Australian Outlook Blog Posts

02 Jul 2026
Monday’s signing of the Vanuatu-Australia Nakamal Agreement is being hailed as a diplomatic win for Australia in its ‘permanent contest’
02 Jul 2026
When geopolitical heat rises, foreign policy professionals are urged to mind their words. Where does this leave the curious querier
01 Jul 2026
The zenith of techno-politics has created a shift in global supply chains – from operational marvels to geopolitical flashpoints –
01 Jul 2026
Nuclear energy may very well not arrive in Australia through an energy policy revolution. However, AUKUS submarines, which are scheduled
30 Jun 2026
The security architecture of the Indo-Pacific is in the middle of a fundamental restructuring. Great-power strategic competition, China’s growing assertiveness
30 Jun 2026
Antarctica's 1959 treaty locked the continent into a Cold War-era pact of 'frozen sovereignty,' reserving the world's largest freshwater reserve
30 Jun 2026
Five years after Korea and Australia upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership—the first such elevation for Seoul beyond Washington—both
30 Jun 2026
The decision by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to designate AI-enabled payloads (mission equipment that performs the
25 Jun 2026
Successive crises have pushed the European Union towards forms of collective action that increasingly resemble a federal logic. While the
25 Jun 2026
Australia is set to host the infrastructure of the AI boom. Microsoft has pledged A$25 billion by 2029, while Amazon
25 Jun 2026
Earlier this month the pro-EU Prime Minister Nikol ⁠Pashinyan and his Civil Contract party won a landslide election victory in
24 Jun 2026
In July 2023, at the second Russia-Africa Summit, held in St. Petersburg, the event was predominantly seen as a reflection