Report
Research Security in the Indo-Pacific: Why it matters to Australia
Vol.55, pp.1-16
Perth USAsia Centre
08/2025
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Abstract
The Perth USAsia Centre’s IndoPacific Analysis Briefs seek to provide perceptive and contemporary insights from across the region. The series features leading analysts from Asia, Australia and the US to deliver up-to-the-minute assessments on issues of national and regional importance. This series will shine a light on the issues that remain critically important to Australia and the Indo-Pacific at a time when global events may otherwise dominate the news cycle.
The AUKUS deal could be something of a poisoned chalice for the university and higher education research sector in Australia and more broadly, the Indo-Pacific. On the one hand, the country has been given a huge opportunity to undertake more research into disruptive and emerging technologies that AUKUS forecasts, like quantum computing and sensing, hypersonics, cryptography, autonomous weapons – the list is long and attractive. At the same time, engagement with these research fields brings universities into more frequent and closer contact with the government and its intelligence services, military, and law enforcement agencies – often to the discomfort of both sides.
Details
- Title
- Research Security in the Indo-Pacific: Why it matters to Australia
- Creators
- Brendan Walker-Munro - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Vol.55, pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Perth USAsia Centre; Perth, Australia
- Number of pages
- 16
- Identifiers
- 991013315228802368
- Copyright
- © Perth USAsia Centre 2025.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report