 days\u2019 are an unreliable indicator of what\u2019s to come, it\u2019s certainly a good opportunity to reflect on the period where a new leader is at their most powerful, which is exactly what everyone\u2019s been doing. David Remnick <\/span>continues to mourn<\/span><\/a> over at <\/span>The New Yorker<\/span><\/i>, stitching the new President\u2019s brash NY biography together with what he\u2019s been up to since moving into 1600 Penn. <\/span>NBC <\/span><\/i>has a <\/span>useful rundown<\/span><\/a>, while the <\/span>ABC <\/span><\/i>are <\/span>keeping an eye on Trump\u2019s campaign promises<\/span><\/a>. Some folks over at the ANU have turned their minds to the first 100 days in order to consider how the region can make the best of the 45th President. Their reflection is useful and timely, and chimes nicely with <\/span>Stephen Walt\u2019s excoriating analysis<\/span><\/a> of Trump\u2019s biggest foreign policy blunder to date: \u2018his clueless approach to Asia.\u2019 (To hone in a little further on one pixel of that image, don\u2019t miss <\/span>this behind-the-curtain <\/span>Navy Times<\/span><\/i> run-down<\/span><\/a> on the USS Carl Vinson debacle.) And yes, heaven is a place on earth: <\/span>The Simpsons <\/span><\/i>have given us <\/span>their dark take<\/span><\/a> on how Trump has adjusted to the demands of high office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buzzfeed <\/span><\/i>are marking the occasion by looking at <\/span>100 of Trump\u2019s lies and falsehoods<\/span><\/a> which, they claim, \u2018come with an unprecedented frequency, scale, and lack of shame.\u2019 In a similar vein, don\u2019t miss <\/span>this great longread<\/span><\/a> from <\/span>Politico <\/span><\/i>on Trump\u2019s \u2018fake war on the fake news.\u2019 For a real war on fake news, catch up with <\/span>Jimmy Wales\u2019 moves to launch <\/span>WikiTribune<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a crowd-funded news outlet where volunteers will check copy to ensure that the tone, style and substance is on-point. It\u2019s an interesting experiment, and maybe not a bad thing when you\u2019ve got incomprehensible interviews like <\/span>this one<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To mark the 102nd anniversary for Australian and New Zealand troops arriving on the shores of Gallipoli,<\/span> The Sydney Morning Herald <\/span><\/i>published a beautiful piece<\/span><\/a> on an unsung hero of Anzac Day, RAAF\u2019s Sergeant Peter McCrackin, who braved the elements to prepare for his performance of The Last Post at Melbourne\u2019s Dawn Service this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

And to finish off this week, we give you<\/span> the sad tale<\/span><\/a> of the 300lb, egg-shaped security robot who was taken out of action by an angry drunk. As the Knightscope droid returns to its job keeping public spaces like sports stadiums and shopping malls safer, now\u2019s as good a time as any to re-up some stellar literature on Artificial Intelligence. First up,<\/span> these<\/span><\/a> two<\/span><\/a> somewhat alarmist pieces from <\/span>Wait But Why<\/span><\/i> discuss, with facts and stick figures, our position at the precipice of what the author terms \u2018The Far Future\u2019 as super intelligent technology becomes emerges.<\/span> A more neutral perspective from <\/span>Idle Words<\/span><\/i><\/a> discusses the ethical issues arising AI, and argues that everyone should put down their pitchforks. So, the Knightscope droid forgives, but does it forget?<\/span><\/p>\n

Podcasts<\/b><\/p>\n

In a first for <\/span>The Strategist<\/span><\/i>, we suggest you get an earful of a recent installment of The Osher Gunsberg Podcast\u2014yep, they dude from Australian Idol, The Bachelor etc\u2026 Earlier this month, <\/span>Gunsburg sat down with Michael Ware, the former war correspondent originally of Brisbane<\/span><\/a>, to dive into some of his harrowing experiences covering many battlefields, his efforts to deal with PTSD, and his latest endeavour embedding with risky and dangerous groups around the globe. It\u2019s an incredibly absorbing 86-minute chat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ron Bartsch, president of the Australian RPAS Consortium,<\/span> recently spoke to the Defence Connect gang<\/span><\/a> to unpack the benefits (to both battlefield superiority and ISR) that unmanned platforms will have for every arm of the ADF (31 mins). He discusses legislation surrounding drone usage and where Australia sits relative to other countries that use unmanned platforms in combat. <\/span><\/p>\n

Video<\/b><\/p>\n

In <\/span>IHS Janes\u2019<\/span><\/i> feature video this week<\/span><\/a> (7 mins), senior analyst Alex Barnes offers his assessment of Afghanistan\u2019s security in the year ahead\u2014a great primer for anyone interested in Middle Eastern politics, counterterrorism and the peace process underway in the war-torn country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Events<\/b><\/p>\n

Canberra: Two US heavyweights will be visiting Canberra next week, former Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asia\u2013Pacific Security Affairs David Shear and CSIS\u2019s Zack Cooper. <\/span>Catch up with them both on 4 May at ANU\u2019s National Security College<\/span><\/a> as they discuss fresh research on Washington\u2019s tactics to meet the challenges across increasingly unstable Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sydney: This event\u2019s still quite a ways off, but it\u2019ll be a good\u2019un, so flick your calendar forward to 13 July 2017 and mark \u2018John Howard on Trump and US-Australia relationship\u2019, and then <\/span>head over to the USSC site to register<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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