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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...
Bell School Research Seminar Series
A showcase for HDR research, the Bell School Research Seminar Series commences April 2021. Each session will comprise two student presentations (from students based in different departments) and an...
ANU scholarships for short course in Pacific development – enrol by 14 February
The Australian National University (ANU) has extended the enrolment period until 14 February 2021 for students interested in undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Pacific Development in Semester 1...
Xi’s fine words cannot camouflage Beijing’s aggression
At this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, China’s President Xi Jinping warned the world of the risk of a new cold war. True to form, he dangles all sorts of incentives if only we...
