Australian Outlook Blog Posts

01 Oct 2026
Three days of ceremony in Washington produced no grand bargain, but that was never the point. Beijing came for something
01 Oct 2026
Australia's bid for a 2029–30 Security Council seat is all but certain to succeed. The harder test is the term
01 Oct 2026
Tokyo's plan to fund a Natuna port upgrade fits neatly into Prabowo's push to modernise Indonesia's strategic ports, but it
01 Oct 2026
Australia and India have built the architecture for green-hydrogen cooperation, but the next challenge is turning ambition into bankable industrial
01 Oct 2026
As China is deepening its influence across Latin America’s strategic mineral supply chains, Australia faces an increasing risk of losing
30 Sep 2026
Australia's new fuel reserve secures how much fuel the country has on hand. It does less to answer where the
29 Sep 2026
Indonesia's 2026 fire season was forecast months in advance, yet the haze still caught the state unprepared. When smoke crosses
29 Sep 2026
Across the world, political figures are using insults to appear honest, courageous and close to the people they claim to
29 Sep 2026
As maritime chokepoints grow more volatile, states are racing to redraw the global map of trade. Geopolitical competition is enhancing
29 Sep 2026
Australia and Japan have committed billions to critical minerals projects, but they are still assembling them deal by deal. A
28 Sep 2026
The UN's landmark declaration on the enslavement of Africans rests on a legal weld that cannot bear its weight. Yet
25 Sep 2026
This week in Australian foreign affairs: the Australian Government signed onto various Joint Statements on the sidelines of the UNGA,