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The evolution of Malaysian foreign policy
Murni Abdul Hamid writes for The Interpreter

Are Gaza food drops enough to relieve famine conditions?
Amra Lee speaks with ABC Radio

Suffering in Gaza reaches ‘new depths’ – Australia condemns ‘inhumane killing’ of Palestinians
Amra Lee writes for The Conversation

America First? Why MAGA is split on the US strikes on Iran
Prof Wes Widmaier speaks to SBS

'Unmitigated disaster': What Donald Trump could be weighing up on Iran
Prof Wes Widmaier speaks to SBS News

Development Futures: Indonesia’s economic policies under Prabowo — new era or same path?
Dr Eve Warburton speaks to Lowy Institute

Pacific Islands focus: health sovereignty, polio outbreak and regional relationships
Isabelle Zhu-Maguire writes for Croakey Health Media

In a country wedded to fossil fuels, what would an Australia-Pacific climate conference look like?
Isabelle Zhu-Maguire writes for Croakey Health Media

Upcoming and past events
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Wed, 19 Nov 2025

Children and Justice in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Commemorating World Children’s Day My Day, My Rights (20 November 2025)
Thu, 30 Oct 2025

Constructing gender justice

2025 CAP Professorial Lecture Series 
This lecture series aims to celebrate our esteemed academics and showcase their areas of expertise in research and teaching.
Tue, 28 Oct 2025

17 Urgent Demands of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet

Pacific feminists are at the forefront of urgent struggles for climate, ecological, economic, and social justice, and human rights.
Thu, 23 Oct 2025

Critique and Complicity: Pluriversality and the ethics of theoretical practice

This public lecture will be delivered by invited guest Professor Kimberly Hutchings of Queen Mary University of London
Tue, 30 Sep 2025

Ambiguity, luck and listening: How do they shape international relations?

Concept Club
Thu, 25 Sep 2025

Normative Infrastructuring from the Ground Up: Experiential Pathways to Global AI Governance

PhD Oral Presentation
Tue, 16 Sep - Fri, 19 Sep 2025

25 Years of Women, Peace and Security: Power, Resistance and New Challenges

A student-led symposium
Thu, 4 Sep 2025

The General Recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Theory and Practice.

Delivered by Dr Marie Joseph Ayissi, Secretary for the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.

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Professor George Lawson (Chair), Ms Catherine Hirst, A/Professor Nicole George, Mr Lukas Nagel and Professor Bina D’Costa’s panel on Unruly Politics on the Contemporary World (10 July)
Professor George Lawson (Chair), Ms Catherine Hirst, A/Professor Nicole George, Mr Lukas Nagel and Professor Bina D’Costa’s panel on Unruly Politics on the Contemporary World (10 July)

CEVAW at OCIS 2025: Showcasing Feminist International Relations and the Fight Against Gendered Violence
2025 Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS)
March Workshop Group. Photo Olivia Wenholz
March Workshop Group. Photo Olivia Wenholz

Violence, Displacement, Protection
Bringing practitioners and scholars working on displacement and protection together in an academic space was powerful – allowing partners to step out of predictable agency positions and discuss openly
United Nations Development Programme Nigeria
United Nations Development Programme Nigeria

From outback kitchens to the United Nations: Discover how the ANU Master of Diplomacy prepared Sally for her dream career
Discover how studying a Master of Diplomacy at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific led alumna Sally Swinnen to work for the United Nations in Nigeria.
Amy Wardell
Amy Wardell

Forging global leaders: CAP student secures prestigious cybersecurity internship in Estonia
First-year Master of International Law and Diplomacy student Amy Wardell is undertaking a five-week cybersecurity internship in Estonia. Find out more about her journey.
The book launch of ‘The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health’ at ANU. From left to right: Bonney Corbin, Dr Faustina Pereira, Noelene Nabulivou, Dr Maria Tanyag, and Prof Bina D’Costa.
The book launch of ‘The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health’ at ANU. From left to right: Bonney Corbin, Dr Faustina Pereira, Noelene Nabulivou, Dr Maria Tanyag, and Prof Bina D’Costa.

Researching the global politics of sexual and reproductive health with responsibility: Dr Maria Tanyag publishes her first book
Dr Maria Tanyag’s new book examines everyday inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
  • Sexual health
  • Human Rights
  • gender equality
First Nations elders, organisers, and participants of the Indigenous Diplomacy workshop
First Nations elders, organisers, and participants of the Indigenous Diplomacy workshop

First Nations Elders share diplomacy practices in 2024 Indigenous Diplomacy Workshop
Learning about the traditions and ongoing life of Indigenous sovereignties in Australia and their distinct ways of making diplomacy were explored in the three-day Indigenous Diplomacy workshop in July
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Diplomacy
Wall mural at meeting with FARC ex-combatants in Colombia
Wall mural at meeting with FARC ex-combatants in Colombia

Colombia visit to assess at-risk Afro-descendents
ANU Professor Bina D’Costa visited Colombia as a member of the United Nations (UN) Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, part of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.
  • Colombia
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Africa
  • Racism
  • Human Rights
  • United Nations
PhD student Aryana Mohmood
PhD student Aryana Mohmood

Meet Aryana Mohmood, the PhD student investigating Afghan women’s representations and resistance.
PhD scholar and Afghan-Australian journalist Aryana Mohmood wants to change perceptions of diverse Afghan women from victimhood to resistance.
  • Human Rights