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Andrew Roberts, Lord Roberts of Belgravia, visited Melbourne in September 2026 to deliver the 2026 Menzies Oration at the Robert Menzies Institute’s Annual Dinner. In his Oration, Lord Roberts argues that Australia still has a central part to play in the Anglosphere.

He defends ANZUS and AUKUS against their critics, sets out the values he says the English-speaking peoples share, and warns that they will survive only if defended, with China the gravest challenge. He also criticises Trump’s treatment of allies and calls for a wider coalition of democracies.

Forthright and unapologetically polemical, this is a call to action from one of the world’s best-known historians.