Australian Outlook Blog Posts

15 Aug 2014
The affirmation of continued joint India-USA military co-operation by US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel in New Delhi is good
14 Aug 2014
An unprecedented number of Australians have sought to take part in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts, or have sought to
13 Aug 2014
Foreign Policy for a Top 20 Nation Monday 27 October 2014, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra Since 1924, the Australian Institute of
13 Aug 2014
If it believes that nuclear weapons no longer pose a catastrophic threat today, current public opinion is seriously mistaken. As
11 Aug 2014
The good news is that there is a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. But newspapers have carried pictures of the
11 Aug 2014
An embrace of inspired, forward-thinking banking policies and regulations across both developed and developing economies is needed to accelerate global
11 Aug 2014
US Secretary of State, John Kerry, makes a second, unannounced election-related visit to Kabul, as the country awaits the outcome
08 Aug 2014
G20’s transition to a broad political summit could benefit by introducing parallel Ministers meetings, establishing a secretariat and adopting institutional
08 Aug 2014
The Middle East continues as a major focus of concern, although the emphasis has shifted to Iraq and Syria as
08 Aug 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is the broadest and deepest effort to purge, reorganize and rectify the Communist Party
06 Aug 2014
Poor geographic conditions, insufficient preparation and the unsettled sovereignty mean that a nuclear disaster in Taiwan would seriously impact on
06 Aug 2014
Mark Thirlwell looks at the various obstacles to trade and how a renewed commitment to the stand still on protectionism can