Australia foreign policy

Australia must work a little harder to fully integrate itself as a member of the Indian Ocean community. 

Good design is a decentralized mechanism for international engagement. It is a soft power tool that can produce expanding effects.

Asking the question isn’t a sign of betrayal. It's indicative of an emotionally mature country that thinks seriously about its strategic circumstances. 

“Whole-of-nation” language carries a sense of urgency that the country’s economy, society, and public institutions must become more alert to their role in the international sphere.

All year there has been talk that the two nations will establish a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Could it happen before the end of 2023?

The past half-century has witnessed a remarkable convergence of interests between the two nations, and there is a promise of closer cooperation to come.

An elevation of relations is likely next year, when the two nations celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations. But will it be matched by substantive developments?

Lee Hsien Loong's state visit was a reminder that Singapore has long been, and is likely to remain, Canberra's most "like-minded" partner in Southeast Asia.

Australia and Mongolia established ties in 1972, but their relationship began to pick up steam much more recently.

Bilateral relations have advanced considerably over the past decade, but Canberra can do a lot more to engage economically with Hanoi.

We are at the end of an era in which the "relationship with Beijing came to be the symbol of a new era in Australia’s outlook on the world."