The AIIA publishes the definitive series Australia in World Affairs on Australia’s foreign policy. Appearing mostly in five-yearly installments, the series has covered Australia’s […]

The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Baogang He, Dr David Hundt and Dr Danielle Chubb […]

The Research Committee of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is calling for expressions of interest from […]

The AIIA publishes the definitive series Australia in World Affairs on Australia’s foreign policy. This book series has been published since 1950 and is currently […]

The Australian government has lost the trust of the Australian people, and the social contract has begun to break down. Australia needs a new plan to get it back on track, but can the Labor Party deliver on what will be a difficult and challenging program? 

Disinformation threatens Australian democratic processes. The failure of the proposed Disinformation and Misinformation bill highlights the urgent need for balanced regulation ahead of the 2025 elections.

Strategic minilaterals like the Quad, AUKUS, and TSD exemplify flexible security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, balancing between governance and military alignment. While unlikely to evolve into formal alliances, their growing integration positions them as adaptable coalitions for regional stability and crisis response

Australia’s proposed social media ban for those under 16 aims to protect youth mental health but risks unintended consequences. International examples show that restricting access to mainstream platforms may push vulnerable youth into unregulated online spaces, increasing their exposure to radicalisation and harmful ideologies

Australia needs strategic reindustrialisation. The days of secure supply chains and geopolitical stability have begun to erode, and Australia is without a plan. 

The Pacific is​​, as former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described in 2018, a region where “we have special responsibilities” and where “we are connected as members of a Pacific family​.​”​ Curiously, this impassioned rhetoric did not stop Morrison from taking on a senior role at a deep-sea mining fund investing millions of dollars in experimental deep-sea mining projects in the Pacific.  

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles, Wong, and Farrell in Singapore for the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee; Marles and Wong in Auckland for ANZMIN; Wong in Malaysia for Australia-Malaysia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and more.