Michael Wesley In Conversation with Geoff Raby

Join us at Readings Carlton to hear Michael Wesley, Professor of Politics and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Melbourne, in conversation with Geoff Raby on Quarterly Essay 101: Blind Spot: Southeast Asia and Australia's Future.

Australia has forgotten what keeps it safe. So argues Michael Wesley in this sharp and compelling essay about our place in the world.

Southeast Asia is the key to our national security and prosperity. If China dominates the region, as it plans to, Australia will be very vulnerable. So why are we following an American strategy that isolates and alienates us from our neighbours?