Past events
The Fiji Constitution of September 2013
Abstract: The military regime in power in Fiji since 2006 has made a new national Constitution under which elections will be held before September 2014. This presentation will examine the...
The Politics of Aristocracy in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
The seminar focuses on the question why some aristocrats have staged successful political comebacks in post-Suharto politics, while others have failed to do so. Since Indonesia's democratization...
Civilian women, female ex-combatants and the challenges of transitional justice in Sri Lanka
At the end of the three-decade long conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009, the majority of victims in the north and east of Sri Lanka were women €“ both civilians and ex-combatants €“ who face a...
Maritime power in the western pacific : a review
The trends affecting the global development of maritime power are especially evident in the Western Pacific and will shape the future of the Indo-Pacific region. Torn between the challenges of...
Re-thinking the Bases of U.S. Power and Authority in East Asia
This seminar will also feature a launch of Evelyn Goh's new book on The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia. Please join us for complimentary drinks and...
Repression on the Cheap: responses to anti-state dissent in post-new order Indonesia
Abstract
My thesis looks at one aspect of Indonesia's democratic quality that remains contentious, namely the state's treatment of peacefully expressed anti-state dissent, such as Islamism,...
The Decade of War on Terror: a perspective from Pakistan
Speakers: Brigadier Zahoor Ahmed (DA Pakistan), and two members of the Pakistan Army Command & Staff College delegation (both just returned from Peshawar and service in the Federally Administered...
The fusion of military and political activity in 21st Century combat
In the Afghan conflict, and in contemporary conflicts more generally, liberal powers and their armed forces have blurred the line between military and political activity. The clear-cut conception...
Victims versus Veterans: nationalism and Human Rights in independent East Timor
Abstract: This research examines the impact of human rights and transitional justice on the politics of memory in East Timor, a country still coming to terms with the effects of a violent twenty-...
Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) Workshop 2013
The Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) Project team invite you to attend the TEC Workshop, to be held in Canberra on Wednesday, February 13 at the Australian National University. The workshop...
