S1E7 - Chinese Defence Innovation - Password123

In this episode we sit down with Elsa Kania to discuss her work on Chinese defence innovation, including the modernisation of cyber forces in the military. We also found time to delve into 5G and get Elsa’s take on the situation in Australia. Elsa Kania is an Adjunct Fellow with the Center for a New American Security’s Technology and National Security Program. Her research interests include Chinese military modernisation, information warfare, and defence science and technology. Elsa is an independent analyst, consultant, and co-founder of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute (CCISI). She was also a 2018 Fulbright Specialist with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre and has been named an official “Mad Scientist” by the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.