Relationship dossier
Australia
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Australia and the Netherlands have a close partnership, with defence cooperation and joint efforts on MH17 accountability.
Australia toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+45Australia has cooperated with the Netherlands in the investigation and legal accountability efforts concerning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The governments also established a comprehensive strategic partnership and pursue defence cooperation.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Australia
+45The Netherlands has cooperated with Australia in the investigation and legal accountability efforts concerning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The governments also established a comprehensive strategic partnership and pursue defence cooperation.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is underpinned by a comprehensive strategic partnership, defence cooperation and sustained joint work on MH17-related investigation and accountability. These features support a close, cooperative bilateral structure, although the breadth and implementation of cooperation across other policy areas are less 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
Overview
Australia and the Netherlands maintain a close partnership, including a comprehensive strategic partnership and defence cooperation. Their governments have also worked together on the investigation and legal accountability efforts following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. These arrangements and joint actions support a sustained cooperative relationship, though they do not indicate an exceptionally close alliance across all policy areas.
Key developments
Australia and the Netherlands established a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Australia and the Netherlands cooperated in the investigation and legal accountability efforts concerning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defence cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation beyond defence and MH17-related accountability is unclear.