All keynote, opening and closing speeches, and select panels from the 2024 AIIA National Conference are now available. Choose the format that best suits you. The 2024 Nauru-Australia Treaty focuses more on Australia's own strategic objectives than helping Nauru develop sustainably. Nauru's attempts ...

The 2024 Nauru-Australia Treaty focuses more on Australia's own strategic objectives than helping Nauru develop sustainably. Nauru's attempts to raise funds have led to significant issues, emphasising the need for cooperative solutions rather than exclusively self-focused strategies.

Mar 21, 2025 · This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia seeks urgent clarification from U.S. over research funding freeze and foreign interference concerns, Albanese reaffirms Australia’s commitment to supporting Ukraine amid global tensions, Australia expands defence spending amid security concerns and pressure from allies, and more.

Feb 10, 2025 · The Albanese Government’s stabilisation approach has successfully reset Australia-China relations, demonstrating that economic engagement and strategic caution can coexist.

Mar 7, 2025 · President Trump’s emerging foreign policy ideology is forcing US allies, including Australia, to reassess their strategic positions. As American leadership becomes increasingly transactional, Canberra must navigate a shifting global order by balancing security concerns with economic resilience, forging new regional partnerships, and maintaining strategic flexibility in an era of geopolitical ...

Mar 12, 2025 · The world has marked International Women’s Day at a time when it seems decades of gender equality efforts are up in smoke. The Australian Government finally released their report on the implementation of Australia’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, years behind schedule.

Feb 28, 2025 · This week in Australian foreign Affairs: Australia reaffirmed support for Ukraine on the war’s third anniversary, imposing new sanctions on Russian entities; Defence Minister Marles addressed concerns over Chinese warships and reaffirmed ADF maritime capabilities; Pat Conroy heads to Vanuatu for meeting with new Government; and more.

2 days ago · The choices Australians make in this year’s federal election will define Australia’s role in protecting human dignity, fostering global stability, and critically, securing our future. In 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Australia calls on …

Australia needs strategic reindustrialisation. The days of secure supply chains and geopolitical stability have begun to erode, and Australia is without a plan.

2 days ago · If Ukraine possessed nuclear weapons, would Russia have annexed Crimea in 2014 or invaded in 2022? Should Ukraine and its allies regret Ukraine’s disarmament? A decade before the unforeseen end of the Cold War, Kenneth Waltz posited that the gradual spread of nuclear weapons, to encompass more ...