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Asia Rising · July 27 · 23 min

Interview: Australia's Submarine Cable Security

Almost every email you send, every video you stream, and every financial transaction you make travels not through satellites, but through a vast network of cables lying on the ocean floor. Submarine cables are the invisible capillaries of the global internet — and increasingly, they are at the centre of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific. Guest: Dr Samuel Bashfield (Research Fellow at the La Trobe Centre for Global Security) COME TO OUR EVENT: Is the Seabed a ‘Battlefield’? Australia’s Submarine Cable Challenge Monday 10th August, 6:00 - 7:00PM AEST 356 Collins St, Melbourne Register on the AIIA Vic website Recorded on 17th June, 2026.

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Almost every email you send, every video you stream, and every financial transaction you make travels not through satellites, but through a vast network of cables lying on the ocean floor. Submarine cables are the invisible capillaries of the global internet — and increasingly, they are at the centre of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific.

Guest: Dr Samuel Bashfield (Research Fellow at the La Trobe Centre for Global Security)

COME TO OUR EVENT:
Is the Seabed a ‘Battlefield’? Australia’s Submarine Cable Challenge
Monday 10th August, 6:00 - 7:00PM AEST
356 Collins St, Melbourne
Register on the AIIA Vic website

Recorded on 17th June, 2026.

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