IN FOCUS: INDO-PACIFIC

The recent Australian budget sends all the right signals about the country's security and foreign policy priorities, Jacinta Carroll writes.

President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Australia is a chance to highlight that the two countries have significant overlapping interests, Anthony Bergin writes.

There is some of the new but much more of the old in US-Indonesia defence relations following the US Defense Secretary’s visit, writes Mustafa Izzuddin.

India’s foreign policy elites are grappling with a wide array of strategic challenges as the country’s power rises, writes David Brewster.

Improved relations between Malaysia and Australia could help Prime Minister Najib Razak in his push for re-election, Mustafa Izzuddin writes.

The US, Japan, Australia and India must find common answers to four big questions if their revived quadrilateral partnership is to mean anything, Keshav Kelkar writes.

Anthony Bergin shares his key takeaways from India’s Raisina Dialogue and takes a look at how Australia and India could deepen their relationship in the Indo-Pacific.

From joint naval operations in the Arabian Sea to Indian aircraft in Darwin, Canberra and New Delhi have no shortage of options for meaningful defence cooperation, David Brewster writes.

As China takes advantage of America's reticence and Southeast Asia's democratic deficit, India-ASEAN relations are at a crossroads, Akhil Deo writes.

The long-standing and growing rivalry between China and India is the elephant in the room the White Paper failed to notice, David Brewster writes.