CSIS Panel: Achieving the Quad’s Tech Potential and Strengthening Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific

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On 12 April, ASPI DC Director Adam Leslie joined a panel discussion on the Quad’s technology potential and strengthening connectivity in the Indo-Pacific at Yale’s inaugural GeoTech Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The panel discussion featured Channing Lee, Associate Director for Foreign Policy at the Special Competitive Studies Project; Vikram Singh, Senior Advisor to the Asia Program at the United States Institute of Peace; and Dr William Chou, Japan Chair fellow at the Hudson Institute.

In Conversation with Dr Arzan Tarapore – Deterring an attack on Taiwan: policy options for India and other non-belligerent states

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On 9 April, ASPI DC hosted a lively panel discussion featuring ASPI Senior Fellow Dr. Arzan Tarapore to launch his latest ASPI report, Deterring an attack on Taiwan: policy options for India and other non-belligerent states.

Joining Dr. Tarapore on the panel to discuss the different levers available to Delhi to deter aggression against Taiwan were Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director of the Asia Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Russell Hsiao, Executive Director of the Global Taiwan Institute; and Dr. Joel Wuthnow, Senior Research Fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the National Defense University; and ASPI Senior Analyst Dr. Greg Brown.

Roundtable with the Space Industry Association of Australia

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On 3 April, ASPI DC Senior Analyst Dr Nishank Motwani hosted a roundtable discussion with the Space Industry Association of Australia, featuring delegates from the Australian and American space industries.

The roundtable brought together leading figures from the two countries and focused on enhancing linkages and furthering collaboration across the commercial, government, and research sectors.

Policy in the Pub

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On 28 March, ASPI DC was delighted to host the second installment of Policy in the Pub in Washington DC. The ASPI DC team welcomed over sixty attendees, representing Australian and American government, think tanks, industry, academia and Congress, among other backgrounds.

Team DC would like to thank all who attended and look forward to making new connections at the next event!

Deterring an attack on Taiwan: policy options for India and other non-belligerent states

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India has a vital role to play in deterring China from unifying Taiwan by military force, a new Australian Strategic Policy Institute report finds, highlighting New Delhi’s significant economic, diplomatic, legal and strategic narrative levers.

The report looks beyond traditional thinking on military preparations to dissuade Beijing from taking the island by force and offers six ways for India, with its great strategic and economic weight, to “help shape Beijing’s calculus away from the use of force”.

The author writes that the use of such long-term measures is vital to New Delhi’s own interests, as the economic and regional security impacts of a major war would be devastating for India itself.  India and other “non-belligerent states” could apply a range of measures to persuade Beijing that the time is not right for a military attack. The aim would be to convince Beijing that “its ducks aren’t quite in a row… so that it defers military action to some uncertain point in the future”.

The report states that China remains deterrable. While it is determined to assume control of the island as a paramount strategic priority, it knows a military invasion would be enormously costly and uncertain.

Roundtable with Australian Chamber of Commerce and Business Executives for National Security (BENS)

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On 19 March, ASPI DC co-hosted the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Business Executives for National Security (BENS) for a roundtable.

The event included a discussion on Chinese industrial espionage focused on the commercial sector with Glenn Chafetz, Director of 2430 Group; as well as a conversation with General Tim Ray (USAF, ret’d), the CEO of BENS on mobilising the private sector to support national security and defence.

Full Cycle Supply Chain Planning and Clean Energy Transition Roundtable with Tellus Holdings

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On 18 March, ASPI DC Director, Adam Leslie, hosted a roundtable with Australian and American industry leaders to discuss “whole of life” planning for green technology and manufacturing.

The conversation focused on how best to enable the green transition in a sustainable manner, to include waste byproducts; the pivotal role Australia can play in the industry, and the current policies and practices within Australia and the United States.

The discussion also covered how focusing on waste processing and storage now will ensure that Australia and its allies maintain their access to critical technology and resources that are vital to national security in the future.

SXSW ASPI Panel at Australia House

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ASPI DC was delighted to host Australia’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC, along with former US Ambassador to Australia John Berry and representatives from Australian and American industry, for a roundtable discussion at South by Southwest in Austin on 12 March.

The conversation, hosted in partnership with the American Australian Association, focused on mobilising private sector capital for AUKUS and national security more broadly.

In additional programming, ASPI DC Analyst Bronte Munro and Director Adam Leslie hosted a panel on Doing Business in the National Security Domain with Cia Kouparitsas of With You With Me; Heather Richman of the AUKUS Defense Investor Network and Naweed Tahmas of Aeon Industries.

The event led solicited a productive dialogue on the tech industry as the new defense industrial base, AUKUS and skilled workforce development and investment in dual use technology.

Senior Analyst Dr. Greg Brown presented to active duty and reserve US Air Force and Air National Guard officers

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Senior Analyst Dr. Greg Brown presented to active duty and reserve US Air Force and Air National Guard officers at a 26-28 February, closed-door Alan L. Freed seminar on China and the Indo-Pacific. His talk, Covert, Coercive, and Corrupt: CCP Influence in the Pacific Islands, highlighted contemporary political warfare campaigns in the Pacific amid a deteriorating security environment for the United States, Australia, and likeminded states.

17 April elections in the Solomon Islands ASPI DC Senior Analyst Greg Brown story

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Voice of America quoted ASPI DC Senior Analyst Greg Brown in a 22 February story regarding American and Chinese interests in the 17 April elections in the Solomon Islands. The report featuring Dr. Brown replayed on VOA Asia Weekly on 29 February.