Australian Outlook Blog Posts

25 Jul 2025
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia delivers M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine; dates announced for AUKMIN meetings in Australia;
24 Jul 2025
The Russia-Ukraine war has ushered in a new era of warfare defined by low-cost, commercially available drones that challenge the
24 Jul 2025
The Chenab Bridge and USBRL mark a transformative leap in India’s military logistics across Kashmir, reducing travel time and reinforcing
23 Jul 2025
When Friedrich Merz’s party won the German federal election in February, the new chancellor vowed to strengthen Europe’s defence and
23 Jul 2025
Since April 2023, the Sudanese civil war has claimed over 150,000 lives and displaced 12 million people. Once seen as
23 Jul 2025
Lucie Kadlecová's Cyber Sovereignty offers an ambitious and timely intervention into one of the most pressing questions in contemporary international relations: how
23 Jul 2025
In 1948, 1967, and 1973 Israel won three wars of strength, overcoming its adversaries and preserving its sovereignty. In 2025,
22 Jul 2025
The global scramble for critical minerals is hardening into a resource cold war. Rare earths have long hogged the limelight,
18 Jul 2025
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in China for annual leaders meeting; new initiatives on tourism
18 Jul 2025
Although the Antarctic Treaty System has successfully worked as a model of international cooperation for over six decades, recent developments
18 Jul 2025
France and New Caledonian stakeholders have agreed to start a one-year process that may reconfigure France’s relation to its former
17 Jul 2025
Eight years after the devastating siege of Marawi, thousands remain displaced, uncompensated, and without answers about missing loved ones. As