Chris Taylor is Head of ASPI’s Statecraft and Intelligence Policy Centre within the National Security Program. His areas of expertise include intelligence and security, and their role in Australian strategy and policymaking. Chris’ current research focuses on emergent and emerging issues facing intelligence services internationally and in Australia, the place of intelligence agencies in democracies, and the evolving role of intelligence in the conduct of statecraft.

In this episode, Chris and Joe discuss the rise of ideologically motivated espionage from political sympathisers to sovereign citizens and accelerationists.