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Protecting children on the move
A refugee camp is not the easiest place to conduct field research, but when you are exploring how best to protect children during their migration journey, that is where the need is greatest. Olivia...
Leveraging power at the UN
We’re in a secure room of the Australian Mission at UN Headquarters, on a chilly December day in New York. No electronic equipment is permitted – no laptops, no mobiles, no cameras – but we do have...
VC's award recognises Garth Pratten who continues to inspire future thinkers
Quality education is built upon great teaching. We can all remember those teachers and supervisors who influenced our own learning. This is why we celebrate the recognition of Dr Garth Pratten and Dr...
Alliances Adrift: Is this the end of America’s Asian alliances?
America’s network of Asian alliances (often also referred to as the ‘San Francisco System’) has defied most theoretical expectations by surviving in the absence of a common external threat long after...
Creating a future beyond borders : Innovative dual degree program commences in Japan with Ritsumeikan University’s College of Global Liberal Arts
Earlier this month students commencing in Japan in the dual-degree program were welcomed by the Ritsumeikan University. The Bell School at ANU has partnered with the College of Global Liberal Arts at...
Australian Defence Policy in Flux: The Perspective of Brendan Sargeant
By Robbin Laird The strategic shift from the land wars in the Middle East to the challenges of facing the 21st century authoritarian powers has recast the defense challenges facing the liberal...
Enhancing Australian Options in a Crisis: Shaping More Sustainable Force
By Robbin Laird The latest Williams Seminar held in Canberra on April 11, 2019 focused on the strategic shift for Australia within the context of the evolving global situation. Facing the rising...
ANU illiberalism conference attracts Southeast Asian academics to return to Canberra
Top graduates from The Australian National University (ANU) have returned to campus to discuss the state of liberal democracy in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar at the ‘Entrenched illiberalism in...
From Hot War to Cool Oceans: ANU Wargames at Kioloa
By: Dr Andrew Carr, Program Convenor of the Master of Strategic Studies at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ANU Master of Strategic Studies students have just completed their annual...
William Austin (Bill) Standish
Pacific – especially Papua New Guinea – colleagues of Bill Standish were shocked and saddened by his death on Sunday 31 March. For some fifty years Bill has been one of the very best informed and...
