Inconsistent cybersecurity rules across jurisdictions hinder national resilience and create operational confusion. The article highlights the need for harmonised standards to ensure effective cyber defence while avoiding regulatory burdens that compromise responsiveness.

Indonesia is buying Rafale and Korean jets; Malaysia is buying US and Korean aircraft; while The Philippines, more South Korean FA-50’s. The purchases should build resilience but raises questions about long-term sustainability and regional stability.

South Korea’s experience with hybrid threats—including disinformation, cyberattacks, and military provocations—demonstrates how adversaries often use coordinated tools to shape public perception and undermine resilience without triggering conventional war.

US, UK, and EU aid cuts and slowing infrastructure spending are limiting Southeast Asia’s development options—reducing resilience, widening inequality, and increasing the region’s reliance on external partners. Reduced options could increase Chinese influence.

Former Ukrainian POWs describe enduring psychological trauma, including PTSD, after prolonged captivity and abuse by Russian forces. The article raises concerns about reintegration, veteran care, and the long-term mental health cost of war.

Three Australian companies have each supplied 100 drones to the Army enabling research, development, continuous improvement and strengthened sovereign industry capacity; ensuring rapid access to affordable, scalable systems—supporting resilience, innovation and future readiness.

Microsoft confirmed that Russia’s FSB-affiliated hacking group, Secret Blizzard, launched a cyber-espionage campaign against embassies in Moscow using ISP-level access. The group deployed custom malware and backdoors, marking a significant escalation in diplomatic cyber threats.

A Chinese cyberattack targeted the US National Nuclear Security Administration, exposing vulnerabilities in nuclear infrastructure. The attack underscores the need for strict cyber hygiene, access control, and incident response readiness

The APS is fostering a ‘speak up’ culture using the ‘4Cs’ behavioural framework—compassion, curiosity, candour, courage—to embed psychological and psychosocial safety across agencies, enabling mental wellbeing and organisational integrity.

Living with someone who is frequently moody creates long term emotional strain, fosters unpredictability and resentment, and can normalize unhealthy emotional responses fuelled by factors like stress, health conditions, or coercive control.