Dr. Gabriele Abbondanza is Marie Curie Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); and Associate Researcher at both the University of Sydney (Australia) and the Italian Institute of International Affairs – IAI (Italy). His research focuses on Australian and Italian foreign policy; irregular migration; the Indo-Pacific; and middle power and great power theory.Dr. Simone Battiston is Senior Lecturer in history and politics at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His research examines different aspects of post-war Italian migration, with a particular attention to the Australian context: external voting behaviour, history and memory of radical migrants, and migrant media history.

• Chapter 1 Italy and Australia in the twenty-first century: distant connections or close partners?.- Chapter 2 A historical overview of Italian-Australian bilateral relations.- Chapter 3 Italians in Australia in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 4 Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 5 First Nations sovereignty: towards a decolonial approach to Italy-Australia relations.- Chapter 6 Connecting Australia and Italy through language.- Chapter 7 Time for a strategic partnership: the scope for international cooperation between Italy and Australia.- Chapter 8 The Australian interest in the European Union and the Italian interest in the Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 9 Twenty-first century populism in Australia and Italy: A comparative analysis.- Chapter 10 Italian-Australian Scientific and Research Cooperation.- Chapter 11 Where to from here? The need for a long-term strategy in Italian-Australian relations.

Dr. Gabriele Abbondanza is Marie Curie Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); and Associate Researcher at both the University of Sydney (Australia) and the Italian Institute of International Affairs – IAI (Italy). His research focuses on Australian and Italian foreign policy; irregular migration; the Indo-Pacific; and middle power and great power theory.Dr. Simone Battiston is Senior Lecturer in history and politics at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His research examines different aspects of post-war Italian migration, with a particular attention to the Australian context: external voting behaviour, history and memory of radical migrants, and migrant media history.

• Chapter 1 Italy and Australia in the twenty-first century: distant connections or close partners?.- Chapter 2 A historical overview of Italian-Australian bilateral relations.- Chapter 3 Italians in Australia in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 4 Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 5 First Nations sovereignty: towards a decolonial approach to Italy-Australia relations.- Chapter 6 Connecting Australia and Italy through language.- Chapter 7 Time for a strategic partnership: the scope for international cooperation between Italy and Australia.- Chapter 8 The Australian interest in the European Union and the Italian interest in the Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 9 Twenty-first century populism in Australia and Italy: A comparative analysis.- Chapter 10 Italian-Australian Scientific and Research Cooperation.- Chapter 11 Where to from here? The need for a long-term strategy in Italian-Australian relations.

Dr. Gabriele Abbondanza is Marie Curie Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); and Associate Researcher at both the University of Sydney (Australia) and the Italian Institute of International Affairs – IAI (Italy). His research focuses on Australian and Italian foreign policy; irregular migration; the Indo-Pacific; and middle power and great power theory.Dr. Simone Battiston is Senior Lecturer in history and politics at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His research examines different aspects of post-war Italian migration, with a particular attention to the Australian context: external voting behaviour, history and memory of radical migrants, and migrant media history.

• Chapter 1 Italy and Australia in the twenty-first century: distant connections or close partners?.- Chapter 2 A historical overview of Italian-Australian bilateral relations.- Chapter 3 Italians in Australia in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 4 Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century.- Chapter 5 First Nations sovereignty: towards a decolonial approach to Italy-Australia relations.- Chapter 6 Connecting Australia and Italy through language.- Chapter 7 Time for a strategic partnership: the scope for international cooperation between Italy and Australia.- Chapter 8 The Australian interest in the European Union and the Italian interest in the Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 9 Twenty-first century populism in Australia and Italy: A comparative analysis.- Chapter 10 Italian-Australian Scientific and Research Cooperation.- Chapter 11 Where to from here? The need for a long-term strategy in Italian-Australian relations.