Indo-Pacific Region
Strategy
Indo-Pacific broadcasting strategy
This strategy provides a framework to strengthen and expand Australian broadcasting and media sector engagement across the Indo-Pacific. Activities under the strategy aim to foster a vibrant and independent media sector, present an accurate understanding of modern, multicultural Australia, and support deeper people-to-people engagement.
Guide
Negotiating technical standards for artificial intelligence: a techdiplomacy playbook for policymakers and technologists in the Indo-Pacific
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...
Discussion paper
From crisis to collaboration: reflections on ASEAN’s protection mechanisms for forced migration
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.
Discussion paper
What does it look like for Australia to ... strengthen its Indian Ocean engagement
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.
Report
The trade routes vital to Australia’s economic security
A recurrent theme in Australia’s defence strategy has been our reliance on and need to defend Australia’s trade routes in a globalised world. The strengths and vulnerabilities of our linkages to the world are becoming more evident, and are the focus of this report.