Australian Outlook Blog Posts

18 Dec 2024
In October 2024, four key Southeast Asian countries became partners of BRICS, making the organisation much closer to home for
18 Dec 2024
Despite escalating geopolitical tensions, India and China maintain a paradoxical relationship of economic interdependence. This dynamic reveals a delicate balance
17 Dec 2024
Ukraine faces mounting challenges as battlefield victory becomes unlikely, with Donald Trump’s proposed “peace plan” offering a ceasefire based on
17 Dec 2024
Shigeru Ishiba’s ambitious foreign policy agenda—ranging from amending Article 9 and proposing an Asian NATO framework to strengthening the Japan-US
16 Dec 2024
The removal of a despised dictator brings a moment of euphoria for Syrians. But the future is uncertain as relations
13 Dec 2024
Australia needs strategic reindustrialisation. The days of secure supply chains and geopolitical stability have begun to erode, and Australia is
13 Dec 2024
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese and President of the Republic of Nauru David Adeang sign Nauru–Australia Treaty; Australia-Papua
12 Dec 2024
Sudan’s peaceful transition was cut short by the eruption of a devastating war in April 2023. Too many peace initiaitves
12 Dec 2024
Competing development models in the Indo-Pacific highlight tensions between US-led openness and China’s revisionist socialism. Their impact on regional stability
12 Dec 2024
Assad’s fall has dismantled Iran’s Axis of Resistance, severing critical ties to Hezbollah and undermining Tehran’s regional ambitions. Can Iran
11 Dec 2024
When Donald Trump becomes the US’ 47th president on 20 January 2025, one of his foreign policy tasks will be
11 Dec 2024
The Pacific is​​, as former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described in 2018, a region where “we have special responsibilities”