Australian Outlook Blog Posts

11 Sep 2025
Modern diplomacy extends far beyond foreign ministries and ambassadors, as domestic officials, civil society groups, and business leaders increasingly engage
11 Sep 2025
Indonesia's largest wave of protests in nearly a decade forced President Prabowo Subianto to cancel a key diplomatic trip to
11 Sep 2025
In "Tracing the Undersea Dragon: Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific", Commodore (Dr) Amit Ray sets out with the ambitious
11 Sep 2025
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir with outgoing US CENTCOM Chief Gen. Michael E. Kurilla in Tampa, Florida. (Source:
10 Sep 2025
This work by Allan Behm shares its locus with other works that deal with the Australian-US alliance; it is marked
10 Sep 2025
‘The biggest purchase order in history’ is how one former mining CEO describes the energy transition’s demand for minerals and
09 Sep 2025
What started as predictions of a nail-bitingly close election in Samoa turned into a stunning landslide for FAST party leader
09 Sep 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo came at a pivotal moment when India-Japan relations face unprecedented strain from conflicting
09 Sep 2025
President Xi Jinping's massive Victory Day parade on September 3rd wasn't just about commemorating history—it was China's boldest display of
08 Sep 2025
As crises and conflicts escalate, states increasingly rely on defence capabilities. Yet, defence forces are currently facing a recruitment crisis.
05 Sep 2025
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles and Wong to attend 12th Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting, New diplomatic
04 Sep 2025
Major court cases are testing the legal foundations of Trump’s tariff strategy, with potentially sweeping fiscal consequences. If the Supreme