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Event next week - Symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region
On 9 December 2021, the Australian National University and the Pacific Community (SPC) are hosting an online symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region from 9am-5pm Canberra time....
Pacific nations can’t be left behind at COP26
Experts from The Australian National University (ANU) warn Pacific nations are at risk of being left behind in global climate negotiations if they aren’t a focus of the upcoming COP26 summit....
A Korean-Australian Scholar of Australia-Korea Relations
Dr Peter K. Lee reflects on his PhD journey with the Bell School’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at the Australian National University. As two of the region’s leading ‘middle powers’,...
Symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region - Call for expressions of interest
The Australian National University, in conjunction with the Pacific Community (SPC), is planning to convene a virtual symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region on 9 December 2021....
Meet Sanjoli Banerjee
Tell us about yourself I am 22 years old, born and brought up in India. I have been into social activism since the age of five. Both my parents are prominent educators in my home city. I completed a...
PNG’s private security industry could improve public security: report
A new report from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) highlights the vital role private security plays in ensuring public security across Papua New Guinea (PNG). The report...
SDSC team awarded $1 million grant
As Australia faces growing strategic uncertainty, preparing and educating the next generation of strategic leaders is an urgent necessity. Along with its internationally recognised research and...
SDSC Lecture Series 2021
The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) presents a Public Lecture Series to stimulate public discussion on major challenges relating to Australia’s strategic and defence policy, and to...
DPA Seminar Series to resume
In 2021, the Department of Pacific Affairs will resume its departmental seminar series, focusing on topical areas of research, current debates and issues in the Pacific region, and approaches to...
A war over Taiwan would be nothing like Afghanistan
If Taiwan triggers a military conflict, the PM will need to think harder about Australia’s strategic habit of going to war whenever America does. War is not an end in itself. It can only ever be...
