The Australia-European Union Security and Defence Partnership was signed on 24 March 2026. The partnership represents a significant step in EU–Australia relations, elevating cooperation beyond its traditional focus on trade and investment. This explainer describes what the partnership entails and highlights what it needs to become successful and impactful.

This report documents the width and depth of fragmentation of cybersecurity regulation in the Indo-Pacific – focusing on Australia, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. It investigates whether the divergent regulatory burdens placed on the private sector is creating a systemic vulnerability and therefore deserves a strategic policy response.

This report examines the vulnerability of emerging economies across the Indo-Pacific and Latin America in the face of economic cyber espionage and the degree to which major emerging economies in these regions are prepared to respond. Countries in the study have been assessed and given a risk label indicating their vulnerability.

Despite playing a key economic role, intellectual property (IP) industries are not protected or secured to the same degree as government agencies or critical infrastructure. This report examines how various countries have used regulatory, legal, and policy interventions to protect IP-producing entities against cyber-espionage. It encourages policymakers to be more proactive in the defence of...

This techdiplomacy playbook offers an introduction to the processes of negotiation that underpin the development of technical standards for artificial intelligence (AI). In this report, the authors reflect on the role of technical standards, describe the current state of play in global AI governance, and outline and explain how agreements on technical standards come into...