Australia’s great diplomatic test with India

Drawing New Delhi from its Cold War bond with a self-destructive Russia will be a big foreign policy opportunity – and challenge – for the next few decades. This is a strange kind of national security election – marked by furious consensus that business as usual will not save Australia from rising international risks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flounders horrifically on. In Australia’s Indo-Pacific region, China’s neo-colonial bid for dominance intensifies, underscored by its extraordinary deal to place armed forces in the Solomon Islands.