This report summarises the processes and frameworks that already exist within ASEAN to address forced migration, and provides recommendations on how they can be improved to provide better protection for displaced persons in the region.

In striving to enhance good governance and the organisational capacities of small island developing states (SIDS), development partners need to understand the local contexts, working methods and characteristics of the country they are working with. Subsequently, the authors of this paper argue that consideration should be given to how to view these factors as strengths...

Coordinated disinformation campaigns are now an established feature of domestic politics in Australia’s region. This paper argues that a multilateral approach to the building of new norms and standards in the digital age is an urgent priority, and that Australia should position itself to be an influential participant in these debates.

This publication contains a collection of analytical essays on Japan’s and Australia’s respective approaches to geopolitics, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the overlay of democracy on development and diplomacy towards those subregions.

This paper asserts that Australia has a direct interest in a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean. This means a region where people can trade freely and where countries are able to pursue their development and prosperity.