After many years of 🥝foreign domination🥝, the Australian Institute of International Affairs is finally led by an Australian! 🦘 And it was great to be seated by chance at the ceremony next to former @aiianational.bsky.social intern Minh Phuong Vu, who is also an Australian!

Honoured to give evidence before the Senate on the proposed Climate Army. I highlighted @AIIANational + Japan Foundation’s Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network, showing how local & regional knowledge can strengthen disaster resilience. 🌏🤝 🔗 www.internationalaffairs.org.au/national-new...

Thanks ChatGPT!

I've written an article on the recent conference I attended in Ukraine. internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Great to catch up with @matisaksk.bsky.social on my way back through Poland from Ukraine. Great discussion about what’s going on in Australia, Slovakia, and the rest of the world.

This just in. Pavlova and Lammingtons are the fifth best Australian cakes and the flat white is the fifth best beverage to go with them. www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/c...

Of course, Macron rightly points out that France is a resident power, but it is noteworthy that recent statements about new strategic pacts in the Indo-Pacific don't really come from the (Indo-, Asia- or South Pacific bits of the) region itself. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

I'm guessing a bunch of Danish security scholars just thought of a cool new topic for conference presentations.

You’re welcome.

@brycewakefield.bsky.social Thank you thank you thank you for your reply to Xiao Qian in the AFR.

Nice to see the AFR published my thoughts on Ambassador Xiao Qian’s comments about Taiwan. www.afr.com/policy/forei...

I got to talk about Trump’s proposed purchase of Greenland 🇬🇱 from Denmark 🇩🇰 on @abcnews QLD. I was a bit thrown when they asked me if Australia 🇦🇺 could purchase New Zealand 🇳🇿, but I suppose it would reduce tensions around the pavlova dispute. Starts at 1:19. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Nice to appear on the ABC PM radio show to comment on the recent presidential lunacy in South Korea. Thanks @lukeradford.bsky.social t.co/RTeVpSFP74

Oh my. This is going to be a boring list, but here goes. 1/20 www.routledge.com/Japan-and-th...

In 2019, when this photo was taken, I was obviously doing more Pilates and eating fewer pies!

Pleased to host Simon Birmingham, the shadow minister for foreign affairs of Australia 🇦🇺 at our National Conference, where he discussed among other things, Australia’s approach to the Trump administration. youtu.be/lAS_Mhr62vI?...

It was a pleasure to bring Shashi Tharoor to Australia and to host him at the Australian Institute of International Affairs National Conference and also to facilitate his appearance in Melbourne. Check out his speech online now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiSx...