Australia’s approach to Pacific migration needs to refocus as climate change worsens. Going forward, Australia should prioritise migrant dignity and mobility.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia is "heading to the Moon," G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan, the annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting, and more.

This is an unsettling time for world politics. One constant in commentary at the moment, here and overseas is the term “rules-based international […]

Australia’s Pacific Step-up is shaped by the threat of China undermining Australia’s long-standing influence. However, Australia’s foreign aid budget enabling this Step-up has been subjected to unfavourable domestic political forces.

AUKUS sets back Australia’s development as a nation and its national security. Although it is hard to judge an agreement in its first month, AUKUS is unlikely to make Australia safer.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Quad meeting in Washington, Payne on AUKUS, the Singapore Convention, and more.

Australia’s decision to terminate its defence contract with France to forge a new defence alliance with the US and UK was a shock for Europe. Ironically, the announcement came just hours before the EU debuted its Indo-Pacific Strategy.

The Pacific Step-up is billed as one of the “highest foreign policy priorities” of Australia. However, unfavourable domestic political forces have shaped Australia’s foreign aid budget, shrinking its overall size for the past decade.

On Tuesday 21 September 2021, the Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW hosted the Australian launch of Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane’s […]

This week in Australian foreign affairs: AUKUS, AUSMIN 2021, MIKTA statement on multilateralism, and more.

Bangladesh’s potential to be a much more significant trade and investment partner for Australia is real. In the eyes of many Australians, including in the business community, Bangladesh has an outdated and incomplete image.