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Fatima Payman: Mascot, Menace or Member of Parliament?
Benedict Moleta writes in Muslims Down Under

Åsne Seierstad’s The Afghans is a gripping depiction of life under Taliban rule
Susan Hutchinson writes in The Conversations

The geopolitics of undersea cables in the Indo-Pacific
Cynthia Mehboob speaks to Melbourne Asia Review

Civilians in conflict need Australia’s attention, and they need it now
Amra Lee writes in https://policybrief.anu.edu.au/civilians-in-conflict-need-australias-attention-and-they-need-it-now/

Apocalypse tomorrow: how AI is changing war
Prof Toni Erskine, Dr Benjamin Zala, and Dr Bianca Baggiarini 's research is mentioned in ANU Reporter

Reading Coral Bell on the Fortieth Anniversary of Dependent Ally: Style and Substance
Benedict Moleta writes in Australian Institute of International Affairs

Hell unleashed in Haiti: Gangs seize control
Prof Nicolas Lemay-Hebert speaks to Sky News Australia

Australia isn't doing enough on conflict-related sexual violence
Susan Hutchinson writes in ASPI – The Strategist

Upcoming and past events
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024

The colours of intervention: Mapping the world, shaping resistance

Professorial Lecture Series
Wed, 6 Mar 2024

Friends like these: Uncertainty and the persistence of hedging in Southeast Asia

Why do Southeast Asian states continue hedging despite growing threat perceptions towards China and increased pressure associated with great power competition?
Fri, 9 Feb 2024

Making People Matter in IPE

Department of International Relations Professorial Lecture Series
Wed, 7 Feb 2024

The Locked-up Country

In The Locked-up Country, political experts Tom Chodor and Shahar Hameiri identify the source of Australia’s recent challenges and suggest a better way forward.
Mon, 13 Nov - Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Weaving The Mat: Indigenous Diplomacy - Executive Education Course

This Executive Education course has been postponed, due to circumstances beyond our control, until April 2024.
Wed, 9 Aug 2023

Petroleum, Politics, and the Struggle for the State: The Case of Iraq
How has state cohesion in Iraq been shaped by resource dependency, coercion, and elite strategies to gain or maintain control?
Tue, 20 Sep 2022

Whither the liberal international order: Lessons from history
In this lecture, Professor Zarakol will discuss the implications such a broadening of our historical horizon about order-making should have on our current thinking about the Liberal International Order.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022

International orders: Past, present and future
This seminar explores the changing nature of international order.

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Ann Zhang
Considering herself a people-oriented person, Ann studied diplomacy as a form of communication and intellectual exchange.
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From practitioner to scholar: sowing the seeds for peace in Mindanao
Primitivo III “Prime” Cabanes has always held a lifelong passion for peacebuilding and sustainability in the Philippines.
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Maria Shumusti
Maria works in the humanitarian sector with the world’s largest humanitarian organisation - the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), also the Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Tuukka Kaikkonen
Tuukka’s world took another turn when he decided to study a Master of International Relations (Advanced) at the Coral Bell School – an opportunity that opened greater doors.
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Xueyin Zha
Xueyin turned down a scholarship for the University of Toronto to study a Master of International Relations at ANU — she tells us why.
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Shrutidhar Tripathi
Studying a Master of Diplomacy transformed the way Shrutidar approached negotiation and conflict resolution while working at the United Nations.
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Lachlan King
Putting theory into practice is what Lachlan wanted when he enrolled in the Master of Diplomacy — and he got just that.
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Patrick Griffiths
Patrick blames ‘Age of Empires’ for his love of ancient history – partly. Read more about his journey to studying a Master of International Relations.