Australian Outlook Blog Posts

01 Dec 2025
When Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović visited Washington in November 2025 to observe 120 years of diplomatic relations between Montenegro and
01 Dec 2025
A cascade of radioactive contamination has triggered an unprecedented trade crisis for Indonesia, exposing decades-old industrial safety gaps that now
28 Nov 2025
The 2025 AIIA National Conference covered an extraordinary amount of ground. The summation of the conference, however, shows that several
28 Nov 2025
Newly declassified British documents expose how radioactive clouds from nuclear tests in Australia took days—not hours—to clear, contaminating vast areas
28 Nov 2025
While Africa and Latin America have seized leadership roles in shaping the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, Asia
27 Nov 2025
As General Stanley McChrystal famously observed, "it takes a network to defeat a network". Criminal organisations across the globe are
27 Nov 2025
While Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have erupted in Gen Z-led uprisings that toppled governments, India's youth are choosing
27 Nov 2025
Earlier this month, Australia and Indonesia announced a landmark bilateral Common Security Treaty. The treaty is modelled closely on the
27 Nov 2025
In late February, the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (‘PLA-N’) entered Australia’s exclusive economic zone (‘EEZ’) and conducted live-firing drills off Sydney.
26 Nov 2025
As we remember 50 years of the infamous constitutional crisis and Whitlam’s dismissal and celebrate the positive aspects of his
26 Nov 2025
Australia is simultaneously engaged in confrontation, competition and cooperation with China. This fragile disequilibrium will test the Albanese Government’s stabilisation
20 Nov 2025
The Australian Foreign Minister's speech to the 2025 AIIA National Conference Gala Dinner outlined how Australia has strengthened major regional