Congratulations to Honae Cuffe for the publication of Genesis of a Policy: Defining and Defending Australia’s National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57 (ANU Press, 2021). ‘This book offers a reassessment Australia’s foreign policy origins and maturation in the twentieth century. It foregrounds Australia’s search to define its national interest and cultivate a policy tailored to its geography, strategic capabilities, and relationships with the great powers. In so doing, this book identifies a comprehensive and explicitly pragmatic approach in Australia’s foreign policy tradition that has not previously been identified. In addition to expanding the historical understanding of Australian foreign policy, this book brings into sharp focus enduring challenges in Australia’s engagement with international affairs and offers instructive parallels for contemporary policymakers.’