Episode Details

In this episode of All Things Policy, Vanshika Saraf sits down with Mr. Peter Varghese, former Australian Foreign Secretary, to understand how Australia views the intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China.

As a longstanding ally of the U.S. and a major trading partner with China, Australia finds itself delicately balancing economic interests on one hand and alliance commitments on the other. This conversation will unpack the implications of defence arrangements like AUKUS, the evolution of Australia's China policy, and what Canberra’s approach reveals about the broader Indo-Pacific security environment.