Reimagining Australia's international relations.
A platform for collaboration between the development, diplomacy and defence communities.
Values of First Nations Australians and Pacific connections
On Tuesday 4 July AP4D hosted a NAIDOC Week panel discussion with Australia's Ambassador for First Nations People Justin Mohamed on the contribution and cultural knowledge that First Nations people bring to foreign policy discussions and international engagements. AP4D is grateful to Ambassador Mohamed, Salā Dr George Carter, Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Hall and Jane Bastin-Sikimeti for sharing their insights. Watch a recording of the event below.
Our people
The AP4D Advisory Group is co-chaired by Marc Purcell and Michael Wesley.
Recent commentary by Advisory Group members include:
Hayley Channer on security and the private sector, Australia's relationship with the US, navigating US-China economic competition and critical technologies.
Richard Maude on the Shangri-La Dialogue, US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China and how to engage China.
Bridi Rice on recent development debates, Australian and US approaches to democracy in the region and Japan's new development compact.
Susannah Patton on Thai politics following the May election, Myanmar sanctions, development aid in Southeast Asia and regional mulipolarity.
Michael Wesley on Australian universities' engagement with China.
William Stoltz on Australia's two-party political system.
Joanne Wallis on reimagining the geopolitics of the Pacific Islands and how emotions can influence peacebuilding.
Our program
On Monday 19 June AP4D hosted a webinar to launch the options paper What does it look like for Australia to enhance coordination with France in the Indo-Pacific. Expert contributors Natalie Sambhi, Anna Gibert and Kate O’Shaughnessy shared their insights in a fascinating panel discussion, followed by a response to the paper from Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of France Zoe McKenzie MP. Watch a recording below.
In the news
AP4D has been featured in:
ABC News Radio
AP4D staff have spoken at:
An Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) event: How can Australia use its tools of statecraft in international engagement?
An AIIA conference: Reflections on the Rules-Based Order: Diplomacy & Conflict in Taiwan’s Region
Oceanic Conference on International Studies
Australian War College
Participants in a Thailand-Australia Track 1.5 Defence Dialogue program that AP4D Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler attended.
