Samuel Bashfield
@SamuelBashfield
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Research Fellow & Director, Security & Geopolitics, @AIinstitute. PhD from @NSC_ANU.
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Joined July 2021
Just presented at #OCIS2025 on how 'friendshoring' is reshaping the seabed. States are now picking winners and losers in submarine cable projects based on geopolitical alignment - actively excluding 'unfriendlies.'. Economic efficiency replaced with strategic competition.
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RT @AIinstitute: That’s a wrap for our Trilateral Maritime Security Dialogue: Australia, India and Indonesia 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇮🇩. Thank you to all our d….
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RT @AIinstitute: 📰 The Institute's June Monthly is out!.It covers our Trilateral Maritime Security dialogue, five year anniversary of the C….
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Just finished chairing the Trilateral Maritime Security Dialogue 2025 between 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇮🇩 in Canberra. A day of very real talk about our shared maritime seascape and trilateral options to further maritime domain awareness and regional maritime governance. Report to come 🤓
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RT @AIinstitute: Effective Maritime Domain Awareness represents a strategic imperative for Australia, India, and Indonesia. What are the cu….
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RT @AIinstitute: Our Trilateral Maritime Security Dialogue has begun! 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇮🇩. Expert speakers will explore key areas of collaboration betwe….
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RT @AIinstitute: A productive first session on common maritime security challenges and approaches. Our delegates explored convergent securi….
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RT @Lisa_Singh: Our trilateral 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇮🇩 #maritimesecurity dialogue has kicked off in Canberra. Chaired by @SamuelBashfield with keynotes from….
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RT @AIinstitute: Less than one week to go until our ‘Trilateral Security Dialogue 2025: Australia, India and Indonesia’ 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 🇮🇩. The Insti….
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RT @AIinstitute: The Institute's Research Fellow @Kim_HDarragh delivered an address on ‘From Motion to Momentum: The Next 10 Years of the D….
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Loved bring at inaugural #RaisinaMediterranean2025 in 🇫🇷 where I spoke on seabed security. Key points:. - IMEC corridor needs clarity beyond govt support.- Iran-Israel crisis threatens linking sea lanes.- India-Europe split on Ukraine persists. Thanks @orfonline for the invite!
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RT @AIinstitute: 💡 MEET KIM HERIOT-DARRAGH. As part of the Institute’s Insight Series held at our offices in Melbourne, join Research Fello….
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RT @AIinstitute: 🎧 New podcast episode. In this new episode of Chats Over Chai, Research Fellow and Director, Security and Geopolitics, Dr….
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New analysis from @herlevi1 for our Seabed Program: Trump's 130+ executive orders are pushing deep-sea mining while rebuilding US shipbuilding. Could help submarine cables. or create "maritime spatial squeeze" that threatens them 👇. #SubmarineCables.
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#SubOptic2025 takeaways from Lisbon 🇵🇹.Great insights on: .🔬 Cable sensing tech. 🗺️ New network routes. 🔧 Repair capacity planning. Missing discussions: .📊 Government complexity in cable policy. 🌏 Sino-US competition reshaping networks. 🔒 Interception implications.
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Fascinating Indo-Pacific Roundtable 2025 @CamGeopolitics exploring how EU+UK navigate alternative approaches to influence outcomes across this region. The complexity of projecting European strategic interests in the world's most dynamic region is striking. #IndoPacific
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RT @AIinstitute: As geopolitical tensions rise globally, submarine cable networks are increasingly contested. To address these issues, the….
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RT @AsiaMTI: Europe and the Indo-Pacific are diverging in their approaches to submarine cable security—resilience in Europe vs. connectivit….
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RT @AIinstitute: 📰May Newsletter.The Institute’s May Monthly features our seabed cables Dialogue, new research, events, podcasts and more.….
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RT @AsiaMTI: Europe and the Indo-Pacific are diverging in their approaches to submarine cable security—resilience in Europe vs. connectivit….
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