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Thu, 15 Aug - Fri, 16 Aug 2024

AUKUS: Assumptions and Implications

Join us for a two-day symposium on AUKUS strategic partnership from 15-16 August 2024 in Canberra.
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Dr Paul Lushenko and Emily Hitchman
Thu, 6 Jun 2024

Battlefield Trust for Human-Machine Teaming: Evidence from the US Military

Discussing AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Seminar Series
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Young Kanak, Lifou, Loyalty Islands 2018 (Nic Maclellan)

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2024
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2024.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
  • decolonisation
  • environmental challenges
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AADPSP 2024 cohort with SDSC lecturers at the welcome reception.

ASEAN - Australia Defence Postgraduate Program renewed
Bell School welcomes a new cohort of Master of Strategic Studies students, and the renewal of our contract to deliver the ASEAN – Australia Defence Postgraduate Program for a further five years.
  • ASEAN
  • Security
  • Defence
Dr Ben Zala and Professor Toni Erskine of the ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Mon, 4 Dec 2023

Should AI Stay or Should AI Go? First Strike Incentives & Deterrence Stability in the Third Nuclear Age

DISCUSSING AI, AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND THE FUTURE OF WAR SEMINAR SERIES

This seminar series is part of a two-year (2023-2025) research project on Anticipating the Future of War: AI,
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Dongkeun Lee

Studying sea powers in Tokyo: Dongkeun Lee wins Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship
Meet Dongkeun Lee, a driven PhD candidate whose work and research focus have earned him the 2024-2025 Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship.
  • Security
A family from the CAP graduations standing outdoors holding flowers and smiling
A family from the CAP graduations standing outdoors holding flowers and smiling

Stepping into the future: Celebrating mid-year graduations at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Students from the Australian National University come together in joyous celebration as they reach the culmination of their fulfilling academic journeys this July.
  • Asia
  • Pacific
  • Political science
  • Security
  • International relations
  • Diplomacy
  • Development
  • Culture
  • Climate Change
Security in the Pacific
Mon, 5 Feb 2024

Rethinking the Boe Declaration and Security in the Pacific

Please join PhD candidate Ms Leituala Kuiniselani Tago-Elisara as she provides an update during her research journey.
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Henrietta McNeill
by ANU
Wed, 19 Jul 2023

Criminal Deportations to the Pacific: Securitisation & De-securitisation
In this seminar, Henrietta McNeill provides an examination of criminal deportations to Tonga, Samoa and Cook Islands.
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Athau
Thu, 21 Mar 2024

International Politics and Construction of Climate Security by Small Island Developing States: Maldives and Samoa

Please join PhD candidate Athaulla Rasheed as he presents his pre-submission seminar.
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People on a boat in Papua New Guinea
by PXhere

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
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Boyer Prize 2022 goes to Dr Denghua Zhang
Zhang's article ‘China’s influence and local perceptions: the case of Pacific island countries’ has won the revered Boyer Prize for 2022.
  • Pacific
  • Security
State and Society in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2021

State and Society in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2021
A collection of papers written between 2001 and 2021, which update the story of political and social development in Papua New Guinea in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.
  • Pacific
  • Public policy
  • Security
  • Economic Development
  • Development
Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
This volume brings together a number of authors with deep experience of the Southern Highlands to examine the underlying dynamics of resource development and conflict in the province.
  • Pacific
  • Security
  • Resources
  • Economic Development
  • Governance and regulation
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022

In conversation event for students

To welcome our new students and kick-off the new semester, please join us for our first Bell School ‘In conversation’ event with three practitioners across the disciplines of international affairs,
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Tue, 2 Aug 2022

Career pathways: Meet potential employers

Does international affairs fascinate you? Gaining insights from industry representatives can help you clarify your career aspirations and make informed choices.
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Civic Insecurity Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea

Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has a complex ‘law and order’ problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction joint challenges and opportunities—most fundamentally for civic security.
  • Pacific
  • Security
  • Health
Private Security in Papua New Guinea - A Networked Approach
by Australian Civil-Military Centre

PNG’s private security industry could improve public safety
A new report from researchers at The Australian National University highlights the vital role private security plays in ensuring public security across Papua New Guinea.
  • Security

What does the Trump presidency mean for Women, Peace and Security?
Susan Hutchinson writes in The Interpreter (Lowy Institute)