Australian Outlook Blog Posts

28 Aug 2025
Israel’s continued participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has brought the competition into disrepute, sowing greater division across Europe while
28 Aug 2025
Women are present in international affairs in ever greater numbers. In recent memory, Australia, the US, and the UK have
28 Aug 2025
In the first episode of the Indo-Pacific Briefing Series, Professor Hugh White presents compelling arguments on why AUKUS is ‘likely
28 Aug 2025
‘…bright, vivacious, intelligent and not of a particularly high moral standard.’ Desmond Alexander of the Commonwealth Investigation Branch describing his
28 Aug 2025
Sudan's ongoing civil war is savaging the national economy, displacing millions, and reducing cities to dust. And it is continuing.
27 Aug 2025
If Sam Roggeveen’s Echidna Strategy offered a vision for Australia’s defence posture—careful, defensive, and prepared—it may be time to imagine
27 Aug 2025
Indonesia’s accession to BRICS in February 2025 marks one of the most significant shifts in its foreign policy trajectory since
27 Aug 2025
Donald Trump declared his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin a success, despite contrasting evidence suggesting otherwise. On Truth Social, he
26 Aug 2025
China’s push to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor into Afghanistan is reshaping the region’s economic and strategic landscape, posing challenges
25 Aug 2025
A new biography strips away the myth of Sir Basil Liddell Hart, revealing a man whose brilliance as a strategist
25 Aug 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s framing of the 2019 cross-border strike on terrorist camps in Pakistan marked a pivotal moment
22 Aug 2025
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles in Malaysia and Philippines to strengthen defence ties; Wong condemns Israel’s decision to