Past events
Privatising the "War on Drugs"
A defining feature of the 9/11 wars has been the prominent role played by private military and security companies (PMSCs). The growth of this market for military and security services has not gone...
Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A public lecture by Professor Paul Dibb
Abstract: This talk examines why Putin decided to intervene in Ukraine. What were the major deciding factors from his point of view? Getting inside Putin's mind requires understanding Russia's...
More Jakarta, Less Juba: The Influence of Indonesia on police development in Timor-Leste
Abstract
This seminar will examine the influences on police development in Timor-Leste, whose police service may well lay claim to be the recipient of the most diverse amounts of advice, guidance...
Change and Continuity in Post-Cold War Pacific Alliances: Case Studies on Japan's and Australia's Alliance Relations with the US
The United States' alliances with Japan and Australia are the most important bilateral security alliances in the Asia-Pacific. Given the uncertain strategic conditions in the wider region, the...
Transnational Environmental Crime Project: Black trade, criminal networks and enforcement responses
The Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) project at ANU, funded by the Australian Research Council and the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment (DoE) under the ARC...
Good Aid- Bad Aid
Abstract
According to the University of Papua New Guinea's website, last updated in March 2007, the institution aims to be the `premier University of the Pacific'. By comparison, the 2013-205...
The political economy of pork barrelling in the Philippines
Abstract
Pork barrelling refers to the distribution of highly divisible benefits to specific populations, the cost of which is shared by the general population through taxation. Argued to...
Fractured encounters between locals and Chinese migrant workers in Papua New Guinea: Political economies and post-colonial imaginaries
Abstract
As China's presence in the Pacific Islands region is intensified through expansions of investment and resource extraction, the lives of Papua New Guineans and Chinese developers, merchants...
Puer Tea - author Jinghong Zhang in conversation with Andrew Walker
Join author Jinghong Zhang with Professor Andrew Walker in a conversation on the recent Puer tea fad in China
From cottage creation to international industry, follow the rise, climax and...
Resource Nationalism in Indonesia
Observers increasingly describe Indonesia as a country where €˜resource nationalism' is on the rise. Legislative change and judicial disputes in Indonesia's mining and oil and gas sectors have...
