HIPPA – Hybrid threats in the Indo-Pacific Pilot Action – is the name of a project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the understanding of and inter-regional cooperation in addressing hybrid threats between the EU and key Indo-Pacific partners (government, non-government, and industry) while promoting relevant EU policies and approaches to this topic.

A key outcome is a recommendation for a future more permanent platform for cooperation and coordination in responding to hybrid threats.

Hybrid threats are harmful activities that are purposefully planned and carried out with malign intent. They aim to undermine a target, such as a state or an institution, through a variety of means, often combined. Such means include information manipulation, cyberattacks, economic influence or coercion, covert political manoeuvring, coercive diplomacy, or threats of military force. Hybrid threats describe a wide array of harmful activities with different goals, ranging from influence operations and interference all the way to hybrid warfare.

The HIPPA project, implemented by ASPI, is conducting a needs and feasibility study for an Indo-Pacific-wide platform for coordination and cooperation in addressing hybrid threats. This is done through stakeholder consultations, expert-level exchanges, workshops and roundtable conversations, and include sharing insights from the EU’s experience insofar as they’re relevant for an Indo-Pacific context. 

While the work is inspired by the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, a joint EU/NATO entity, based in Finland, the scope and modalities for a future Indo-Pacific platform are subject to inputs from government and non-government stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific and the unique circumstances of the region.