Trade, Foreign and Security Policy

Weakness in government coordination and communication will constrain flexibility to deal with this complex challenge.

Both countries have more and more in common, a fact which should challenge old tropes about difference. Our Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller reports in the Lowy Institute's 'The Interpreter'.

Natuna Islands in the South China Sea has flared again, with Jakarta giving every indication it’s not for backing down. Our Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller reports in the Lowy Institute's 'The Interpreter'.

Our first issue of Policy Futures is now available. In this issue we cover emerging technologies and innovations including artificial technology, synthetic biology, nanotechnology and circular economy.

A ramming incident on 27 April involving a Vietnamese fisheries surveillance vessel and an Indonesian naval vessel near Indonesia’s Natuna Islands highlights the risks of escalation in competition over fisheries in the South China Sea. But it should also be understood in the context of broader strategic dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, where ASEAN unity is being tested and tolerance for ‘grey zone’ maritime operations appears to be lessening.

On 29 March 2019, Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow, Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller was invited to present on ‘Southeast Asian Views of Major Competition’ at a Conference hosted jointly by the Embassy of Japan and the National Security College, ANU entitled: A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Towards a Shared Strategy.