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1 month ago | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Nishank Motwani
It’s not just technical naval capability. Australia has persuasive geostrategic and industrial reasons for choosing Japan over Germany as its partner in building up to 11 general-purpose frigates in a priority defence program. The upgraded Mogami class offered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) does have strong technical advantages for the Royal Australian Navy over the competing Meko A-200 from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Nishank Motwani
The return of Donald Trump could demote diplomacy as he pursues hard power and economic statecraft. Diplomacy may be more about damage control than prioritising the long game and the art of exercising constructive leadership. Trump has already fixated on the ideas of buying Greenland and retaking the Panama Canal and is musing that Canada should join the United States as the 51st state.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Nishank Motwani
The Australian government needs to lead the narrative on AUKUS. If it doesn’t, others will. More and better-informed discussion about AUKUS is a good thing. The Australian public deserves continued healthy debates about what AUKUS, and the significant increase in defence spending outlined in the National Defence Strategy, mean for them, their communities, the economy and the Indo-Pacific region.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Nishank Motwani
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Nishank Motwani
Nishank Motwani is senior analyst for defense and security policy in the Washington office of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The trilateral AUKUS security partnership is centered on China, even if it is not publicly stated. But as Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. observe the agreement's three-year mark on Sept. 15, there is still limited public knowledge about its goal.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Nishank Motwani
AIThe Danger of AI in War: It Doesn’t Care About Self-PreservationPublished 30 August 2024Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic revealed a troubling trend: AI models are more likely than humans to escalate conflicts to kinetic, even nuclear, war. Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic revealed a troubling trend: AI models are more likely than humans to escalate conflicts to kinetic, even nuclear, war.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Nishank Motwani
The Manhattan Project, a response Germany’s combination of innovation and military power, unleashed nuclear physics on the world. Its success positioned the United States at the forefront of progress in critical technologies and demonstrated that innovation was central both to economic prosperity and national security.
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May 26, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Nishank Motwani
In the realm of defense and security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to transform the practices of deterrence and coercion, having at least three complementary effects on power, perception, and persuasion calculations among states. The substantial investments in AI across governments, private industries, and academia underscore its pivotal role. Much of the discussion, however, falls into narratives portraying either Terminator-style killer robots or utopian panaceas.
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May 26, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Nishank Motwani
In the realm of defense and security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to transform the practices of deterrence and coercion, having at least …
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May 8, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Nishank Motwani
The trilateral agreement linking Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States under the banner of AUKUS faces three primary challenges: political unity, public messaging, and strategic choices. The A$368 billion, multi-decade defense initiative is fundamental if Australia is to meet the demands of its strategic environment, which is essentially maritime. In principle, the AUKUS defense agreement’s big-ticket item is delivering an Australian nuclear-powered submarine capability.
