Past events
“When I entered the tiger zone …“ Why did people participate in genocide in Cambodia and beyond?
Genocide constitutes one of the most heinous crimes imaginable to mankind and participation in it is thus often thought of as particularly egregious. So why do people participate in genocide?...
Artillery, Tanks and a Man Named Watson: 1st Anzac Corps and the First Battle of Bullecourt, 11 April 1917
On 11 April 1917 the Australians of the 1st Anzac Corps launched an attack at German positions near the French village of Bullecourt. The British correspondent Phillip Gibbs contended that the...
Living with Fear: Defining a Better National Security Outcome
One of the reasons Australia is among the fortunate countries is that it has never known fear. From a national security perspective, it has always been one of the safest countries in the world....
Southeast Asia faces a rising China
Shortly after acceding to the leadership of the People’s Republic of China in 2012, Xi Jinping promised to lead a “great rejuvenation” of the Chinese nation. In the years since, he has tightened...
States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court
Dr Ba will talk about his new book, States of Justice, which theorises the ways in which states that are presumed to be weaker in the international system use the International Criminal Court (ICC...
Launch of a series of short films from the PNG Family Protection Order Research Project
(L-R) Julien Barbara (DPA), Lindy Kanan (DPA), Judy Putt (DPA), Saskias Tameo (PNG Deputy High Commissioner), photo by Tanuj Parakh, DPA
To celebrate International Women’s Day in 2021, the...
To Make Heaven Weep: Civilians and the American Way of War from 1608 to 2020
‘To Make Heaven Weep: Civilians and the American Way of War from 1608 to 2020’: War is defined as force on force conflict. So why have civilians so consistently been the deliberate target of...
Power Projection and Deterrence: South China Sea Disputants as Pawns in the U.S.-China Rivalry
In the past decade, China has pursued consistent low-level provocations against disputants to seize or prevent other states’ access to islands, maritime features, and waters in the South China Sea...
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs 2021 Orientation Session
Dr Mathew Davies, Deputy Director of Education, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, warmly invites all postgraduate students commencing their studies in the Graduate Diploma of...
Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy
The 3rd ANU Religion Conference 2020: the Call for Papers
Forms of human movement including global immigration, asylum-seeking, climate migration, and the internal migration accompanying...
