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Foreign policy8 April 2026

USSC Briefing Room | The state of play for Australia-Taiwan relations

Professor Peter Dean and Professor Bec Strating joined the USSC Briefing Room to discuss the current state of Australia-Taiwan relations and the challenges Taiwan faces amid rising global tensions.
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Amid rising global tensions, Taiwan continues to be a regional flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific. What is the current state of Australia-Taiwan relations? What challenges does Taiwan face in a new security era? How should regional allies and partners engage with Taiwan on its own terms — and what could this mean for China’s grand strategy?

Professor Peter Dean, Senior Advisor for Defence Strategy at the United States Studies Centre, and Professor Bec Strating, Director at the La Trobe Centre for Global Security, joined the USSC Briefing Room to discuss these questions. Along with other Australian security experts, Professor Dean and Professor Strating co-authored a new report in February: Australia-Taiwan relations: Policy options and priorities for engagement.

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Produced by: Elliott Brennan

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