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Podcasting the Pacific
The Little Red Podcast began almost by accident in 2016. Dr Graeme Smith had been toying with the idea of a China politics podcast. So, when research on China’s falling gas emissions failed to get...
Convening Sacred Stories
The ANU Religion Conference convenes every two years, bringing together people of different faiths and academic disciplines united around a central theme with a mind to the divine. This April that...
Green Turtle Dreaming
In her new book chapter on the Indonesian and Australian women bridging the divides between their cultures, Virginia Hooker devises a metaphor centred on the concept of the Green Turtle. Just as...
Breaking the Silence on Secrecy
Secrecy is an essential component of diplomacy. “As long as states continue to speak the language of interests for their people, of sovereignty, secrecy will remain an essential complement of their...
Feeding Crisis Diplomacy
In a crisis, diplomacy has typically been concerned with how to make or avoid war. But crises are diverse. Humanitarian crises like the flow of refugees from Syria’s civil war, or economic ones like...
2017- A Year in Review: Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
The achievements of the Bell School colleagues, many of which are captured in this year in review, were considerable. During 2017 alone, we collectively published 83 journal articles, 48 book...
Diplomacy in a Globalizing World 2nd Ed. Gains More Praise and Attention
Pauline Kerr and Geoffrey Wiseman, eds., Diplomacy in a Gobalizing World (Oxford University Press, second edition, 2018). In this substantially revised second edition of their groundbreaking...
Keynote Address by Frances Adamson, Secretary, DFAT at Australia-Korea Policy Roundtable
Transcript of a speech given by Frances Adamson, Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at the opening of the Australia-Korea Policy Roundtable held in...
Reflections of a Frustrated Nuclear Disarmer - Dinner Keynote Address
Transcript of keynote address given by Professor Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of The Australian National University, given at the Australia-Korea Policy Roundtable 2018 dinner held on Mon 26th...
Introducing Executive Education short courses in Diplomacy
Starting in April 2018, ANU now offers a calendar of publicly available professional development short courses for people interested in honing their diplomatic tradecraft, and deepening their global...
