Past events
Jihadists Assemble: the rise of militant Islamism in Southeast Asia
Abstract After the attacks of September 11, 2001, in the US and the Bali bombings in Indonesia the following year, Southeast Asia came under scrutiny for its role in the rise of militant Islamism...
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Orientation Session
Dr Jeremy Youde, Deputy Director of Education, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, warmly invites all postgraduate students commencing their studies in the Master of Diplomacy, Master of...
Graduation Celebration Lunch
We will again be hosting a lunch in celebration of the hard work and commitment of our graduating cohort of undergraduate, postgraduate and research higher degree students. As well, we want to...
In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand
Abstract Across regimes both dictatorial and democratic since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932, Thai citizens have experienced a range of forms of extrajudicial violence at the hands of...
Buying Votes in Indonesia: Partisans, Personal Networks and Winning Margins
How prevalent is vote buying in Indonesia, and how effective is it? My PhD research deals with these two questions that have vexed scholars for the last 15 years. Using data from nationally...
Thai Press Accounts and Images of the 2016 Royal Succession
Abstract From the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol on 13 October 2016 until the formal accession to the throne of his son and appointed successor King Maha Vajiralongkorn on 1 December, there...
Local security in the contested Bangsamoro zone: Informality, hybridity and pragmatic imperatives
Abstract The Bangsamoro area in the southern Philippines is a contested space where state security forces (military, police, paramilitary) face various armed groups – Moro insurgents, violence...
Sago production in the Sepik foothills of Papua New Guinea
A case study of the process of agriculture change of the Beli people of Rangwe
The population in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been growing at an average rate of 2.5% per annum. Rural people in PNG...
Integrated Asia: Australia’s Dangerous New Strategic Geography
Globalization and major power rivalry are creating a China-centric integrated Asian strategic system, drawing together the once-discrete theatres of Northeast, Southeast, South and Central Asia....
Festschrift Book Launch: Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy
Please join us as for the Festschrift Book Launch,Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy, Essays in the Honour of Paul Dibb.
Launched by the Hon Kim Beazley AC
Emeritus...
