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Endless Opportunities
Jamal Nabulsi is graduating this semester with a Master of International Relations (Advanced) with a plan to continue down the path of academia. Jamal came to study at ANU for the opportunity to...
Why Russia remains relevant
By CAP Student Correspondent Georgie Juszczyk You know a book is worthy read when all copies have been snapped up before the official launch has even begun. Such was the fate of Emeritus Professor...
Public address by the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, the Hon Rick Houenipwela
As part of an official bilateral visit to Australia, the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, the Hon Rick Houenipwela, delivered a lecture at ANU on 13 June 2018. The Prime Minister addressed the...
A Korean Season of Summitry
It is the season of summitry on the Korean peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, as well as Moon Jae-in at an inter-Korean summit in the lead up to a possible...
YOLO: Insights from Thailand
Religious worldviews can shape the thinking of senior officials in profound ways - take YOLO, for instance. ‘You only live once’ is an expression encouraging a life lived on the edge. Canadian rapper...
Nuclear Deterrence at Risk
US nuclear deterrence is at risk of being undermined, and Dr Ben Zala is headed to Harvard University to explore the cause. For Zala, the problem is the increasing importance of advanced conventional...
Podcasting the Pacific
The Little Red Podcast began almost by accident in 2016. Dr Graeme Smith had been toying with the idea of a China politics podcast. So, when research on China’s falling gas emissions failed to get...
Breaking the Silence on Secrecy
Secrecy is an essential component of diplomacy. “As long as states continue to speak the language of interests for their people, of sovereignty, secrecy will remain an essential complement of their...
Diplomacy in a Globalizing World 2nd Ed. Gains More Praise and Attention
Pauline Kerr and Geoffrey Wiseman, eds., Diplomacy in a Gobalizing World (Oxford University Press, second edition, 2018). In this substantially revised second edition of their groundbreaking...
ASIS Director-General launches new book - 'Intelligence and the Function of Government'
Transcript of a speech given by Paul Symon AO, Director-General, Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) on the evening of Monday 19th March 2018, on the occasion of the launch of the book “...
