Overview Manis is the Bahasa word for ‘sweet’. It also could symbolise a grouping of maritime partners on the southern edge of South-east Asia: Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Singapore. MANIS regional maritime cooperation forum, could address a vast range of concerns for the member countries such as illegal fisheries, natural resources, smuggling and...

The 2016 Poll examines attitudes to other important issues such as freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, foreign investment in Australian farmland and military engagement in Iraq and Syria. The Poll also provides data on how public opinion on some of our most important relationships, including those with China and the United States...

Overview Early in his administration, President Barack Obama announced the ‘Asia rebalance’, a US reorientation that became official policy in January 2012. This so-called ‘pivot’ explicitly recognises the need for America to re-embrace partner nations in Asia, leveraging their significant and growing capabilities to build a network of states that nurtures, strengthens and sustains a...

At a time when China is making clear its strategic regional ambitions and when a tumultuous US presidential campaign is raising concerns about the United States policy, there is a great interest throughout the Asia-Pacific in the role of the United States in the region. What do mass publics around the region believe about the...

Delivered on 23 March by Malcolm Turnbull, this was the Prime Minister’s first major address on Australia’s role in the world.