Australian Outlook Blog Posts

06 Aug 2025
A new maritime chessboard is emerging across the Indian Ocean. Over the past decade, China has transformed several African ports
06 Aug 2025
Despite strategic shifts under South Korea’s new administration, maritime cooperation with Australia in Southeast Asia remains promising. By combining Australia's
05 Aug 2025
After a catastrophic economic collapse marked by sovereign default, high inflation, and political upheaval, Sri Lanka embarked on a difficult
04 Aug 2025
As AI accelerates, the US and China shape the global governance landscape through parallel ambitions and contrasting ideologies. Understanding their
04 Aug 2025
As UNESCO convened in Paris to celebrate global heritage, its silence on state-led destruction in conflict zones revealed a growing
01 Aug 2025
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles joins UK Defence Secretary to sign new treaty; Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Penitala
31 Jul 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant event in terms of loss of human life and economic output. After such events,
31 Jul 2025
South Korean politics has never been more dynamic than it is this year since democratisation. In early January, the world
30 Jul 2025
A growing international consensus—reflected in public opinion and led by liberal democracies—is calling for the recognition of Palestinian statehood as
30 Jul 2025
The Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville started badly for civil society. Less than 48
30 Jul 2025
Australia’s increasingly restrictive international student policies—ranging from visa fee hikes to enrolment caps—risk undermining one of the country’s most valuable
30 Jul 2025
In Latin America, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are not alone in their support for Russia and its invasion of Ukraine.