Digital Disruption

Byte-sized diplomacy: AI-enabled elections or deepfake democracy?
Byte-sized diplomacy: AI-enabled elections or deepfake democracy?
Got a big question on technology and security for “Byte-sized Diplomacy”. Send it through here.We are hearing a lot about AI and elections, should we be concerned?Elections are a…
Cultivating a healthy information environment
Cultivating a healthy information environment
The recent behaviour of some social media companies seems explicitly designed to provoke governments into enacting much more stringent regulation of the sector. Elon Musk’s very…
Overcoming digital threats to democracy
Policy Briefs
Overcoming digital threats to democracy
Using deliberative democracy to enhance trust and legitimacy in digital spaces.    
Embracing digitalisation
Embracing digitalisation
A recent study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) looking across 46 countries estimated that 83 million existing jobs will no longer exist within five years. The reason? Rapid…
Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer
Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer
Last month, a draft European Union Artificial Intelligence Act was agreed in the European Parliament. Arguably, the draft Act represents the most comprehensive and radical step…
Existential risk is a whole-of-society challenge
Existential risk is a whole-of-society challenge
Existential risks have been in the news recently. In May, a group of prominent artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders warned that “Mitigating the risk of extinction…
Binary error: How and why governments need a cyber security rethink
Binary error: How and why governments need a cyber security rethink
Book Review: Cyber Persistence Theory: Redefining National Security in Cyberspace, by Michael P. Fischerkeller, Emily O. Goldman and Richard J. Harknett (Oxford University Press,…
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
The campaign to elect the next Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union has entered the final stretch, with UN member states assembling in Bucharest, Romania…
Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too
Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too
One of the messiest and thorniest national security challenges is how to keep Australians safe from manipulative online content – now, and into the future. The matter cuts across…
Rise of the Extreme Right: The new global extremism and the threat to democracy
Lowy Institute Papers
Rise of the Extreme Right: The new global extremism and the threat to democracy