Australia-India relations

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.