This speech was delivered by Professor Rory Medcalf, Head of the ANU National Security College, Canberra on 21 May 2018.

Myanmar is unlikely to be able to find a solution to its Rohingya problem without international help, Trevor Wilson writes.

There is some of the new but much more of the old in US-Indonesia defence relations following the US Defense Secretary’s visit, writes Mustafa Izzuddin.

In this special Policy Forum Rapid Round-up, experts share their key takeaways from Australia's new foreign policy White Paper. 

The conviction of Jakarta’s Christian Governor Ahok on blasphemy charges is a sign of the tensions at the heart of Indonesia’s legal system, Melissa Crouch writes.

This week’s historic visit to Pearl Harbour may win respect from the US, but it will be viewed quite differently in China and South Korea, Stephen R Nagy writes.