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Participants at the Australia-France Strategic Dialogue
Image: Jed Buchanan/NSC
04 December 2024

Statement: Australia-France 1.5 Track Strategic Dialogue, 3-4 December 2024

NSC hosted the Australia-France Strategic Dialogue, in partnership with La Fondation pour la recherche stratégique and supported by the Australian and French governments.
  • France
  • Europe
  • Diplomacy
  • strategic competition
  • Indo-Pacific
Attendees at the 'Cross currents' book launch. Rory Medcalf, David Brewster, Sarah Storey and Sam Bashfield with representative from India, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Tanuj Parakh/NSC
14 February 2025

NSC launches 'Cross currents' – a new book on Indian Ocean geopolitics

On Thursday 13 February, the ANU National Security College (NSC) launched 'Cross currents: the new geopolitics of the Indian Ocean' – the first publication from the National Security College Press.
  • Indian Ocean
  • Maritime
  • Navy
  • India
  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • China
  • Diplomacy
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
Donald Trump at a rally
Flickr: Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0
03 March 2025

At what point do we say ‘enough’ to Trump?

David Andrews writes how Australia has so far been content to bend and gently adjust to the Trump 2.0 whirlwind and why it will inevitably have to decide where it can draw the line.
  • Trump
  • Diplomacy
  • AUKUS
  • NATO
  • Europe
  • Ukraine
The National Security Podcast
12 Dec 2024
The National Security Podcast

Pat Conroy on defending Australia and Pacific partnerships

In this episode, Pat Conroy joins Rory Medcalf to discuss his strategic worldview, Australia’s ties with the Pacific and the Albanese Government’s continued push to invest more in the Australian Defence Force.

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Mrs Akie Abe at NSC
Jed Buchanan, NSC
12 December 2025

Indo-Pacific diplomacy, leadership and legacy: Mrs Akie Abe in conversation at NSC

NSC was privileged and honoured to host Mrs Akie Abe for a private visit and roundtable discussion.
  • Japan
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Diplomacy
The National Security Podcast
31 Jul 2025
The National Security Podcast

How can we avoid conflict in our region?

In this episode, Bec Strating, Huong Le Thu and Collin Koh join Rory Medcalf to delve into the complexities of conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasising the role of ASEAN, Australia and other partners.

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The National Security Podcast
13 Feb 2025
The National Security Podcast

Africa: Australia's Indo-Pacific "blind spot"

In this episode, Babatunde Obamamoye, Matthew Neuhaus and Lisa Filipetto join David Andrews and Melissa Permezel to discuss opportunities and barriers to Africa–Australia relations and the role of perception in engagement.

 

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Map of the Indian Ocean
Adobe stock
30 July 2025

Power asymmetry and competition in the Indo-Pacific: the island states of the Indian Ocean

Dr Frédéric Grare analyses 'The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order' – a book by Darshana Baruah.
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Diplomacy
Boat in Antarctica with icebergs in the background
Photo by Jeremy Stewardson on Unsplash
23 May 2023

The changing value of Antarctica to Australia’s security policy

Isabelle Bond and Dr James Mortensen argue that Antarctic climate science can enhance Australia's security and intelligence, beyond just military and diplomatic goals.
  • Antarctica
  • Australian security
  • Diplomacy
  • Climate Change
Image of Antarctica on a globe. Image: Adobe stock
Image of Antarctica on a globe. Image: Adobe stock
30 March 2023

Cold logic: getting intelligent about Antarctica

In this paper, Isabelle Bond and James Mortensen outline why Antarctica is key to understanding global climate drivers.
  • Antarctica
  • Climate Change
  • Natural disasters
  • Diplomacy
INL scientist Yoshiko Fujita works with two colleagues. Image: Idaho National Laboratory
INL scientist Yoshiko Fujita works with two colleagues. Image: Idaho National Laboratory
29 September 2023

A strategy for Quad biotechnology collaboration

As part of the Quad Tech Network series, Dirk van der Kley and Daniel Pavlich discuss the importance of biotechnology as an area for Quad countries to collaborate.
  • Quad
  • biosecurity
  • biotechnology
  • International relations
  • Diplomacy
AWG members meeting with the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs  the Hon Tim Watts MP
Image: NSC
13 September 2024

Strengthening Australia-Africa ties: NSC's Africa Working Group advances collaboration

NSC travelled to Perth to participate in Australia-Africa Week, highlighting a shared commitment to enhancing collaboration between Australia and Africa.
  • Africa
  • futures analysis
  • Diplomacy
  • Indian Ocean
Office professional selecting candidate profile with handshake icon on digital interface.
Vatcharachai, Adobe Stock
24 September 2025

Fighting to Be Friends: Third-Party Bargaining, Alliance Formation, and War

Brandon Yoder and Mike Cohen explore the nature of alliance bargaining and assurance.
  • Alliances
  • Aus-US alliance
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • China
  • Japan
  • Korean Peninsula
  • Diplomacy
Indian Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar in discussions with the Australian-German delegation
Image: NSC
30 October 2024

NSC co-leads Australian parliamentary engagement with India and Germany

Our was delegation in India for the Global Dialogue parliamentary exchange program, facilitated by the Berlin-based Robert Bosch Stiftung and Global Public Policy Institute, in partnership with NSC.
  • India
  • Germany
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
Participants at the climate action roundtable
Jed Buchanan, NSC
21 February 2025

NSC hosts a conversation at the nexus of climate and security

NSC hosts Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General of DG CLIMA, for an in-depth discussion on the intersection of climate and security.
  • Climate Change
  • EU
  • Diplomacy
GPPi parliamentary dialogue in Germany
GPPi parliamentary dialogue in Germany
31 March 2025

From the Indo-Pacific to the Euro-Atlantic

Head of College, Professor Rory Medcalf, conducted consultations to explore security links between the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic. 
  • Europe
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Diplomacy
Satellite image of the Indian Ocean
NASA Earth Observatory
22 February 2023

Good neighbours: strengthening environmental security in the Indian Ocean region

This report by Dr David Brewster and Dr Anthony Bergin examines environmental security challenges in the Indian Ocean region and offer some suggestions to address the threats.
  • Indian Ocean
  • Maritime
  • Diplomacy
  • environmental challenges
The National Security Podcast
22 Aug 2024
The National Security Podcast

Going for gold: sport, statecraft, and security

In this episode, Bianca Birdsall and Stuart Murray join David Andrews to discuss the role of sport as it relates to Australia’s national security – in diplomacy, foreign policy, and as a vector for insecurity, violence, crime, and societal unrest.

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The National Security Podcast
13 Aug 2024
The National Security Podcast

India's evolving place in the world under a third Modi government

In this episode, Ian Hall and Darshana Baruah join Rory Medcalf to discuss India’s evolving place in the world, from its immediate neighbourhood to bilateral relationships with global powers. 

 

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Book cover of Ian Kemish's book, Two Islands
Ian Kemish
07 February 2026

Former ambassador Ian Kemish writes about Europe's 'forgotten' war in debut novel Two Islands

Ian Kemish interview | ABC
Australia from space
Japan Meteorological Agency via Wikimedia
14 May 2025

From GPS to weather forecasts: the hidden ways Australia relies on foreign satellites

Dr Cassandra Steer | The Conversation
Diego Garcia
Wikipedia
11 October 2024

Mauritius one step closer to Diego Garcia sovereignty

Samuel Bashfield | War on the rocks
Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China speak's at a United Nations Office at Geneva. 18 january 2017.
UN Geneva, Flickr
24 October 2024

Australia’s China debate is changing — we can’t allow ‘stability’ to distract us from Xi’s anti-West goals

Rowan Callick | The Australian
Putin with Trump.
Kremlin
08 August 2025

Putin meeting Trump in "coming days"

David Andrews interview | ABC News
Map of the Qush tepa canal
Wikimedia Commons
29 September 2025

Central Asia’s complex water-security diplomacy with the Taliban

Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva | The Strategist
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
30 September 2025

Deterrence, diplomacy and development

William Leben and Martina Zapf | Development Intelligence Lab
Sharren Haskell at a farm in PNG. Picture: X.
Sharren Haskel, X (formerly Twitter)
23 October 2025

How Israel is forging bonds across the Pacific

Anthony Bergin | The Australian
2015 Australian and NZ aid stakeholder surveys
28 March 2025

Australia’s international spending reveals uneven ambition

William Leben | The Strategist
Mark Dreyfus
Australian Government
08 January 2025

Dreyfus visit is no gimmick, but must go beyond election PR

Anthony Bergin | The Australian
Penny Wong visits the Middle-East
Image: Daniel Walding, DFAT
19 August 2024

In national interest, Labor must repair Israel relationship

Anthony Bergin and Peter Jennings | The Australian
PM Albanese with Chinese Premier Li Qiang
Anthony Albanese Facebook
16 September 2024

Australia’s foreign policy is not simply about containing China

Rory Medcalf | The Strait Times