Australian Outlook Blog Posts

01 May 2026
This week in Australian Foreign Affairs: Australia expands eligibility for the Timor-Leste Solidarity Medal, the Foreign Minister announces a visit
30 Apr 2026
Germany’s new military strategy has both direct and indirect ramifications for Australia and the Indo-Pacific. As Germany aims to act
30 Apr 2026
In 2011, as Alan Fewster recounts in Intelligencer: The Secret World of Walter Cawthorn, Australian Spymaster, a senior Australian foreign
29 Apr 2026
Artemis II is about exploration, but a space program is more than what the public watched. The US uses all
28 Apr 2026
Politics can be ruthless, even to authoritarian rulers – especially when they have to face an election. Overnight, Orbán transformed
28 Apr 2026
Somali piracy has mutated into a high-precision ransom industry, capable of challenging global navies and rewriting local welfare. Pirates legitimise
24 Apr 2026
This week in Australian Foreign Affairs: Australia and Singapore conclude trade negotiations, the Maldives takes delivery of an Australian Guardian-class Patrol
23 Apr 2026
As Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund reportedly withdraws from LIV Golf and rethinks its global sport footprint, Australia's Sports Diplomacy
23 Apr 2026
Trade agreements are often framed as mutually beneficial arrangements. The EU–Australia trade deal is no exception. Yet the more important
22 Apr 2026
The “CNN effect” emerged in the 1990s to describe how real-time media coverage could shape foreign policy. Scholars and policymakers
22 Apr 2026
Indonesia is at the centre of much of the world’s maritime trade, and its foreign and defence policies, especially regarding
21 Apr 2026
Beyond serving as the basis of the global counter-terrorism architecture, the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy calls for commitments to human