Publications
The Digital Indo-Pacific: Regional Connectivity and Resilience
Author(s): Trisha Ray, Sangeet Jain, Arjun Jayakumar, Anurag ReddyDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
The aim of this paper is to lay a foundation for inclusive collaboration toward a Digital Indo-Pacific, which accounts for the region’s differing but complementary strengths. A relatively new entrant in geopolitical nomenclature, the ‘Indo-Pacific’ has expanded to capture several ideas: the rule of...
Building Cooperation: Cyber, Critical Technology and National Security
Author(s): Kohei Takahashi, Tatsuo Ide, Ikuo Takahashi, Kazuo Tokito, Takahiro SasakiDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
The novel coronavirus pandemic has illustrated the significant role of states in enacting effective multilateral responses toward the pandemic, which has transformed the relationship between individuals and states. However, the pandemic has also revealed the vulnerability of international...
Networked: Techno-Democratic Statecraft for Australia and the Quad
Author(s): Martijn RasserDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
World leaders recognize that a strategic competition is underway and that the geopolitical context in which it will play out is morphing. Many of these leaders also understand that technology is at the core of this competition. Technology-leading countries will drive the digital economy, gaining...
The Domestic Security Grey Zone: Navigating the Space Between Foreign Influence and Foreign Interference
Author(s): Katherine ManstedDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
Australia has been a global first mover in updating its legislation, policy and bureaucratic structure to manage foreign influence risk in the 21st century. Australia’s response has focused on criminalising, disrupting and deterring the most pernicious form of foreign influence – foreign...
Embracing Difference: Governance of Critical Technologies in the Indo-Pacific
Author(s): Jolyon Ford, Damian CliffordDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: Policy
This paper considers what an approach to human rights and the ethical governance of critical technologies could entail for Quad members. Its focus is data-driven technologies, like artificial intelligence. The key insight of the paper is that policymaking and diplomacy on critical technologies...
The Diego Garcia dispute hits cyberspace
Author(s): James Mortensen, Samuel BashfieldDate of publication: 2021
Publication type: OP Eds
As internet domains go, .io is a money spinner. Would a change to the “British Indian Ocean Territory” cancel an asset? The dispute over the ownership of Diego Garcia and the rest of the Chagos Archipelago involves a complex array of legal, human rights, security and geopolitical issues. The...
Russia and China team up on the Indian Ocean
Author(s): Oriana Skylar MastroDate of publication: 2020
Publication type: OP Eds
The US and its allies may have military dominance in the region, but it’s no guarantee of influence. By Oriana Skylar Mastro Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia-China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a much greater threat to a continued US role...
Australian Universities: Thriving in a Changing World?
Author(s): Ryan YoungDate of publication: 2020
Publication type: Issues Paper
Publication download link University sectors in Australia and across the world are facing an inflection point in their future trajectories. The COVID-19 pandemic has undermined business models built on international student income, radically changed the student experience and upended norms of...
A 2020 Vision for Five Eyes: New Structures for New Challenges
Author(s): William A. StoltzDate of publication: 2020
Publication type: Policy
In the latest NSC Policy Options Paper, William A. Stoltz explores a 2020 vision for Five Eyes. Key points: Five Eyes has been a primarily operational grouping, but it is starting to broaden collaboration – particularly to address COVID-19 recovery. Five Eyes needs new planning structures if it...
Future Universities: Value for Changing Societies
Author(s): Young, R.Date of publication: 2020
Publication type: Policy Briefs
University sectors in Australia and across the world are facing an inflection point in their future trajectories. The COVID-19 pandemic has undermined business models built on international student income, radically changed the student experience and upended norms of academic behaviour –...
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