Flags at the The 36th ASEAN Australia Forum (AAF), held in Melbourne, Australia on 5-6 February 2024
Daniel Walding, DFAT

Preventing conflict in our region: options for Australian statecraft
Rory Medcalf, Huong Le Thu and Bec Strating outline how Australia and ASEAN can work together to help prevent conflict in the Indo-Pacific through creative and strategic statecraft.
  • ASEAN
  • Southeast Asia
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Foreign policy
PM Albanese with Chinese Premier Li Qiang
Anthony Albanese Facebook

Australia’s foreign policy is not simply about containing China
Professor Rory Medcalf talks about how Australia can support the conditions for regional prosperity and peace through the balancing of deterrence, diplomacy and development.
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Australia
  • Foreign policy
  • Pacific
  • Indonesia
President-elect Donald Trump speaking with attendees at an Arizona for Trump rally at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Gage Skidmore, Flickr

Will Donald Trump renegotiate the AUKUS treaty or walk away? That’s the $368 billion question
David Andrews considers what the election of Donald Trump might mean for the AUKUS agreement between Australia, the UK, and US.
  • Trump
  • AUKUS
  • Foreign policy
  • Defence
  • United States
Albanese cover

How to Trump-proof foreign policy
Rory Medcalf recommends focusing on bilateral partnerships with Japan, Britain and others to manage the Indo-Pacific during Trump 2.0.
  • Trump
  • US Politics
  • Foreign policy
  • economic policy
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • China
The National Security Podcast
28 Aug 2025

Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond

In this episode, Natalie Sambhi and Yohanes Sulaiman join David Andrews to explore Indonesia's evolving role as a strategic actor in the Indo-Pacific and its relationship with major players in the region. 

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Flags of Indonesia, Australia and France on a table
Image: ChatGPT
Tue, 19 Nov 2024

Indonesia’s foreign policy under Prabowo: implications for Australia and France

This webinar explored how Indonesia’s foreign policy under President Prabowo Subianto may impact Australia and France.
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The National Security Podcast
28 Nov 2024

‘I have concepts of a plan’: what to expect from Trump 2.0

In this episode, Charles Edel joins Bianca Birdsall to discuss the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, his proposed cabinet and staff nominees, and the security and foreign policy implications of a new administration for Australia and its region.

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Indian Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar in discussions with the Australian-German delegation
Image: NSC

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
Rizal Sukma and Phillips Vermonte with Professor Rory Medcalf
Image: NSC

NSC hosts Indonesian policy experts
NSC hosted a roundtable with eminent Indonesian policy thinkers Dr Rizal Sukma and Dr Phillips Vermonte.
  • Indonesia
  • Foreign policy
  • strategic competition
  • Indo-Pacific
Rory Medcalf delivering a speech at ANU in 2018
ANU

Mapping our Indo-Pacific future
Professor Rory Medcalf outlines a vision for Australia's foreign policy.
  • Indo-Pacific
  • China
  • Defence
  • Foreign policy

Australia considers call for military help from Gulf states
David Andrews interview | ABC

Australia treats world’s most important conflict with indifference
George Brandis | The Sydney Morning Herald

AI might better predict Trump’s foreign policy
Ben Scott | The Interpreter

Australia’s foreign policy is not simply about containing China
Rory Medcalf | The Strait Times

White House? Looks like Albanese’s in Trump’s doghouse
George Brandis | SMH