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Scholarship to create leaders that make a difference
A new scholarship valued at up to $120,000 over two to three years will offer students pursuing research or coursework postgraduate studies a unique opportunity to develop their...
Friends and neighbours
Deepening ties between Australia and Japan in the past few years have led to each nation considering the other its most important security partner after the United States, a think tank says....
Harvard bound
An Australian National University (ANU) PhD graduate from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) has been awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.Kalman Robertson...
Defence white paper: bin it and start again
The defence portfolio is a tough assignment and Marise Payne takes it on at an especially difficult time, writes HUGH WHITE. Marise Payne is as well qualified for the job of defence minister as any...
Australia-Indonesia relations: More than just management
Strategic and Defence Studies Professor Hugh White discusses a new Lowy Institute paper on Australia’s turbulent relationship with Indonesia by ANU College of Asia and the Pacific researcher and...
A meeting of middle power minds
Knowledge is power, the old saying goes, and in the case of the world’s middle powers, it’s potentially even more potent.That’s why 25 scholars from Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and...
International Security Studies student wins gold at World University Games
Australian Uniroos swimmer and ANU student Justin James has successfully defended his 200 metre Individual Medley title he won in 2013, by...
Tony Abbott and his preoccupation with national security
National security has become the Prime Minister's only topic of conversation, and there is peril in that, writes HUGH WHITE. Before he became Prime Minister, Tony Abbott hardly spoke about national...
Celebrating NAIDOC week
Will Cooper was one of five guests discussing reconciliation, and how it is working in their community, at a seminar at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific on Monday.The seminar formed part of NAIDOC...
Australia-Chinese free trade deal
Does June's official signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, which lifts tariffs on an estimated 97 per cent of Australian exports, mean blue skies ahead for our firms in China? I doubt...
