Australia foreign policy

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.

Given their shared values, close economic links, and convergent strategic interests, South Korea and Australia would do well to establish a deeper and more strategic partnership.

The two "strategic cousins" could grow closer as a result of their shared frictions with an increasingly assertive China.

Former Australian Prime Minister Turnbull put it well: “If we want to have influence in our region we must be trusted. Our word must be our bond.”

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

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