Australian Outlook Blog Posts

05 Jun 2026
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia pledged funding for the global Ebola response, the Minister for Trade led Australia’s
04 Jun 2026
The latest Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi marks an important strategic moment for the Indo-Pacific. After months of
04 Jun 2026
Following a meeting held in Tokyo on 28 May 2026, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi
04 Jun 2026
When Japan’s custody reforms took effect in April 2026, they marked a significant shift in a family-law system long criticised
04 Jun 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence never mentions Australia. Yet its central question, what happens to people when
02 Jun 2026
Donald Trump’s return to office fuelled anxiety across Europe, a continent long accustomed to relying on American military leadership and often uncomfortable thinking
29 May 2026
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia announced several statements regarding the recent Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi,
29 May 2026
In May 2026, a Pakistan Air Force C-130J landed quietly in Dhaka carrying a single heavy crate. Inside was a
29 May 2026
The United States and Iran seem stuck in a loop of escalation and restraint. The real danger is not necessarily
28 May 2026
Two weeks after President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping walked the grounds of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven and paused
28 May 2026
As the integrity and procedural costs of AI systems rise with great velocity, Australia must take integral steps towards protecting
27 May 2026
Deepfakes are no longer restricted to fake digital media content. As AI systems enter government, elections, critical infrastructure and crisis