A leading foreign policy think tank focused on Indo-Pacific strategy.
Perth USAsia Centre
Through our research and educational activities, we strengthen strategic thinking between Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the United States and engage thought leaders to address challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific region.
Latest resources and publications
Knowledge Hub
Indo-Pacific Explainer:
Which sectors offer the greatest opportunities for deeper Australia-Indonesia trade and investment co-operation?
Professor Jennifer Westacott AC, the Australian Government’s ASEAN Business Champion for Indonesia, outlines the sectors with the greatest potential for deeper Australia–Indonesia trade and investment cooperation and highlights key success stories.
Indo-Pacific Analysis Briefs
First Nations trade and investment missions – getting the fundamentals right
In our latest Indo-Pacific Brief, Honorary Fellow (First Nations Foreign Policy) Sarah Leary discusses the importance of First Nations trade and investment partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and why Australia needs to embed Indigenous companies into its annual calendar of trade missions, negotiations, and agreements.
Indo-Pacific Insight Series
Technopolitik: Technology,
geostrategic competition and warfare
Senior Fellow Alana Ford examines how advanced technologies – AI, cyber tools, autonomous systems – are reshaping power, alliances, and conflict in the Indo-Pacific. Drawing on case studies from drone warfare to disinformation and infrastructure attacks, she explores emerging threats like AI-driven influence and quantum disruption, offering urgent insights for policymakers, industry leaders, and citizens on how Australia can stay ahead.
Learn geopolitics online
Online courses
Learn more about geopolitics with a microcredential on international relations
Our range of microcredentials, masterclasses and sprintclasses provides education that advances Australia’s engagement and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.
Courses are developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and can be completed 100% online, giving you the flexibility to learn wherever, and whenever, suits you.
Latest insights and updates
- 2025: Year in review
- 2026 Centre Fellows
- Rethinking the Indo-Pacific as a single ocean system
- Which sectors offer the greatest opportunities for deeper Australia–Indonesia trade and investment co-operation?
- Forging innovative partnerships: Australia-India cooperation for climate development and security in the Pacific
- Reimagining India-Australia Ties Through Indigenous Eyes
