Australian Outlook Blog Posts

21 Jan 2026
Indonesia-Australia relations are entering an unprecedented phase of formalised security cooperation, marked by a watershed Treaty on Common Security set
21 Jan 2026
At the close of COP30, Denmark did something unusual for a small state. It set a target to cut emissions
21 Jan 2026
The territorial dominance of the Islamic State (IS) has gone, but its ideology is fueling lone wolf attacks across Australia.
20 Jan 2026
Understanding and addressing trafficking dynamics along the Indonesia–Timor-Leste border is therefore critical for Australia, because targeted cooperation, improved data, and
15 Jan 2026
How a tiny island nation built one of Africa's most effective systems for fighting piracy—and what it means for the
15 Jan 2026
Australia’s renewed focus on fuel security reflects a hard lesson absorbed over the past decade: in a contested and shock-prone
15 Jan 2026
Over the past few months, Ghana’s political discourse has been dominated by an unusual proposition calls for former President John
15 Jan 2026
Following economic catastrophe and political turmoil, the 22-million nation astonished the world with a peaceful and democratic transition of power.
15 Jan 2026
In response to the 2025 US National Security Strategy, Japan needs to develop its own defence capabilities and expand access
15 Jan 2026
America's attack on Venezuela—alongside threats to annex Greenland, incorporate Canada as its 51st state, attack Colombia, or seize control of
13 Jan 2026
This compact work by Bundeswehr University München professor Carlo Masala is in its sixth printing in German. An English translation,
13 Jan 2026
Is Trump abandoning America First isolationism for neoconservative interventionism? The reality is far more calculated: beneath the apparent chaos of