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Simon Smith

Report

Policy, practice, and futures: a report on the priorities arising from the second Digital Childhoods Summit


This report synthesises discussions from the Digital Childhoods Summit, held in Canberra in June 2025. The summit aimed to identify key priorities for practice and policy to improve digital childhoods in Australia. It was organised around four key themes, each recognised as timely and significant issues affecting children, families, educators, industry and government.
Report

Australia and South Korea: middle power cooperation and Asian security


A more comprehensive strategic relationship between South Korea and Australia may be of increasing value given the tectonic shifts in our region, argues this report. Authored by Carl Ungerer and Simon Smith, this report provides a clear-eyed assessment of the small but productive role that an expanded bilateral agenda could play in maintaining regional peace...
Discussion paper

Strait thinking: China-Taiwan relations under Ma Ying-jeou


This week marks the second anniversary of Ma Ying-jeou’s victory in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. In the period since Ma’s inauguration relations between Taiwan and China have improved markedly. There are clear signs that the two parties are taking small but vital steps towards a sustained peace. This Policy Analysis considers these steps and...

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