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Adobe stock
13 March 2025

North star: why Australia should look to Finland on resilience and preparedness

Rory Medcalf and Christian Fjäder discuss how Australia and Finland can build an innovative security partnership involving policy dialogue and exchanges of expertise.
  • resilience
  • Finland
  • National security
  • preparedness
  • Defence
  • Europe
AustAid
18 July 2024

Changing tides: responding to China’s emergence in Indo-Pacific humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

Frédéric Grare analyses China's entry in the Indo-Pacific as a provider of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • China
  • Disaster relief
  • EU
  • Europe
  • France
  • Indo-Pacific
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
Australian and UK aid shipment to Enga Province in Papua New Guinea.
Image: Royal Australian Air Force
Thu, 18 Jul 2024

The future for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Indo-Pacific

This webinar examined the future of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief coordination mechanisms in the region.

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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
Flooded road passing through the railway. A road under water
Adobe Stock
Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Strategic challenges raised by climate change in the Indo-Pacific

This webinar examined the impacts of climate change on security challenges through the lenses of Australia, the South Pacific Islands and European states.

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The National Security Podcast
22 May 2025
The National Security Podcast

Transatlantic security crisis? NATO and Europe's strategic dilemma

In this episode, Thorsten Benner and Bruno Tertrais join Rory Medcalf to explore the evolving landscape of European security in the context of global challenges, particularly the impact of the Trump administration, the China-Russia dynamic, and the potential responses of countries like France and Germany.

 

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The National Security Podcast
20 Mar 2025
The National Security Podcast

Russia, the US, and the (uncertain) future of "the West"

In this episode, Peter Tesh and Mikhail Zygar join Rory Medcalf for a discussion on the evolving role and influence of Russia in the global order, the impending challenges of the war in Ukraine, and the role that the US and Europe will play in this equation. 

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Australia and EU flags
jixiang, Adobe Stock
16 June 2025

Why Europe needs a defence deal with Australia – and why we need it, too

Professor George Brandis argues that Australia and Europe must build a deeper strategic and defence partnership beyond trade to address growing global security risks and an increasingly unreliable US.
  • EU
  • Europe
  • preparedness
  • resilience
Image of boats in a dock in Gujarat, India
Photo by Karan Suthar on Unsplash
15 November 2022

Options for Australia, France, India trilateral cooperation: building an Indian Ocean partnership

In this paper, the authors put forward options for Australia, France and India trilateral cooperation in the India Ocean.
  • trilateral cooperation
  • France
  • India
  • Europe
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Maritime
  • Indian Ocean
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and French President Emmanuel Macron shaking hands
Daniel Pier/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Fri, 22 Mar 2024

The Future of Australia-France Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

The French Foreign Minister’s visit to Australia in December last year marked a new phase in relations between the two countries.

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A fleet of ships sail out at sea as China and Russia's naval joint drill concludes in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China, September 19, 2016.
Reuters/Stringer
Mon, 29 Apr 2024

Chinese coercion scenarios of Taiwan: consequences for Europe and Australia

The Taiwan issue assumes an increasingly international dimension in a context of growing China-US rivalry.

The National Security Podcast
01 May 2025

China's evolving relationship with the United States

In this episode, Chris Buckley joins Susan Dietz to discuss the evolving relationship between China and the US, including the implications for economic and bilateral ties, and the wider geopolitical dynamics at play in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Richard Tibbels, EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific.
Richard Tibbels, EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific. Image: NSC
17 May 2024

Examining the EU's engagement in the Indo-Pacific

Supported by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Australia, NSC presented the second EU Indo-Pacific Forum on 15 March 2024.
  • Indo-Pacific
  • EU
  • Europe
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
NSC delegation in Brussels
NSC
03 February 2026

NSC delegation engages with NATO and European security partners in Brussels

A senior delegation from NSC visited Brussels last week for a program of engagements with NATO officials, European policymakers and security experts.
  • Europe
  • EU
  • NATO
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
Participants at the France-Australia Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue
FRS
05 February 2026

France-Australia Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue, 27–28 Jan 2026

The Foundation for Strategic Research and NSC recently convened a 1.5 Track France-Australia Strategic Dialogue in Paris.
  • France
  • Europe
  • EU
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
NSC delegation in Sweden, Feb 2026
NSC
04 February 2026

Australia-Europe security links

NSC conducts high-level consultations across a range of European capitals, to advance Australia-Europe security ties.
  • Europe
  • EU
  • NATO
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
Collective security concept
Adobe stock
13 February 2025

‘We need allies and collective security’: How the end of the Second World War caused multilateralism in Europe and bilateralism in Asia

Mike Cohen argues that the absence of NATO in Asia stems from alliance design dynamics shaped by client commitments, entrapment risks, and geographic factors.
  • Alliances
  • multilateralism
  • International Security
  • Europe
  • Asia
The National Security Podcast
11 Jul 2024
The National Security Podcast

Like-minded lessons: why Australia should be watching Europe's approach to China closely

In this episode, Janka Oertel joins Rory Medcalf to discuss how Europe is approaching the ‘China challenge’. 

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The National Security Podcast
01 Aug 2024
The National Security Podcast

Alliances and security agreements in Europe and the Indo-Pacific

In this episode, Alexander Lanoszka and Susannah Patton join David Andrews to discuss the evolving role of alliances and security partnerships on the global stage.

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City of Mostar and Neretva River in Bosnia
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21 November 2025

The Dayton Peace Accords: 30 years on

Ian Kemish interview | ABC Radio National Breakfast
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
nato
01 November 2024

Australia's strategic thinking on the war in Ukraine, NATO, and Indo-Pacific security

Gorana Grgić | United States Institute of Peace
HMAS Sydney conducts Officer of the Watch Manoeuvres and a cross deck with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Haguro while at sea during Regional Presence Deployment 25-2.
David Cox, Royal Australian NAvy
27 June 2025

Re-invigorating Europe– Australia defence and security collaboration

Peter Tesch | The Interpreter
Srebrenica Genocide Memorial
Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, WikiCommons
10 July 2025

Srebrenica at 30: Why this turning point for international justice still matters

Ian Kemish | The Interpreter
Map of NATO countries
Wikipedia
23 February 2025

Can NATO survive Trump?

George Brandis | SMH