Past events
Democracy After Death: Film Screening and Discussion
Democracy After Death: The Tragedy of Uncle Nuamthong Praiwan (directed by Neti Wichiansaen, 2016) begins with the story of Uncle Nuamthong Praiwan, an elderly taxi driver who hung himself in...
The End of RAMSI: What has it Meant?
After 14 years, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) will conclude on 30 June 2017. RAMSI was originally deployed in mid-2003 at the invitation of the government of Solomon...
Power, Restraint, and China’s Rise
Please note that this is a book manuscript review seminar: two chapters from the manuscript will be circulated ten days in advance and taken as read by participants. Please register for the event...
Explaining US Asia Policy under Trump - Ashley Townshend and Andrew Carr in Conversation
Join us in conversation with Ashley Townshend and Dr Andrew Carr who will discuss Trump’s approach to Asia.
How the US approaches Asia under President Donald J. Trump could be one of the...
Norm Diffusion and Discursive (Re)production: Women's Participation in Peace and Security Governance at the UN
In this seminar, I take a feminist discourse-theoretical approach to the phenomenon that has been termed ‘norm diffusion’ in order to explore, first, how norms can be understood as themselves the...
Religiosity and the prevalence of vote buying: a study of Indonesian Muslim legislative candidates
Vote buying is an electoral problem in many countries. Systematic analyses have considered electoral arrangements, weak law enforcement, voter monitoring, socio-economic factors, cultural norms of...
Korean politics after the presidential impeachment
South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment on 10 March 2016 after months of peaceful candlelight rallies by millions of people. She faces prosecutorial...
The family context and its role in making jihadists: The case of Indonesian jihadists' families
This study aims to investigate the family context and the way this may have shaped the development and behaviour of extremists prior to their jihadism and how the family responded to that...
The Future of Global Health Governance under the Trump Administration
The robust growth of global health governance over the past 30 years has signalled the importance attached to global health within international society. The election of Donald Trump in the United...
Regionalism and Colonialism in Contemporary Oceania
Regionalism in Oceania emerged in a context shaped both by the decolonization movement as well as the Cold War, the dynamics of which are still being played out today. This paper considers two...
