Australia, New Zealand & Pacific
The Australia Chair and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative provide high-level policy focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island countries.

More Than Subs, the Urgency of AUKUS for Canada
AUKUS, the newly-established security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and United States, has made waves of late as a result of its focus on helping Australia operate, acquire, and eventually build its own nuclear-powered attack submarines.
Podcast Episode by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — May 18, 2023

A Conversation with Sir. Angus Houston, Co-Lead of Australia's New Defence Strategic Review
Transcript — May 18, 2023

Economics, Security, and Alignment: The Perspective from Australia
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — May 9, 2023

AUKUS Is a Big Deal, and Big Deals Should Lead to Big Debates
Commentary by James Carouso — April 28, 2023
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The U.S. Role in Indo-Pacific Security: A Conversation with Ely Ratner and Siddharth Mohandas

A Conversation with Sir Angus Houston, Co-Lead of Australia's New Defence Strategic Review

The Case for an Australian National Security Strategy

The Future of AUKUS with Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)

Press Briefing: Previewing AUKUS Leaders' Meeting

A Conversation with Arthur Sinodinos, Outgoing Australian Ambassador to the United States

From Freeze to Thaw: The State of Australia-China Relations

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023
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ITAR Should End for Australia
Commentary by James Carouso , Thomas Schieffer , Jeffrey Bleich , John Berry , and Arthur Culvahouse — December 7, 2022
Report Launch: Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation
Event by Charles Edel , Matthew P. Goodman , Mick Ryan , Kelsey Hartigan , and Seiyeon Ji — December 1, 2022
Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation
Report by Charles Edel and Lam Tran — December 1, 2022
2022 National Defense Strategy: Implications for China and the Indo-Pacific
Transcript — October 28, 2022
2022 National Defense Strategy: Implications for China and the Indo-Pacific
Event by Seth G. Jones , Christopher B. Johnstone , Kari A. Bingen , and Victor Cha — October 27, 2022
2022 Global Development Forum
Event — October 13, 2022
Book Event: Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World
Event by Charles Edel and Alex Joske — October 12, 2022
Origin Stories with the Trade Guys, featuring Dr. Pru Gordon
Podcast Episode by Scott Miller and William Alan Reinsch — October 12, 2022

Monitoring the Implementation of the CPTPP’s Ecommerce Chapter: Proposed Toolkit and Initial Assessment
Event by William Alan Reinsch , Kati Suominen , Shujiro Urata , Jonathan McHale , and Elisabeth Bowes — October 3, 2022
White House Unveils Pacific Islands Strategy at Historic Summit
Critical Questions by Charles Edel , Christopher B. Johnstone , and Gregory B. Poling — September 30, 2022