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Relationship dossier

Australia Italy

Relationship assessment

Australia and Italy have a cooperative partnership, including strategic and defense cooperation arrangements.

Australia toward Italy

+35

Australia has pursued bilateral cooperation with Italy through defense cooperation arrangements and the strategic partnership announced in 2023.

Italy toward Australia

+35

Italy has pursued bilateral cooperation with Australia through defense cooperation arrangements and the strategic partnership announced in 2023.

Overall relationship

+40

The bilateral relationship has a cooperative structure, with strategic and defense frameworks providing a basis for sustained government engagement. The known arrangements indicate substantive partnership, though their scope and practical implementation are not fully clear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Australia and Italy maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral strategic partnership and defense cooperation arrangements. These provide a basis for collaboration beyond diplomatic ties, although the scope and implementation of specific initiatives are not fully clear.

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