Australia-India relations

What do a Boxing Day cricket test match, Melbourne’s booming western suburbs, and the U.S. HB-1 visa battle have to do with Australia’s relationship with India and Indian migrants?

Australia's proposed cap on international student enrollments is the latest headache for Indian higher education students looking to study abroad.

Australia has redefined what it calls its “immediate region,” but its Indian Ocean capabilities are lean. 

India’s emerging great power status comes with great power behavior.

Australia's prime minister, foreign minister, and treasurer all deflected questions about India’s reported “nest of spies” in the country.

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

The pace of growth in the Australia-India strategic relationship is quite impressive, but New Delhi’s hesitance on hard security issues may hamper further developments. 

The present state of India-Canada relations is something that Canberra is keen to avoid.

When Modi visit countries with significant Indian diasporas, he puts on a stadium performance which serves primarily domestic political aims. 

Modi is the only leader of the Quad nations to continue with his visit to Australia after U.S. President Joe Biden pulled out of a planned meeting in Sydney.

Left unchecked, tensions, which have sparked vandalism of Hindu temples and attacks on Sikhs, have the potential to poison the Australia-India bilateral relationship.

The visit demonstrated the diversified and comprehensive nature of the India-Australia partnership. 

Prime Minister Albanese is in India until March 11. After that, he will head to the U.S. in a trip that may provide more details about the AUKUS submarine deal.

There is a lot riding on the relationship for both New Delhi and Canberra given that both have a inherent interest in balancing China and ensuring a stable Indo-Pacific strategic order.

Given continuing tensions with China, India will seek to expand its military engagements and security consultations with the Quad.

India and Australia’s relationship has progressed remarkably, underscoring shared concerns in the Indo-Pacific.

Since 2016 India has leapfrogged both New Zealand and China to become the third largest country of birth in Australia after Australia itself and the United Kingdom. 

Canberra and New Delhi need to streamline their defense and security agenda on an accelerated pace in the face of pressure on both from Beijing.

Engagement with the growing Hindu community is essential for Australian politicians, but there is an obvious tightrope to walk.

A group of fellows at the University of Melbourne’s Australia India Institute recently resigned, alleging restrictions on their academic freedom.

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

Australia may find itself sleep walking into an international environment that it doesn't have the disposition to effectively negotiate. 

Canberra’s concern about China is no excuse for ignoring New Delhi’s rights abuses.

New Delhi and Canberra have had to bear the brunt of increasingly belligerent Chinese behavior in the Indo-Pacific, pushing their bilateral relationship to new heights.