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A Cautious New Approach: China's Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation – a book by Dr Denghua Zhang
In March 2020, ANU Press published A Cautious New Approach: China’s Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation — a book authored by Department of Pacific Affairs’ Research Fellow Dr Denghua Zhang. The book,...
ANU scholarships for short course in Pacific development – enrol by 14 February
The Australian National University (ANU) has extended the enrolment period until 14 February 2021 for students interested in undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Pacific Development in Semester 1...
Xi’s fine words cannot camouflage Beijing’s aggression
At this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, China’s President Xi Jinping warned the world of the risk of a new cold war. True to form, he dangles all sorts of incentives if only we...
ANU-Data61 International Fellowships Program for Indonesian Civil Servants
Background and objectives of the ANU-Data61 International Fellowship program On 31 August 2018, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GoI) and the Government of Australia (GoA) signed a...
Book Review: Pakistan, Regional Security and Conflict Resolution – The Pashtun “Tribal” Areas
The tribal areas of Pakistan have played a critical role in the security of the country since Partition, particularly since the Taliban was ousted from power in 2001. Dr Farooq Yousaf’s book...
How should we deal with an aggressive China?
The rise of an assertive China is the dominant feature of Australia’s strategic environment. The possibility of us being threatened, directly or indirectly, by a rising China can no longer be ignored...
Recognition for excellence in diversity and inclusion
In an award ceremony hosted on 17 November by the ANU Vice Chancellor, Professor Brian Schmidt, Associate Professor Nicole Haley of the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) at the Coral Bell School of...
ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program
The ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program (AADPSP) is an innovative program that commenced in 2019, with its inaugural intake of Defence officials from Southeast Asia and Australia...
No matter who wins the US election, the alliance will be the keystone of our defence planning
No matter who is elected United States president, the alliance between our two nations remains the wellspring of our security. This is because — contrary to the views of so many Australian...
China Can Hurt Australia for Malabar Exercise But QUAD is Bracing
Earlier this week, India formally invited Australia to join the large-scale naval exercises to be conducted in the Bay of Bengal (3-6 November) and the Arabian Sea (17-20 November), involving in...