IN FOCUS: INDO-PACIFIC

In our new podcast series looking at Australia and the region's security challenges, we hear from Rory Medcalf, one of the earliest intellectual proponents for the ‘Indo-Pacific’ concept now sweeping foreign policy circles around the world.

China may not like it, but this weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue will reinforce the growing importance of the Indo-Pacific concept, Rory Medcalf writes.

In this special double-feature podcast, we hear from Rory Medcalf, David Brewster and Denise Fisher about how the Indo-Pacific concept could shape the future of Asia.

Is the ‘Indo-Pacific’ a way to create a better ‘mental map’ of our region or an unhelpful abstraction? Martin Blaszczyk takes a look.

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.