It’s the Queen’s Birthday public holiday (even if it’s not her actual birthday) here in Canberra and in most of the rest of Australia. That means we’re taking the day off from normal duties and will be back tomorrow with our usual full schedule of strategic analysis and opinion.

If you’re after some public holiday reading, check out ASPI suggests, which has links to plenty of analysis including our coverage of the Tiananmen Square and D-Day anniversaries, as well as the Shangri-La Dialogue.