Warwick Smith, Chairman Emeritus of Asia Society Australia, responds to the question 'Open or Shut: Is Australia Punching Below its Potential in Asia?' and the five issues at the centre of this question: Lacking Leverage: Is Australia Using All Its Advantages To Pursue Economic Opportunities in Asia? Own Goals: Is Australia Sabotaging Its Education Exports To Asia? Regulation and Other Discontents: Is Australia Too Difficult To Do Business With? Perfect Strangers: Is Australia Failing To Build Real Economic Partnerships in Asia? Peace, Prosperity, One or Neither: Can Australia Reconcile Its Prosperity and Its Security in Asia?

The Hon Warwick L. Smith AO LLB is Chairman Emeritus of Asia Society Australia and former Chairman of the Global Engagement Committee at the Business Council of Australia.