Past events
The munificent state and the struggle to be poor in Vietnam's northern borderlands
The relationship between the central state and outlying regions of Viet Nam has fundamentally shifted over the past fifteen years, from central state extraction to state subsidy for the...
Chinese economic diplomacy towards the Oceania Island States in the 21st Century
Oceania island states are an important part of China's grand peripheral strategy. In the first decade of the 21st century, the relationships between China and Oceania island states present the...
Historic Injustice as an impediment to good governance in East Timor
In October 2012, Warren C. Wright of the Dili-based East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin published a scathing critique of the existing justice system in East Timor. Headed "Perversion of the rule...
Unfriended? Social Media and Government Censorship in Times of Violence
Do governments ever have the right to cut off or censor internet access? What about in times of civil unrest? Do companies have an obligation to work with governments in such situations, or an...
The 19th Century Transformation of Great Powers and Strategic Relations: The Mode of Power in International Security
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) Public Lecture
...Fighting corruption or pursuing personal aspirations? Student boycotts at the University of Goroka in the Papua New Guinea Highlands
Abstract
Prolonged student boycotts appear to be a recurrent and distinctive feature at Papua New Guinean (PNG) universities. This paper looks at two recent student boycotts in 2010 and 2013 at the...
The millennium development goals report 2014
The United Nations Information Centre Canberra in partnership with the Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU and the Australian Council for International Development cordially invites you to the...
Anticipating the 2014 Election in Fiji
Abstract
With an election to be held in September 2014, nine years after the last, there is considerable attention being paid to unknown factors which may affect the outcome. A reformed election...
Moving from €˜empty growth' to sustainable human development: Translating Papua New Guinea's resource wealth into broad-based, equitable forms of development
Abstract
Papua New Guinea is, once again, going through an extractives-led economic boom, with GDP growth expected to top 21% next year as the production effects of the PNG LNG project kick in....
Comparing Small Wars: A Political Ecology of Two Insurgencies
Abstract
This paper compares two insurgencies in contemporary Nigeria: the radical Salafist Islamism of Boko Haram in the north, and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), a...
