Australian Outlook Blog Posts

03 Mar 2026
Africa, with its vital resource endowments and market potential driven by its growing population, has recently become a strategic location
03 Mar 2026
Türkiye is developing a conceptual framework and tangible initiatives to sustain its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, including bilateral military cooperation,
02 Mar 2026
A group of quantum scientists recently published a manifesto warning about the growing militarisation of quantum research, drawing parallels with
27 Feb 2026
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia advances AUKUS cooperation through submarine and defence industry developments with the United Kingdom,
27 Feb 2026
Despite India being Australia's second-largest and fastest-growing diaspora, broader community understanding of India remains superficial—trapped between policy caricatures and cultural
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