Image of undersea cables. Image by Adobe stock
Image of undersea cables. Image by Adobe stock

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
High tech submarine fiber optic cable
Towhid Art Mart, Adobe Stock

Australia is struggling to address national security challenges posed by critical seabed infrastructure
Samuel Bashfield and Anthony Bergin highlight Australia's need to prioritise protecting critical seabed infrastructure amid growing threats and vulnerabilities.
  • undersea cables
  • critical infrastructure
  • Technology
International undersea internet cables for Pacific Island countries. Dr Amanda H A Watson and CartoGIS ANU
International undersea internet cables for Pacific Island countries. Image: Dr Amanda H A Watson and CartoGIS ANU

Telecommunications in the Pacific Islands region
As part of the Quad Tech Network series, Amanda H A Watson and Ioana Chan Mow discuss the main challenges for digital connectivity in the Pacific and how Quad countries can help to address this.
  • Quad
  • undersea cables
  • ICT
  • telecom
  • Pacific
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • India
  • United States
ASEAN flags. Image: Pixabay
ASEAN flags. Image: Pixabay

The ASEAN-Quad partnership in undersea cables: building inclusion, sustainability, and regional connectivity
As part of the Quad Tech Network series, Mark Bryan Manantan addresses how Quad countries could collaborate with ASEAN on undersea or terrestrial cables.
  • Quad
  • undersea cables
  • ICT
  • telecom
  • Pacific
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • India
  • United States
Generative image of undersea cables
Abbas, Adobe Stock
Tue, 11 Aug 2026

Launch – Connected & protected: building Australia's submarine cable resilience

Join us for the launch of a new report on Australia’s submarine cable resilience, and what's needed to protect this critical infrastructure.
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Telecommunication towers with a lit up globe
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A techno-diplomacy strategy for telecommunications in the Indo-Pacific
As part of the Quad Tech Network series, Lisa Curtis and Martijn Rasser address why it is important for Quad countries to shape the telecommunications ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific.
  • Telecommunications
  • techno-diplomacy
  • Quad
  • 5G network
  • undersea cables