Indo-Pacific Region
Briefing paper
Managing US-China nuclear risks: a guide for Australia
As the prospect of high-intensity military conflict in the Indo-Pacific becomes more likely, Beijing, Washington and Canberra will need to manage nuclear risks more proactively.
Report
Creative economies in the Indo-Pacific and COVID-19
CSIS spent the past year studying how Australia and India have grown their creative sectors and consider how foreign assistance and development aid tools can help other Indo-Pacific countries build capacity in their creative economies. This report focuses on four major creative industries—film and television, gaming, music, and fashion—that have adjusted well to the pandemic...
Briefing paper
Post-pandemic governance in the Indo-Pacific
COVID-19 presents new challenges to the existing governance objectives of USAID’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, especially as great power competitors, like China, use the pandemic as a vehicle to further exacerbate existing democratic backsliding, corruption and disinformation.
Report
The Australia–India strategic partnership: accelerating security cooperation in the Indo–Pacific
This paper suggests that the existing constraints on the India–Australia security partnership, while real and important to recognise, are not insurmountable. In most instances, they can be navigated by officials on both sides.
Discussion paper
Australia and Thailand - a strategic reset?
In this multi-author edition of the Centre of Gravity series, co-editors William Tow and Suphat Suphachalasai work with leading strategic thinkers to explore the relationship between Australia and Thailand.