Issues in Australian Foreign Policy January to June 2022
Journal: Australian Journal of Politics & History
Year: 2022

The start of 2022 presented unique challenges for Australia, after an end to 2021 very much muted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated state lockdowns, most of which started to ease around late-November of that year. Gabriele Abbondanza and Thomas Wilkins, writing about the final half of 2021, talked about these key issues faced by Australia during this period, including the continuance of COVID-19, our relationship (or lack thereof) with China, climate change, our Pacific relationships, and