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  • 28 Feb 2025
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Public Opinion

    Young men are lurching right worldwide, but is Australia immune?

    Intifar Chowdhury
    With political disillusionment at all-time highs, how we speak about purpose in the world matters.
  • 27 Feb 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Development Assistance
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    UK aid cut: Implications for an increasingly lonely Australia

    Grace Stanhope , Riley Duke
    Starmer’s announcement is another demonstration of a narrowing perception of global security.
  • 26 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    The building blocks for security partnership in the Indo-Pacific

    Michael MacArthur Bosack
    There are five basic requirements for successful military-to-military cooperation. Australia is already ahead of the game.
  • 24 Feb 2025
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • China-Australia Relations

    How should Australia respond to Chinese warships’ live fire?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Provocations such as the PLA’s weapons drills are the moments when Australia must channel its unique geographical power.
  • 24 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World

    Australia’s foreign policy in a hung parliament

    Hugh Piper
    The prospect of a minority government might lend some minor players a major role.
  • 19 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Defence & Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Political lessons for Australia from the war in Ukraine

    Mick Ryan
    The concept of sovereign resilience must be implemented from the top of our nation’s political leadership.
  • 18 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World

    It’s time for an Australian strategy of national resilience

    Matthew Sussex
    Donald Trump has delivered a reality check, but Australia is not without other friends.
  • 14 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Australia can no longer assume multilateralism will work in its favour

    Mercedes Page
    With US withdrawals and China's growing influence, Australia must rethink its approach to the UN.
  • 30 Jan 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • United States

    Trump’s trade policy: Risks for Australia

    Stephen Moran
    With tariff threats against both friend and foe, regional trade agreements will assume greater importance.
  • 24 Jan 2025
    • Australia in the World

    How First Nations knowledge makes foreign policy stronger

    Laura Salt
    Approaches to climate action, fisheries management, intellectual property, human rights, and cultural heritage repatriation is stronger for a First Nations’ perspective.
  • 22 Jan 2025
    • Australia in the World

    50 years later, are we any wiser? Australia’s search for regional security

    William Leben
    Vietnam, PNG and Timor continue to shape Australia’s approach.
  • 12 Dec 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    US tariffs are nothing new – history should be our guide

    Annmaree O’Keeffe
    With a change of guard in the White House, Australia could take its lead from Chifley’s art of the deal.
  • 9 Dec 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change

    Australia is out to lunch on disaster diplomacy

    Fleur Johns
    Despite multiple strategies, frameworks and partnerships, Canberra still lags on regional disaster relief.
  • 6 Dec 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Diplomacy

    First Nations diplomacy: A foreign policy approach that benefits all

    Laura Salt
    First Nations participation and leading on international engagement should be considered for its substantive contribution, not relegated to ceremony.
  • 4 Dec 2024
    • Australia in the World

    A chip off the Berlin Wall, Bollywood stars and a MAGA hat: Confessions from the collection of a foreign policy nerd

    Daniel Flitton
    Hopefully, if I embarrass myself, a couple of colleagues will share their wonky mementos, too.
  • 4 Dec 2024
    • Australia in the World

    A digital makeover for the New Colombo Plan will boost Australia’s soft power

    Hilman Palaon
    Cutting-edge technological tools and youthful enthusiasm. Take the win.
  • 26 Nov 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia in the World
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Global Economy

    Balancing the books on Australian statecraft

    William Leben , Ruby Saulwick
    It should be easier to judge the budget against the warnings of challenging times.
  • 14 Nov 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Defence & Security

    Will the Intelligence Review bring DIO into the light?

    David Schaefer
    Australia's Defence Intelligence Organisation is a national resource, and it should have a profile to match.
  • 16 Oct 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Samoa

    A CHOGM Rorschach Test

    Tom Barber
    The value in the summit in Samoa next week really depends on how you see diplomacy unfolding.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Transnational Challenges

    Smuggling budgies? Australia’s fight against wildlife trafficking

    David M. Andrews
    Masters of soft diplomacy and flag-bearers for Aussie tourism, our native animals need all the protection they can get.
  • 12 Jul 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Testing the climate for AUKUS

    Albert Palazzo
    The deterrence effects of nuclear-powered submarines are easily overstated, and the boats won’t fulfil Australia’s most pressing security needs in a changing environment.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • United States

    America’s about–face on Assange allows Albanese to claim a win

    Daniel Flitton
    Managing different interests between allies isn’t easy.
  • 24 Jun 2024
    • Japan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Gas and the difficult path to net zero

    Stephen Grenville
    As a major supplier of global energy, Australia’s external challenges will be formidable.
  • 18 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Diplomacy

    Bonjour Bill? The endless speculation about political postings

    Daniel Flitton
    Was former Labor leader Bill Shorten’s stint as Australia’s envoy to the Ukraine peace summit a dress rehearsal for a change in role?
  • 14 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World

    Penny Wong defines Australia’s “national interests”

    Daniel Flitton
    What happens when the Foreign Minister is asked to give meaning to a common political refrain?
  • 13 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Diplomacy

    From global to regional: Australia’s focus narrows

    Susannah Patton
    The real question about Australian foreign policy is whether it is too narrow, not too broad.
  • 5 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World

    Free DFAT from “national interests” so that it can solve problems

    Andrew Carr
    Discussion of foreign policy always begins by identifying interests, but that’s less helpful than you might think
  • 17 May 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia

    Was that a future Ambassador Morrison meeting a soon-to-be again President Trump?

    Daniel Flitton
    With an election looming in the United States and one not that far away in Australia, it’s an easy scenario to imagine.
  • 13 May 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Trade

    Made in Australia meets China’s export juggernaut

    Henry Storey
    China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance.
  • 11 Apr 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Foreign Policy

    The Translator: “Like-minded countries”

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Megan Vu
    A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
  • 4 Apr 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • International Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN

    Greg Earl
    Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.
  • 7 Mar 2024
    • Australia in the World

    Economic diplomacy: Australia Inc’s new tilt at ASEAN

    Greg Earl
    The economic prospects have been clear for decades, but the government is now throwing serious money at Southeast Asia.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Defence & Security

    Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold

    Greg Earl
    A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.
  • 19 Jan 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Technology

    The window (shade) seat

    Samuel Bashfield
    Watching the world go by from 40,000 feet is more than it’s cracked up to be.
  • 21 Dec 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Antarctica
    • Environment
    • International law
    • International Relations
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    A jurisdiction over the high seas

    Bec Strating
    Australia will be a key player in the new agreement governing the globe’s largest natural habitat.
  • 20 Dec 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia

    Albanese’s foreign policy speech: “Boring” sounds just right

    Daniel Flitton
    Regular updates about Australia’s position in the world do the public a great service.
  • 11 Dec 2023
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government
    • Chinese Trade
    • Taiwan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Don’t let China veto Australia’s ties with Taiwan

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities.
  • 7 Nov 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Learning the right lessons from Australia’s Covid response

    Tom Chodor , Shahar Hameiri
    The pandemic measures that took us from lucky country to locked-up country have their roots in 1980s neoliberalism.
  • 3 Nov 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Australian leadership in Indo‑Pacific nuclear diplomacy

    John Tilemann
    With growing state capabilities in the region, “guardrails” are more important than ever. Canberra can help.
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States
    • US Elections

    The future isn’t what it used to be

    Mark Beeson
    Will a revolution be the way the world’s young people right the wrongs of the modern era?
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 12 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Public Opinion

    Voting “Yes” in the heart of empire

    Hugh Piper , Matthew Newman
    If the ballot queue in London were any guide, the Voice would win hands down.
  • 10 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion

    The Voice: Towards a fuller expression of nationhood

    Ryan Neelam
    Long after the referendum, the result will echo in Australia’s national conscience.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Pump up the volume: Music diplomacy as soft power

    Kate Clayton
    From jazz ambassadors to Eurovision, it’s time Australia employed the persuasive power of pop and beyond.
  • 28 Sep 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Review

    AUKUS: A debate after the fact is still worth having

    Georgina Downer
    Can Australia’s statecraft and alliances offer alternative security options in the Indo-Pacific?
  • 5 Sep 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Technology

    Danger Will Robinson: Warfighting robots fast approaching

    Peter Layton
    A swarm of angry Australian-made cardboard attack drones sets the scene for all future conflicts.
  • 24 Aug 2023
    • Australia in the World

    “Australia’s future to 2063” and debating the world beyond the horizon

    Daniel Flitton
    How much value does the nation gain from peering into a crystal ball?
  • 24 Aug 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Sex and Gender

    Australia showcased gender equality on the pitch. Now let’s try it on budget policy

    Ramona Vijeyarasa
    This government has the opportunity to get serious about gender responsive budgeting by upskilling its ministries.
  • 22 Aug 2023
    • Cambodia
    • Australia in the World

    Cambodia's democracy deficit: Australia's role and responsibility

    Gareth Evans , Gordon Conochie
    Have we done enough to support human and democratic rights in a country where they are perpetually under attack?
  • 7 Aug 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Foreign Policy
    • Sex and Gender

    Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy

    Joanna Pradela , Alice Ridge
    The problem with an implied rather than explicit feminist approach is that it is all too easy to ignore.
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