Australia
Australia’s Indo-Pacific health security initiative
In October 2017, Australia’s then foreign minister Julie Bishop officially announced Australia’s new $300 million regional health security initiative. This announcement and the…
Chipping away at trust in democracy
With a series of state elections due and the federal election looming, there are important lessons that Australia needs to learn from the tone of US politics. In particular, there…
Abe’s visit to Australia: raising the stakes
Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is scheduled to visit Australia this week on the heels of attending the ASEAN Summit. While there have been regular prime ministerial exchanges…
International broadcasting: raising Australia’s Pacific voice
Scott Morrison’s recent response to Australia’s receding “voice” in the Pacific appears to be a Home and Away solution – namely, according to the Prime Minister, the provision to …
Signalling a whole-of-Australia approach to China
One of the most challenging aspects of Australia’s bilateral relationship with China is finding new ways to signal our interest in the big issues that are shaping the future…
Bourke Street: debating terrorism
The violence in Melbourne’s Bourke Street last Friday is still being investigated as a terrorist incident and, as with all terrorist incidents, the media and public are rightly…
Where the new US envoy fits in the ambassadorial type
Arthur Culvahouse will be the next US ambassador to Australia. At last, the “diplomatic insult” that so worried former Nationals leader, deputy prime minister and later ambassador…
Labor’s ambitions in the Pacific
Speeches on foreign policy made by prospective Prime Ministers or prospective Foreign Ministers in Australia are a bit like bingo games for foreign policy analysts. We listen (or…
“Would you like thanks with that?”
I think we are in danger of reaching “peak veteran”.
Former defence minister and Australian War Memorial director Brendan Nelson has called for people to publicly thank the…
Melbourne joins the Belt-and-Road
Most maps of the Belt and Road Initiative, the People’s Republic of China’s signature international policy program, have sweeping arrows connecting China with almost all corners…