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Australia’s one step forward, two steps back in the Pacific

While Australia is set to implement several meaningful labour mobility, security and diplomatic initiatives, simultaneously counterproductive domestically driven policies could undermine the ability of those programs to improve engagement with Pacific Island states.

Is the Indo-Pacific just a geographic region, or something more?

The Australian Government’s use of the terms ‘Indo-pacific’ and ‘rules-based-order’ have come under question at the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) meeting held recently in Perth.

Australian ambitions – regional reactions

Australia is promoting the 'Indo-Pacific' regional vision, with difficulty.

Pacific Geopolitics Workshop - Keynote - Ewen McDonald

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop – How can Australia ensure that its 'step-up' advances its strategic interests in the Pacific Islands?

Audio - Panel 5 Day 2

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop – How should the Pacific Island states advance their strategic and security interests?

Audio - Panel 1 Day 2

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop – Why are the geopolitics of the Pacific Islands so 'crowded and complex'?

Audio - Panel 3

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop – How do Pacific Islands states define their strategic and security interests?

Audio - Panel 2

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop - Wrap-up and implications

Audio - Wrap up session

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Pacific Geopolitics Workshop - Keynote - Collin Beck

Collin Beck

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