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After the Fires? Climate Change and Security in Australia

This seminar examines the climate change-security relationship in the Australian context. It examines how climate change and security are related and explores...

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2020 Des Ball Chair research seminar and public lecture — Professor Bruce Jentleson

Will foreign policy be a factor in the 2020 American presidential election? If so, on what issues and along what themes? As a leading scholar of the domestic...

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China Governs Borderless Threats: Chinese Counter-Narcotics and Riverine Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia

China is often seen as clinging resolutely to sovereignty and non-interference. This is typically viewed as a liability in an era where practically every...

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Humanitarian Negotiation With Armed Groups

Humanitarians operate on the frontlines of today's armed conflicts, where they regularly negotiate to provide assistance and to protect vulnerable...

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The Politics of Media in Myanmar Now

What are the implications for freedom of expression in Myanmar generally, and press freedom in particular, of the military’s continued presence in political,...

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Image: Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP
Image: Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP

Has the US Lost Myanmar to China?

20 January 2020

BY HUNTER MARSTON Chinese leader Xi Jinping just wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar from...

Thant Myint-U author, founder and chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust. Photo: Thant Myint-U/Facebo
Thant Myint-U author, founder and chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust. Photo: Thant Myint-U/Facebo

Review of "The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century"

10 October 2019

BY HUNTER MARSTON AND JOSHUA KURLANTZICK In the run-up to Myanmar’s elections next year, there is...

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2019 celebration
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2019 celebration

Life of the Party

26 September 2019

BY HUNTER MARSTON AND ABIGAIL CHEN This week marks the anniversary of the founding of Myanmar’s...

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In conversation: Are we heading towards a strategic crisis over Taiwan?

Recording of a panel discussion on 5 Dec 2019 at the National Press Club. The event was jointly...

'Framing the Islands' , Greg Fry
'Framing the Islands' , Greg Fry

Book Launch by Dame Meg Taylor Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Join us for the launch of Framing the Islands: Power and Diplomatic Agency in Pacific Regionalism...

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DPA's James Batley at the report launch in Honiara
DPA's James Batley at the report launch in Honiara

Launch of DPA’s observation report on the 2019 Solomon Islands National General Elections

6 February 2020

On 5 February 2020, the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) launched its 2019 Solomon Islands National...

Jeremy with his mascot, Bob, the cranky dinosaur
Jeremy with his mascot, Bob, the cranky dinosaur

Farewell to Jeremy (and Bob the cranky dinosaur)

11 July 2019

Imagine, if you will, a young American scholar straight from the deepest, darkest depths of winter in...

Understanding Oceania
Understanding Oceania

ANU VC launches Understanding Oceania

15 June 2019

During his 11-14 June 2019 visit to Suva Professor Brian Schmidt, Australian National University Vice...

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