Join me for a CSIS CSIS Australia Chair hosted discussion on the recent Solomon Islands election with experts Anna Powles, TarcisiusKabutaulaka, Dr. Alan Tidwell and Dr. Anouk Ride from 4-5pm EST 20 May. Register here 👇
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Va’inga Tone, Tonga's Ambassador to 🇺🇸 and Permanent Representative of Tonga to the 🇺🇳, joined CSIS' #PacificPolicyPulse to discuss 'Pacific Week' in Washington, 🇺🇸-🇹🇴 relations, and this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting.

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Thrilled to announce that ANU National Security College’s Rory Medcalf has joined CSIS as an Adjunct Fellow with the CSIS Australia Chair . He brings a wealth of experience with and knowledge on Australian statecraft and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

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.CSIS Australia Chair Adjunt Fellow Mick Ryan, AM writes about Australia's new National Defence Strategy, sketching what it has to say about deterrence and resources, and laying out the challenges to its implementation.

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.Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell Kurt Campbell joined us at CSIS to discuss how events are unfolding in Europe & the Indo-Pacific, and how 🇺🇸 is working with its allies and partners. Great having Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova with us as Congress passed a bill providing necessary aid to 🇺🇦.

Good conversation with U.S. Coast Guard Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard ADM Linda Fagan at CSIS discussing her recent trips to Samoa, New Zealand, and Australia, and talking about the changing nature of the U.S. Coast Guard's presence and mission in the Indo-Pacific. CSIS Australia Chair CSIS International Security Program

Lee Goddard joined CSIS' #PacificPolicyPulse to discuss 🇦🇺's push to increase the range & lethality of its armed forces, and why he's reading up on 🇺🇸's WWII industrial mobilization & Taylor Branch's great history of the Civil Rights Era. youtube.com/watch?v=h9bXPP… CSIS Australia Chair

New CSIS commentary by Mick Ryan, AM on changes at the top ranks of the Australian Defence Forces--and the budgetary, manpower, and modernization challenges incoming General Angus Campbell David Johnson is likely to face.

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Great getting to talk CSIS with students today on the geopolitics of technology. Thanks to British Embassy Washington's Laura Farhall, ASPI Washington DC's Nishank Motwani & FDD's Mark Montgomery for joining me to discuss AUKUS, emerging technologies, and the 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧 defense industrial base.

Good CSIS explainer from Kathryn Paik on this week's elections in the Solomon Islands--what's at stake, why this election matters, how it might play into geopolitical competition, and what to look for. CSIS Australia Chair

.CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group & CSIS Australia Chair Conference in Washington on Strengthening Australia - U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation.

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Following the inaugural track 1.5 “Foundations for AUKUS Pillar I Implementation” workshop, United States Studies Centre's Peter J. Dean, Alice Nason, RUSI's Dr Philip Shetler-Jones, and CSIS's Charles Edel shared key findings in this new #AUKUS report.

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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 🇺🇸 Representative to the United Nations, joined Kathryn Paik and #PacificPolicyPulse to discuss her talk at CSIS, her engagements with Pacific Island countries, and why she's The Black Jacobins is at the top of her reading list.…

Register here 👇for our panel discussion on how best to strengthen 🇺🇸🇦🇺 defense industrial cooperation.

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Today, I joined CSIS to discuss the importance of the U.S.-Pacific relationship.

The U.S. shares a unique, longstanding history with the Pacific Islands.

We have robust people-to-people ties.

And our economic prosperity and national security are inextricably linked.

LtGen Stephen Sklenka, Deputy Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joined #PacificPolicyPulse at CSIS to discuss his takeaways after 5 years at Indo-Pacom, and why he's reading up on 🇦🇺's founding & Xi Jinping thought. And, why he prefers 🏈 to ⚾️.

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Spoke with National Journal's Cristina Maza about AUKUS--including its promise, the current state of play, and the challenges it faces.

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Thanks very much to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Deputy Commander LtGEN Sklenka for joining the CSIS CSIS Australia Chair to discuss recent developments in the region and reflect on his tenure at Indo-Pacom.

Spoke with the The Briefing's Sacha Barbour Gatt about defense spending as a product of how nations assess their security environment & why Australia is producing more munitions today.

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