Those of us who aren’t Einsteins – I’m talking about myself here – don’t totally get what “quantum computing” is. And that’s okay. For the foreseeable future, most of us will keep using classic computers that calculate in binary bits (either zeroes or ones) rather than graduating to quantum computers that calculate in qubits (any combination of zeroes and ones simultaneously). But increasingly, people working in drug discovery, economics, weather forecasting, aviation and supply-chain logistics – to name just a few — need quantum computing’s power to process unimaginable amounts of data fast, answering complex questions that neither classic computers… […]

Over the next decade, quantum computing will unlock new technological advances and upend the current security landscape. Quantum computers of sufficient size and sophistication could “jeopardize civilian and military communications, undermine supervisory and control systems for critical infrastructure, and defeat security protocols for most Internet-based financial transactions,” the White House cautioned in May. “In short,” warned a separate report from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, “whoever wins the race for quantum computing supremacy could potentially compromise the communications of others.” Once a quantum computer becomes sophisticated and large enough to be considered a threat to modern-day encryption, it is… […]

L’Australia – United Kingdom – United States Partnership (AUKUS) n’est pas qu’une histoire de sous-marins ou de propulsion nucléaire. Elle sera bien plus que cela avant que ces premiers navires soient mis à l’eau, avec des débouchés bien plus nombreux, plus rapides et plus sensibles dans d’autres domaines. Cette alliance pose en effet la question de la dissuasion nucléaire élargie américaine et du rôle de l’arme nucléaire dans le débat stratégique australien. Elle ouvre la porte à l’acquisition de nouvelles capacités disruptives et place les autorités australiennes face à la révision de leur posture stratégique ainsi que de leur politique capacitaire… […]

Australia and the United Kingdom will deepen defence research ties as early bilateral quantum tech collaboration shows signs of success, according to the top defence scientists from both nations. Given ongoing geopolitical tensions, Australia’s chief defence scientist Professor Tanya Monro said that Australia needs to collaborate with its closest allies and partners to manage the threat of “potential adversaries”. In particular, she wants to build on the roughly “70 years’ track record of working together” with the United Kingdom. Over the three years she has been Australia’s chief defence scientist, Professor Monro said there has been a significant shift in… […]

Abstract: In the year since the United States, United Kingdom, and Australian governments announced the formation of AUKUS, a new alliance whose centrepiece is to be the supply of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a robust critique of the nuclear weapons expansion has emerged in Australia, China, and the International Atomic Energy Association among others. Keywords: AUKUS, Australia, IAEA, Nuclear Submarines It is now a year since the United States, United Kingdom, and Australian governments announced a new Anglosphere alliance known as AUKUS, whose centrepiece is to be the supply of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia by the senior partners. Exit France,… […]