On 8 May, under the auspices of the Australian Strategic Policy Grants Program (SPGP), CSDS and the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney co-hosted a workshop on “Bridging Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Alliances” in Sydney. The discussions revolved around how to strengthen practical cooperation between NATO and partners in the Indo-Pacific in the defence industry, the fields of economy, technology and security, particularly with the perspective of the war in Ukraine and the sensitivities at the Taiwan Strait.

On 11 May, CSDS and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) co-organised an experts’ workshop in Canberra supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme. This two-year project seeks to examine key strategic trends in the Indo-Pacific and their impact on NATO. Concretely, the workshop in Australia aimed to address the role of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs) in Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security panorama and how partners can better cooperate to face the challenges posed by EDTs.

The next meetings under the Bridging Allies initiative will take place in Japan (Tokyo) and France (Paris) in the months to come.

Please visit the CSDS Twitter profile and website for further updates.

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On 25 January, we launched our new ”Futures in the Indo-Pacific” project alongside the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) from Tokyo, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), and the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences-Po Paris. This two-year project, supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, will examine key strategic trends in the Indo-Pacific and their impact on NATO.

On 26 January, CSDS launched another two-year project in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre of the University of Sydney (USSC) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). This project aims to generate recommendations to strengthen practical cooperation between NATO and existing and new partners in the Indo-Pacific.

The launch of these two projects benefitted from the involvement of high-level speakers and participants from across Europe, Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada and the United States.

The next meetings will take place in Australia (Canberra and Sydney), Japan (Tokyo), United States (Washington D.C.) and France (Paris) in the months to come.

Please visit the CSDS Twitter profile and website for further updates.

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The CSDS Bridging Allies initiative comprises different streams, and is supported through a variety of funding schemes, namely:

-A project supported by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) programme. This project examines key security trends in the Indo-Pacific region, and analyse their possible impact for NATO. It is led by CSDS in cooperation with the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in Toyo, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), and CERI at Sciences-Po Paris.

-A project supported by the Australian Department of Defence under the Strategic Policy Grants Program (SPGP). This project aims at  bringing together practitioners and experts from Europe and the Indo-Pacific to offer recommendations on how to strengthen links between NATO and U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific. This project is led by CSDS in cooperation with the U.S. Studies Centre of the University of Sydney (USSC) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., who is joining as an associate partner.

Both projects last two years and comprise a variety of experts’ workshops and public conferences to be held in Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Canberra/Sidney and Washington D.C. Stay tuned for the next developments by checking our website and Twitter account.

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