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Wed, 6 Nov - Thu, 7 Nov 2024

Xi’s China: a closer look

This program is tailored for participants with a solid understanding of China who seek deeper perspectives on China’s strategic rise and the complex challenges this poses in the region.
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Changing tides: responding to China’s emergence in Indo-Pacific humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
Frédéric Grare analyses China's entry in the Indo-Pacific as a provider of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • China
  • Disaster relief
  • EU
  • Europe
  • France
  • Indo-Pacific
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Thu, 18 Jul 2024

The future for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Indo-Pacific

This webinar examined the future of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief coordination mechanisms in the region.
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Governing Bangladesh’s maritime space: an assessment of Bangladesh’s maritime challenges and maritime domain awareness capabilities
This report by Dr David Brewster, Captain Simon Bateman and Dr Anthony Bergin assesses Bangladesh’s maritime challenges and maritime domain awareness capabilities.
  • Bangladesh
  • Maritime
  • Navy
  • Indian Ocean
  • Indo-Pacific
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How Australia can reduce timidity on Taiwan
Professor Rory Medcalf explains why it is essential to invest in understanding and explaining why Taiwan matters to Australia’s interests.
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Indo-Pacific
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Ethical frameworks for deployment of Synthetic Biology in the Indo-Pacific
This report co-authored by Dir van der Kley lays out some framework propositions to govern Synthetic Biology ethics.
  • Synthetic biology
  • Biotech
  • Ethics
  • Indo-Pacific
  • biotechnology
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US Indo-Pacific Command

The Australian way of war and peace
Professor Rory Medcalf writes about how Australia is leading the democratic resistance against China's growing influence by reshaping its strategy and alliances in the contested Indo-Pacific.
  • China
  • Australia
  • Indo-Pacific
  • National security
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Options for safeguarding undersea critical infrastructure: Australia and Indo-Pacific submarine cables
Samuel Bashfield and Anthony Bergin address the current challenges surrounding undersea cables in the Indo-Pacific.
  • critical infrastructure
  • Australia
  • Indo-Pacific
  • undersea cables
  • Maritime
  • Indian Ocean
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Mon, 29 Apr - Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Xi’s China: a closer look

This program is tailored for participants with a solid understanding of China who seek deeper perspectives on China’s strategic rise and the complex challenges this poses in the region.
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Richard Tibbels, EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific.
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Examining the EU's engagement in the Indo-Pacific
Supported by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Australia, NSC presented the second EU Indo-Pacific Forum on 15 March 2024.
  • Indo-Pacific
  • EU
  • Europe
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
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NSC hosts Indonesian policy experts
NSC hosted a roundtable with eminent Indonesian policy thinkers Dr Rizal Sukma and Dr Phillips Vermonte.
  • Indonesia
  • Foreign policy
  • strategic competition
  • Indo-Pacific
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Thu, 19 Sep 2024

Global launch: Ethical frameworks for Synthetic Biology in the Indo-Pacific

Join the launch of the report, 'Ethical frameworks for deployment of Synthetic Biology in the Indo-Pacific', co-authored by members of ANU, InKlude Labs in Bengaluru, and Western Sydney University.
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Thu, 6 Jun - Fri, 7 Jun 2024

Blue Pacific: neighbours under threat (Brisbane)

This program introduces participants to the Blue Pacific and provides expert commentary on the historical relationships between Australia and its Pacific neighbours.
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Li’s visit may be a good as it gets for China ties
Dialogue is vital. But the reality for Labor’s “stabilisation” is that the strategic environment will continue to breed black swans and black elephants crises in the Sino-Australian relationship.
  • China
  • Australia
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Maritime
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
CDRE Jay Tarriela (Philippines Coast Guard), NSC experts and others
NSC

Transparency as a strategic tool: NSC hosts Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippines Coast Guard
NSC hosts was pleased to host CG Commodore Jay Tristan Tarriela of the Philippines Coast Guard.
  • Philippines
  • China
  • Maritime
  • Navy
  • Indo-Pacific
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NSC represented at the US Indo-Pacific Command's Military Law and Operations conference
Senior Policy Advisor David Andrews represented the College at the US Indo-Pacific Command's MILOPS conference.
  • Defence
  • Military
  • Indo-Pacific
  • China
  • United States
  • ASEAN
  • Alliances
The National Security Podcast
06 Jun 2024
The National Security Podcast

Chinese strategy and statecraft: coercion and competition in the Indo-Pacific

In this episode, Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Dan Blumenthal join David Andrews to discuss the drivers of the China and the United States’ security policies, the role of China in the international order, middle powers, and deterrence.

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Embracing difference: governance of critical technologies in the Indo-Pacific
Jolyon Ford and Damian Clifford address what an approach to human rights and the ethical governance of critical technologies could entail for Quad members.
  • critical technology
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Quad
  • ethical governance
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Australia and the United Kingdom: an Indo-Pacific security agenda for a revitalised partnership
Rory Medcalf and Veerle Nouwens address the strategic importance of the relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom.
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
  • Indo-Pacific
  • AUKUS
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The future of the undersea deterrent: a global survey
This book contributes to the field of nuclear deterrence and strategic stability with 22 authors that span seven countries.
  • undersea deterrence
  • submarines
  • nuclear power
  • Indo-Pacific
  • strategic competition
  • AUKUS
  • Maritime
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Putin’s Ukraine invasion and its Indo-Pacific impact: what it means for Taiwan and China
This paper is based on a virtual lecture delivered on 22 March 2022 by Professor Nobukatsu Kanehara of Doshisha University, Ex Deputy National Security Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo ABE.
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • Indo-Pacific
  • the West
The National Security Podcast
01 Aug 2024
The National Security Podcast

Alliances and security agreements in Europe and the Indo-Pacific

In this episode, Alexander Lanoszka and Susannah Patton join David Andrews to discuss the evolving role of alliances and security partnerships on the global stage.

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The National Security Podcast
15 Feb 2024
The National Security Podcast

An ocean of opportunities: why Australia should prioritise the Indian Ocean Region

In this episode, Darshana Baruah, David Brewster and Shafqat Munir join Rory Medcalf to discuss the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean to Australia and the region.

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Australia's strategic thinking on the war in Ukraine, NATO, and Indo-Pacific security
Gorana Grgić | United States Institute of Peace

How geostrategic competition and fragility interact
Bridi Rice | Development Intelligence Lab