Oceania

Climate change will shape Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s international program, and his political future

From specific details of the submarines to the larger implications for Australia’s military and regional strategy, there are lots of question marks.

Up until September 15, French-Australian naval relations were burgeoning. Now that once-promising future is in doubt.

What does the Australia-U.K.-U.S. alliance mean for New Zealand?

Given the HRPP’s refusal to accept the April election results, the Samoan speaker refused the party’s MPs entry to parliament. 

There’s no doubt the two are allies, but the cost of shallow bilateralism will have lasting effects on people-to-people exchanges.

The impact of the tragedy changed the course of U.S. foreign policy. It changed the trajectory of New Zealand’s foreign policy, too.

The two nations could soon hold joint military exercises on Australian soil for the first time.

New Zealand’s authorities had long thought the attacker was an extremist who posed a threat. But they had no legal recourse to stop him.

The Australian government held a worthwhile national summit on women’s safety, but the approach is indirect in tacking the core problem: male violence.

New Zealand’s latest COVID-19 outbreak has once again delayed the country’s return to top-level face-to-face diplomacy. That will have a cost.