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Susannah Patton

August 2024

Australian tanks exercising in Indonesia would have been hard to imagine ten years ago.

Our new quiet security embrace as Jakarta hedges bets

Indonesia’s strategic wariness of China has culminated in this week’s military co-operation agreement with Australia. But don’t read too much into it.

May 2024

Executives at some of Australia’s most prestigious universities have hit back over the crackdown on foreign student numbers.

International students show our statecraft missing in action

Educating the region’s high-flyers is a major source of soft power for Australia. But we are in danger of taking it for granted.

March 2023

Penny Wong in Malaysia. She has visited most South-East Asian countries since taking over as foreign minister.

Are Australia’s neighbours ready for AUKUS?

The AUKUS fallout has not prevented positive momentum in Australia’s relations with South-East Asia, yet regional concerns still lurk below the surface.

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