Australia’s border policies in response to COVID-19 have divided the international student community and this problem is far from solved, Angela Lehmann and Varsha Balakrishnan write.

Expanding the role of government historians would unlock a massive potential for improvement in the decision-making of Australia’s public service, Honae Cuffe writes.

Research that focuses on the intersectional nature of the Pacific Island region's security challenges is vital in the face of existential threats, Eliorah Malifa writes for the Pacific Wayfinder series.

When it comes to Australia’s education and research relationship with China, universities need to be heard, Angela Lehmann writes.

On this special episode of Democracy Sausage for National Reconciliation Week, Virginia Marshall, Peter Swanton, and Tahlia King from The Australian National University join us to discuss why Australia needs to have uncomfortable conversations about its past in order to achieve genuine reconciliation.

Chinese academics have become increasingly interested in the Pacific and in improving China’s policy there as the country has become more invested in the region, Denghua Zhang writes.