In light of recent events concerning Huawei and China’s use of hostage diplomacy, Chris Farnham talks to Rory Medcalf and Katherine Mansted on this first National Security Podcast of 2019.

In the midst of growing antimicrobial resistance, the world needs a champion to help combat a potential global health catastrophe. It’s a task that Japan might be up for, Tsung-Ling Lee writes.

From incident response training to technical cyber capacity building, the new ASEAN-Singapore initiative might be a good venue to promote a common understanding of cybersecurity in the region and beyond, Caitríona Heinl writes.  

The increasingly apparent fragility of the rules-based order, as well as a lively debate on security and defence, are stepping up European interest in the Indo-Pacific, Eva Pejsova writes.

China has its eyes firmly set on the final frontier, but other actors won’t let Beijing win the global space race willingly, Malcolm Davis writes.

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were all smiles at the recent G20 summit, but relations between the two countries have stalled and tensions are rising, Pavel K Baev writes.