The Vision

To capture today’s challenges from a wider arc of vision, we bring you PERISCOPE – a platform for publications and analysis on contemporary issues. Just like the real-world sighting instrument, PERISCOPE is meant to broaden our insights - taking in views from different angles.

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Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific - Activities 2020

The Annual Report 2020 summarises all our activities for the past year. Dive into our exciting past programs reaching from Australia to New Zealand and to our destinations in the South Pacific.

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Geoconomics and Sovereignty in the Indo-Pacific: Integration across Geographies

KAS Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific hosted a special dialogue event with the Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment at Parliament House

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A New Wave? Existing, Emerging and Converging Forms of Extremism

The proliferation of anti-democratic ideas and violence constitutes a new landmark in the evolving terrorism/extremism landscape. Under the guise of democratic dissent, anti-government protests are becoming a vehicle for increasing polarization and extremist activism as a prolonged ‘state of exception’ allows for the frustrations and anger of citizens to be steered around the interests of the far-right.

A New Wave? Existing, Emerging and Converging Forms of Extremism

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Foreign and Security Policy Cyber Security Terrorism / Counter-Terrorism Energy Policy Rule of Law Development Policy

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Australian-Korean Relations – The Significance of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Visit to Australia

17 December 2021

Australia’s Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout – Comirnaty (Pfizer) Approval for 5 to 11-year-old Children

9 December 2021

NEW ZEALAND – National Party Elects New Leader

2 December 2021

TONGA – General Elections

23 November 2021

Australian federal elections 2022 – The Liberal government and Labor’s pre-election campaigns

17 November 2021

FIJI – New Head of State (President)

12 November 2021

Geoconomics and Trade – Australia, China and the WTO

3 November 2021

EU’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy and relations with Australia

29 October 2021

NEW ZEALAND – New Governor General

22 October 2021

PACIFIC – Reception of AUKUS

11 October 2021

VANUATU – Vacancies in Parliament?

23 July 2021

Tools of the Trade: Unpacking the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy Trade Strategy and what it could mean for the EU-AUS FTA

16 July 2021

Team

Bertil Wenger

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Eva U Wagner

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Sophia Brook

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Juliane Strache

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