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The biggest current question facing Australia may not be whether it can trust the U.S., but whether it can have the confidence to trust itself.
The real political shift in Australia is the public’s increasing attraction to independent candidates.
A new report outlines the importance of strengthening civics education in Australia.
Australia’s responsibility lies in being a prominent champion of international humanitarian law in concert with other like-minded partners.
The male backlash to female empowerment is a locally and globally destabilizing force and should be directly addressed.
In a world where the great powers are disinterested in trust and responsibility, there’s a lot now on the table for middle powers like Australia to...
We have entered an era where strongmen leaders exercising brute force provides an irresistible emotional thrill. It’s a spectacle that no furry...
Canberra may hope that if Trump and his team don’t know Australia exists, then the next four years might go a little smoother. But there's a $230...
In the upcoming election, the Australian House of Representatives will be losing a seat – the result of a quirk in the constitution.
Since Christmas there have been three stories that have dominated my information environment. The first is the annual Boxing Day cricket test match...
December was a particularly active month for Australia’s engagement within the Pacific Islands region. There was the announcement of a new...
Recent figures indicate that Australia is currently housing a record number of people on the Working Holiday Maker visa: 213,400 at the end of...
Last week, the Australian government legislated a national minimum age of 16 years for opening accounts on major social media platforms. The...
Australia is accustomed to navigating the world in conjunction with a cadre of like-minded states. These states frequently work intimately on...
On Aug. 23, 1989—the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which established spheres of Soviet and German influence...
Trump isn’t popular in Australia, but he is a highly influential cultural figure. How will his reelection affect Australia’s domestic politics as...
The era of U.S reliance is over. The era of enhanced Australia-Japan cooperation may just be beginning.
The country needs to think more creatively about how to secure its economic future.
Wong argued, “We have no option and no excuse but to find a way through our challenges today, immense and intractable as they are.”
A “whole-of-nation” approach to foreign policy would understand how each element of domestic policy is critical to enhancing the country’s overall...
The Australian government has a keen motivation to incentivize the emergence of new industries that will protect its standards of living and...
Associate membership for its unincorporated territories may give Washington a greater interest in Pacific regionalism, but will need to be managed...
The creation of the PPI is an indication of the strength of Pacific regionalism.
Once again the former Australian prime minister has made headlines, this time by making the ahistorical claim that Taiwan is “sitting on Chinese...
Australia has redefined what it calls its “immediate region,” but its Indian Ocean capabilities are lean.