A “whole-of-nation” approach to foreign policy would understand how each element of domestic policy is critical to enhancing the country’s overall capabilities and international power – including ...

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Foreign policy didn’t feature heavily in the campaign, but Labor’s pre-election budget plan offers clues to the government’s priorities. On the first Saturday in May, Australians delivered the ...

SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) -Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that Australia would not tolerate surveillance of its community by foreign governments, after a Chinese woman was charged with ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to spend a larger share of its foreign aid on its neighbors in Asia and the Pacific islands after the United States announced major cuts to development and ...

The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook towards the world. The threat of terrorism hasn’t gone away. But Australia is much more ...

Agonising about Australia’s place in the scheme of things has been the principal pastime of policymakers since our notional independence. As Michael Wesley argues persuasively in Blind Spot: Southeast ...

Australia's foreign policy remains largely guided by liberal principles, even as it navigates the rise of China and its alliance with the United States. While Australia has shifted towards a more ...

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Labor government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state is Australian foreign policy “at its absolute worst”. Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan ...