Youth activism is a global phenomenon and is not confined to one single issue. Nor is it confined to impacting youth, but it is young people who are making a stand for the betterment of all.

The Pacific dominated political discourse in the recent federal election. As a new Labor government enters power, a proper plan is needed to engage with the region.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese heads to the Quad, Wong sworn in as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Albanese-Biden bilateral meeting, and Wong travels to Fiji.

For a long time, women were invisible in the policy responses to political violence and terrorism. Although the introduction of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism has helped improve the representation of women, there is still a long way to go.

As tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific, the Quad has emerged as a crucial regional forum. Its recent meeting in Melbourne offers insight into the arrangement's mission and future.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, strengthening ties with India, the Australian Embassy in Ukraine temporarily moves to Lviv, a High Commission to open in Maldives, and more.

We want to make it easier for interested Australians to access key official statements about the direction of Australian international policy. Here we identify and collate important speeches, Parliamentary statements, press releases, and media interviews given by ministers and opposition spokespeople on foreign, trade, defence, and development assistance policy.

The global ruptures brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have created a profound moment of political transformation, teeming with possibilities for imagining a new future. Nowhere is this clearer than in the United States of America.

As parts of their Special Strategic Partnership, Australia and Japan have formally signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement. This will enable even closer cooperation between their respective military forces, including training, base access, and logistics.

In an unexpected win, Indonesian labour unions’ protests against new laws corroding workers’ rights have been trounced by the Mahkamah Konstitusi Constitutional Court. But the ruling also threatens the government’s hopes to make the republic a safe place for venture capital.

A prominent frontier in the Sino-US competition and the Quad’s agenda is tech and cyberspace governance. To tackle emerging security challenges, India would benefit from a modified multistakeholder approach to internet governance.