The world in 2018 is a complicated one, with increased tension on the Korean peninsula , the territorial collapse of Islamic State's "caliphate", US President Trump seemingly intent on a realignment of the US's traditional relationships and controversy over Russian interference in the 2016 US Presidential election.
La Trobe University, 2 May 2017
The election of Trump and the victory of the Brexit movement are the most obvious examples of the populism driving countries to become more insular. This combined with China's return to a power of the first order means that Australia faces an increasingly uncertain world. Hear from former Prime Minister Paul Keating about the path Australia should forge in this rapidly changing world. He has long argued a greater independence in Australian foreign policy could be beneficial and allow more focus on our immediate neighbours: Asian countries to our north.
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