07
Mar
2023
Coral Bell School Inaugural Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy
Dr Mary Graham and Associate Professor Morgan Brigg
Indigenous peoples have a long history of conducting international diplomacy, from their relations with one another across the continent for tens of millennia, their engagement with peoples outside Australia, and their contributions to the current international political system.
What makes...
21
Mar
2023
How Thai and Burmese torturers talk
Dr Nick Cheesman
In 2021, a group of anti-narcotics cops in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand suffocated a man to death with plastic bags. The torture and killing would have gone unreported but it was captured on a video, which a lawyer posted online. The video, in which the voices of the torturers are audible, serves as a...
27
Mar
2023
The War Game: Australian War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq
Emeritus Professor David Horner
In this seminar, Professor David Horner will be discussing his new book, The War Game, Australian War leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq. Committing the nation to war is the gravest decision its leaders can make. His new book, The War Game, examines why and how Australia went to war, and how it...
28
Mar
2023
Climate change adaptation in the context of conflict: Insights from Myanmar
Marianne Mosberg
It is increasingly recognized that adaptation policies and projects are being implemented in conflict-affected contexts around the world, as people living in these areas are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, critical adaptation scholars argue that these...
30
Mar
2023
Does public finance reform help address conflict in fragile states?
Tobias Haque
Speaker
Tobias Haque
PhD candidate, Department of Pacific Affairs
International institutions invest heavily in public finance reform in post-conflict countries, as a means of supporting social order through better service delivery and economic outcomes. The assumed positive relationship between...
