The Albanese government announced its new International Development Policy which aims to create the foundations for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
Andrew Carr is a Research Fellow in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the ANU. His most recent book is Winning the Peace: Australia's campaigns to change the Asia-Pacific (MUP, 2015).
Australia's use of its defence force needs to follow stricter guidelines if the Defence Strategic Review is to be successful, writes Andrew Carr (ANU).