

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Michael Wesley: Blind Spot, Southeast Asia and Australia's Future
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am – Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 am
- **Event Description**: Has Australia forgotten what keeps it safe?

In his powerful Quarterly Essay, Blind Spot: Southeast Asia and Australia’s Future, Professor Michael Wesley argues that Australia has made the wrong strategic bet - relying too heavily on the US alliance while neglecting the region that matters most to our security and prosperity.

If China were to dominate Southeast Asia, Australia would be dangerously exposed. So why are we following a strategy that risks distancing us from our neighbours?

Join Michael Wesley in conversation with Misha Ketchell, Editor of The Conversation, for a timely and thought-provoking discussion about AUKUS, the US alliance, and Australia’s future in our region.

?️ Register to attend in person or online for this FREE event
?️ Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/adelaide/michael-wesley-blind-spot-southeast-asia-and-australias-future/200029724645543
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://hawkecentre.adelaide.edu.au/events-and-exhibitions/events/2026/michael_wesley_quarterly_essay/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=adelaide-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Adelaide
- **state**: SA
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Allan Scott Auditorium, 55 North Terrace - Hawke Building, Adelaide Unversity, Adelaide, SA, Australia, South Australia 5000
- **lat**: -34.92255
- **long**: 138.59117
- **full address**: Allan Scott Auditorium, 55 North Terrace - Hawke Building, Adelaide Unversity, Adelaide, SA, Australia, South Australia 5000

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- **organizer**: The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre (https://allevents.in/org/the-bob-hawke-prime-ministerial-centre/12642507)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Allan Scott Auditorium, 55 North Terrace - Hawke Building, Adelaide Unversity, Adelaide, SA, Australia, South Australia 5000
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
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