On 5-6 October the inaugural Indonesia-Australia Dialogue will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta.

The Indonesia-Australia Dialogue initiative was jointly announced by leaders during the March 2010 visit to Australia by Indonesian President Yudhoyono, as a bilateral second track dialogue.

Reflecting the need to develop people-to-people links, the Indonesia-Australia Dialogue is designed to facilitate regular dialogue in our communities on a broad range of issues.

A round up of key events across the world over the last month.

Kate Barrelle is a clinical and forensic psychologist, and worked in the counterterrorism branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is currently writing a PhD with the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University, investigating why people move away from violent extremism. Ms Barrelle is also co-founder of STREAT a foodservice social enterprise, which helps homeless and disadvantaged young people. She spoke to Gary Paul.

MA: Tell me a little about yourself. What have you done in your life so far?

by Julia Rabar

The UN Security Council (UNSC) endorsed the use of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P) in Libya on March 11th in order to protect Libyan civilians from President Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s planned rampage of the eastern city Benghazi.

The mission was driven by France and the UK, and joined by an initially reluctant US, and criticised from the sidelines by key UNSC abstainers, namely Germany and Russia. Implementing R2P has raised questions about the parameters of the doctrine, including whether or not regime change is a justifiable goal.