Australian Outlook Blog Posts

26 Feb 2026
New Delhi’s recent defence budget announcement for fiscal year (FY) 2026-27 represents more than just a budgetary jump; it carries
26 Feb 2026
Macron’s 17–19 February visit underscored the deepening India–France “Special Global Strategic Partnership”, expanding defence, technology and maritime cooperation in ways
26 Feb 2026
Gina Athena Ulysse’s Why Haiti Needs New Narratives: A Post-Quake Chronicle fundamentally interrogates which stories are told of Haiti, and
26 Feb 2026
President Prabowo’s Washington messaging pairs a principled stance on Gaza with an unusually direct signal of operational readiness. For Australia,
26 Feb 2026
Australian legislative policy and uranium regulations are increasingly anachronous with national clean energy goals, failing to propel nuclear ambitions while
25 Feb 2026
From selective repatriations in 2022 to outright refusal in 2026, Australia’s approach to ISIS returnees reveals a pattern of reaction
24 Feb 2026
For several decades, gender equality has been a central pillar of global development and international aid, shaping how development challenges are
20 Feb 2026
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia conducts a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone, the
19 Feb 2026
Amid intensifying regional challenges and weakening multilateral systems, the trans-Tasman alliance must evolve from habit into a deliberately integrated, credible,
19 Feb 2026
When Washington declared a “national emergency” over Cuba in February 2026, it did more than tighten existing sanctions. By authorising a tariff framework on countries supplying
18 Feb 2026
The Bondi massacre highlights ongoing challenges in Australia’s ability to detect and prevent lone-actor extremist violence, particularly when individuals are
18 Feb 2026
Research has identified family separation as a key challenge for personnel with caring responsibilities deploying to UN peace operations, affecting