India has recently enacted three agrarian bills to stimulate its agriculture. The logic behind these laws, and the controversy that has surrounded their implementation, is deserving of attention.

Allan and Darren welcome Professor Howard Bamsey to the podcast, who offers unmatched experience regarding Australia’s international engagement with the issue of climate change.

Trade deals have become the single most important issue for a post-Brexit UK. As Australia is experiencing its own trade tensions, the time is ripe for an Australia-UK trade deal to become a reality.

Although overseas arrivals precipitated Italy’s second lockdown, migrants arriving from Africa and the Middle East are not super spreaders of COVID-19. It is unfortunate, yet not surprising, that populist leaders have capitalised on the pandemic to further anti-immigration sentiment in an already divided country.

Around the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross assists people who have family members missing due to conflict. In Bougainville, some families are still seeking answers decades later.

We want to make it easier for interested Australians to access key official statements about the direction of Australian international policy. Here we identify and collate important speeches, Parliamentary statements, press releases, and media interviews given by ministers and opposition spokespeople on foreign, trade, defence, and development assistance policy.

Noah Riseman and Shirleene Robinson aim to rectify the unwritten nature of the history of LGBTI experiences in the Australian Defence Force. The book recognises the contributions of the LGBTI community, yet also powerfully illustrates the work still to be done to foster equality.

Australia’s prime minister was awarded the “Grotius Prize” for supporting the rules-based order. However, it is debatable whether Australia is living up to Grotian ideals.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is deeply committed to tackling the climate crisis. But the real leadership has to come from citizens living the changes they know are essential for survival.

As the world prepares to emerge from the pandemic with the new vaccine hopes, European nations are contemplating more climate neutral economic recovery. But what the practical implications of the EU’s grand green ideas in Europe and beyond will be remains to be seen.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: the new Foreign Relations Act, Payne’s speech at DFAT, the Malaysia-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the Richardson Review, and more.