Australia foreign policy

Penny Wong's trip is her second to Southeast Asia in the month since she took up the foreign affairs portfolio.

It is worth assessing if and how two of the Indo-Pacific’s most prominent middle powers might once again pursue creative and ambitious statecraft.

The challenges facing Australia are formidable. To navigate them we must accept our place at the heart of a shared region.

Talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Joko Widodo focused on expanding the economic ties between the two neighbors.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's trip to Jakarta is a good opportunity for Canberra to reset relations with its largest Southeast Asian neighbor.

The foreign ministers of Australia and China were both making their final stops Friday on what has become an island-hopping diplomatic duel in the South Pacific.

The trip will be the first by an Australian leader since Scott Morrison attended President Joko Widodo's inauguration in late 2019.

The Albanese government is in a good position to craft a more productive, less alienating approach toward a crucial region.

There is opportunity for First Nations peoples to play a far greater role in Australia’s foreign policy.

Australia has strategic reasons to pursue closer ties, but ignoring India’s human rights issues comes with a cost.

An opportunity to upgrade the Australia-Vietnam partnership is within reach, but both sides should take concrete steps to realize this goal.