In the penultimate episode of this special series, Justin Bassi speaks to Mr Kestutis Budrys, National Security Advisor to the President of Lithuania. They discuss Australia’s relationship with Lithuania, including how they’re partnering to address shared challenges to national security, and Russia’s war on Ukraine and how it has galvanised Europe.

‘The Sydney Dialogue Summit Sessions’ is a short podcast series that features conversations with leading government, industry and civil society voices on the sidelines of The Sydney Dialogue, a major summit on critical, emerging, cyber and space technologies hosted by ASPI on 4-5 April.

Guests (in order of appearance):

Justin Bassi: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/justin-bassi

Kestutis Budrys: https://tsd.aspi.org.au/speakers

Music: "Nordic" by Crowander, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk