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The IR Department at ANU is home to experts recognised around the world for the significance of their research and teaching, and for their contributions to public engagement and policy debates.

The ANU is ranked #1 in Australia and #8 in the world for Politics.*

*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024

Our research

The Department of International Relations (the IR Department) is one of the world’s leading centres for the study of global politics. Home to discipline-defining scholars, the IR Department is known around the world for the ways in which it links theory and practice with historical and contemporary analysis in the fields of diplomacy and security, peace and conflict, ethics and governance, and political economy and law, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

Our publications

Discover our department’s range of high-quality publications showcasing the depth and breadth of or academic expertise.

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Prioritizing Global Responsibilities answers this question by proposing a two-level account of just prioritization that aims to be both philosophically sound and practically relevant.
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This book examines everyday inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the failure to address them in crisis settings from a feminist international relations (IR) perspectiv
Sepúlveda on the Spanish Invasion of the Americas: Defending Empire, Debating Las Casas
Translation of the dispute between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de las Casas regarding the justice of Spain's invasion of the Americas, peaking in their famous debate in Valladolid in 1550-51