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Excavating the Future of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Yangon
Understanding and preserving historical sites and artefacts are essential to the past, present and future of Myanmar and global scholarship. This presentation by Professor San Shwe, Head of...
The First Political Order: Some Preliminary Results from a Minerva Initiative-Funded Research Project
In 2014, we were awarded a Minerva Initiative grant from the US Department of Defense to investigate empirically the relationship between the security of women and the security of states. This...
The Structure of Ethnic Inequality and Ethnic Voting
While some ethnic groups engage in a high level of ethnic voting, many others do not. We argue that where class and ethnic differences overlap, ethnic voting should be elevated. More specifically...
Networking Peace: Mapping the Israeli Peace Movement
From before the declaration of the state of Israel there have been organisations and individuals within Israel arguing for solutions that emphasised justice and autonomy for both Jews and...
Tertiary Education in the Pacific – Trends and Issues
In this knowledge and innovation driven, open and competitive global economy and society, knowledge is the key driver of economic and social development. The Pacific Islands are now firmly...
US Foreign Policy under President Trump
Prior to his election in November 2016, President Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy outlook was the antithesis of the “Washington playbook”: the bipartisan consensus to support allies, free...
Elite Young People in Myanmar’s Transformation: An ethnographic study of a new generation
From 2010 to 2016, Myanmar underwent rapid and significant economic, political and cultural change that rendered some prevailing mindsets out-dated and increasingly irrelevant. During this period...
The French Army in 1917
It is often claimed to be a “well-known fact” that the French Army mutinied in 1917 and did very little thereafter. This paper counters this misperception by placing the so-called mutinies in...
China Matters: Getting It Right for Australia
ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR
in partnership with China Matters Ltd and the ANU Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs
Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson will be in...
Southeast Asia's Long War: Responding to Myanmar's Humanitarian Crises
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has witnessed the manifold and far-reaching humanitarian consequences of protracted conflict in Myanmar for 30 years, including displacement,...
