Get used to governing with wafer-thin majorities or as a minority.

The sentiment is right, Australia needs to strengthen ties with the region. But don’t rely on aid to deliver.

The region may not dominate in the way Southeast Asia or the Pacific does at present, but it has before and can again.

Labor is expected to persist with most of the Coalition’s foreign and defence policies. But useful changes can be made.

An independent streak featured in national elections but how much it matters will only become clear in hindsight.

As one of the world’s oldest stable democracies, Australia can do better in its election foreign policy discussion.

As in-person meetings restart after Covid, it’s time to assess what resources support the many strategic groupings.

Dealing with the deadly legacy of the Duterte and Marcos eras will become that much more complicated under “Bongbong”.

A government determined to make national security a central campaign issue fell into the trap of fighting the last war.

A series of small, overlapping initiatives are combining to bolster the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific.

A Balochistan independence group has ordered Beijing to quit its interests in the region … to no effect.

This afternoon’s foreign policy debate at the National Press Club between the Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne and Shadow Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong, defied my expectations in some ways, but confirmed them i

The former Australian prime minister offers indispensable insights into how to go back to relationship basics.  

The traditional two-party political cycle is being disrupted by the rise of independent candidates from right and left.

Foreign ministries no longer monopolise a country’s global voice. But some practical fine tuning will enhance diplomacy.

A country ranking among the world’s lowest for political participation by women has enormous social bias to overcome.

Frustrating Beijing’s ambitions to create a sphere of influence is overwhelmingly a diplomatic task, not a military one.

A new world has created new opportunities in energy, security and diplomacy that Canberra should grab without delay.

Fixing America’s broken electoral system means understanding how elites crafted self-serving rules and procedures.

“Friendshoring” offers a half-way house between reshoring production and diversifying markets in a deglobalising world.

Governments should set but not dictate energy standards. That includes allowing nuclear back on the negotiation table.

And three questions about what’s next.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed future security policy arrangements to Russia’s detriment.

It’s 22 May. And although Anthony Albanese is yet to get his feet under the desk, priorities are already piling up.