Turnbull's remarks were anything but bland and innocuous.

The obvious headline on China and US rivalry only masks a deeper unease captured by the Foreign Policy White Paper.

How a country judges itself is the basis for international relations.

Labor's Richard Marles has clear passion for the Pacific. Here's how to make it practical.

The Australian government can point to the experience in Ireland to soothe the inevitable challenges.

A voluntary process did not stop young Australians participating.

A high degree of diplomatic difficulty awaits as Australia debates its foreign policy future.

Australians are obsessed with cyberspace but wary of the consequences.

Domestic politics has a pesky habit of interrupting foreign relationships.

US should be reminded that leaving UNESCO is counter to Australian values.

Australia's One-China Policy requires a familiarity with China's modern and classical history.

The North Koreans may very well say no. But there's little harm in trying.

There are many factors that can comprise the national interest. Fuel security should be at the top of the list.

Muslims are certainly a target for Senator Hanson, but I’ve little doubt their integration into Australian society is proceeding in much the same way as past waves of migration.

Australia won’t be a leader when it comes to the volume of aid any time soon. But it can lead by example in other ways.

Australia will work with international partners and the private sector to shut down cybercrime safe havens and improve our neighbours' cyber resilience.

To Deakin, The fault line in Australia’s relations with Great Britain was apparent as early as the 1880s.

Australia’s role in Mindanao post-Marawi is a litmus test of its willingness and ability to do more in the neighbourhood to safeguard its interests.

If there is another armed conflict on the Korean peninsula, it's unlikely an Australian government would feel bound by historical precedent or outdated legal instruments.

If businesses and other aspiring innovators have inadequate connectivity to global communication systems, innovation initiatives are dead on arrival.

DFAT is the only mega department to have retained almost all of its 1987 functions intact.

Johnson was quick to quote his political idol Winston Churchill in lauding the 'special genius of the English-speaking peoples'.

Australia being a multicultural country does not obligate its parliament to be a multinational legislature.

Australia has punched well below its weight in space for decades.

Australia could well change in fundamental ways if it moved to accommodate China’s growing power without regard to questions of value, integrity and public trust.

Australia has a perfect right to form associations, groupings, dialogues and alliances with whomever it chooses. But wise statecraft does not deal only with entitlements and rights.

The announcement yesterday implies that Australia has decided it no longer has the political will to apply air power in the fight against ISIS in Syria.

Multinational businesses, universities and the science community have all failed to properly explain the role skilled migrants play in their organisations today.

The Arctic will be the next big test of UNCLOS with competing sovereignty claims already apparent.

Should Australia join this treaty, it would need to end its claimed reliance on the US nuclear umbrella.

The overall story of Australian foreign policy is pretty positive. But there's no doubt we dragged our feet at various stages.

Regardless of whether Australian forces are enlisted in any anti-Iran campaign, there is a risk that our troops, aircraft or ships in the Middle East may find themselves targeted in any Iranian retaliation.

Australia’s regional engagement in the years ahead can never be conceived within the US/China framework alone.

Indian policymakers still shy away from a grand maritime alliance in the Indo-Pacific.

Even if it was ahead of its time in 2007, the contemporary strategic logic of reviving the Quad is compelling.

Values play a proportionately larger part in the conceptualisation and practice of Australian foreign policy than is the case in most other Western democracies

It is time for Australia to pick up some of the slack regionally as the Trump Administration pursues an America First policy. The time is right to advance bilateral relations to a strategic partnership level.

South Korea has persisted with US basing despite decades of fluctuating public opinion and dark periods in the bilateral relationship.

In Iate 2017 the fourth annual Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue took place at the Queensland Art Gallery.

When it comes to a comparison of economic performance, Australia comes out ahead of Canada.

As the LGBTQ+ community in Australia continues the struggle for marriage equality, some are asking what impact this will have for our neighbours, especially in nations which still criminalise homosexuality.

Joyce made headlines this week for criticising Labor on vegetation management and land clearing, but welcomed Morrison's decision to prevent the Kidman sale.

Clinton is said to have been impressed, in the time that Gillard was Australian Prime Minister, with her toughness on policy issues.

Beyond aid spending and asylum seekers, foreign policy rarely rates a mention in Australian election campaigns.