Conversations: Australia’s Asia-Pacific policy after the Labor landslide
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Conversations: Australia’s Asia-Pacific policy after the Labor landslide

By Lydia Khalil, Susannah Patton, Mihai Sora
9 May 2025
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Anthony Albanese has been returned as Australia’s prime minister in a landslide. In this episode, Program Directors Mihai Sora and Susannah Patton speak with host Lydia Khalil about what that means for the region. They discuss how Albanese’s re-election is being received in the Pacific and Southeast Asia and examine the continuities, opportunities and challenges for Australia’s foreign policy over the government’s second term.

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Lydia Khalil
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Areas of expertise: Terrorism and violent extremism; digital technology; disinformation; authoritarianism; national security; emergency management and countering violent extremism; crisis and natural disasters; radicalisation; counter-terrorism; policy; Middle East; US national security
Susannah Patton
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Areas of expertise: Indo-Pacific strategy; Australian foreign policy; Southeast Asia
Mihai Sora
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Areas of expertise: Australian foreign policy; geopolitics in the Pacific; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Fiji; conflict analysis and fragile states
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