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Our academics regularly provide analysis, opinion and commentary in the media.

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Artificial General Intelligence
Xueyin Zha speaks to ABC: Behind the News

Accurate electoral map needed
Dr Thiago Cintra Opperman speaks to The National (PNG)

America First? Why MAGA is split on the US strikes on Iran
Prof Wes Widmaier speaks to SBS

Pacific People first: the critical role of education
Dr Meg Keen writes in Development Policy Blog

'Unmitigated disaster': What Donald Trump could be weighing up on Iran
Prof Wes Widmaier speaks to SBS News

What you need to know about Iran's nuclear program

Prof Stephan Fruhling speaks to The Age

Why the AUKUS dream is likely to die
Em Prof Hugh White writes for Asia Times

Pacific nations Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu face sweeping US travel bans — and it's not clear why
Dr Henrietta McNeill-Stowers speaks to ABC Online

Upcoming events
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Amitav Acharya
Fri, 27 Jun 2025

Fearing History? Making Sense of The Once and Future World Order for the Study of IR

GRADNAS Seminar Series
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City view of Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Hongwei FAN via Unsplash
Fri, 1 Aug 2025

ANU Malaysia Update 2025: Malaysia's Regional Role

VENUE

The Conference will be held in hybrid mode, i.e. in-person on the ANU Campus, and live-streamed on zoom.
Register here
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Tue, 12 Aug 2025

Tony and Yohanni Johns Lecture 2025

Jesus, Mary and the Occasional Tiger: Muslim Retellings for the Malay World
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Woman Hands Pressing Dye on Traditional Batik Fabric with Floral Pattern Design for Indonesian Textile Art Indigo Dyeing Craft and Creative Decoration by Maya Crafta
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 Thu, 11 Sep 2025

ANU Indonesia Institute postgraduate student workshop

The ANU Indonesia Institute is hosting its annual interdisciplinary workshop for students conducting Indonesia-related research at the PhD and masters-by-research level on university campus
Woman Hands Pressing Dye on Traditional Batik Fabric with Floral Pattern Design for Indonesian Textile Art Indigo Dyeing Craft and Creative Decoration by Maya Crafta
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 Thu, 11 Sep 2025

ANU Indonesia Institute postgraduate student workshop

The ANU Indonesia Institute is hosting its annual interdisciplinary workshop for students conducting Indonesia-related research at the PhD and masters-by-research level on university campus

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Tony and Yohanni Johns

Order of Australia Award for Emeritus Professor A.H. Johns
The awarding of an AM to Tony is fitting recognition of his extraordinary life of service to scholarship on Southeast Asia and Islam.
March Workshop Group. Photo Olivia Wenholz
March Workshop Group. Photo Olivia Wenholz

Violence, Displacement, Protection
Bringing practitioners and scholars working on displacement and protection together in an academic space was powerful – allowing partners to step out of predictable agency positions and discuss openly
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Launch of Maldives Security Outlook
Call for submissions for the first security online journal - Maldives Security Outlook by the Maldives National University (MNU)
Meg Keen

Navigating Pacific Challenges: Reflections from Meg Keen on Geopolitics and Resilience
Beneath the postcard-perfect Pacific lies a region navigating climate threats and power struggles. Discover how Dr. Meg Keen is championing local leadership, resilience, and real change from within.
Denghua Zhang

A Personal Journey into the Heart of the Pacific: Understanding China's Role in a Changing Region
Denghua’s work explores China’s role in the Pacific and Southeast Asia’s shifting power dynamics. He invites us to see the region through local voices and to join the conversation that inspires him.
  • China
A man is pushing a bicycle, and a barricade at the intersection of Myanmar street.
Image by May Co Naing

Call for nominations for the ANU Myanmar Research Centre's inaugural Best Article Prize
Call for nominations for the ANU Myanmar Research Centre's inaugural Best Article Prize.
Associate Professor Garth Pratten discussing the strategic and operational significance of Brunei Bay to the Borneo campaign of 1945. The vantage point is the summit of Bukit Tempayan Pisang (722m), which was the site of a Japanese observation post prior to the Australian landings on 10 June 1945.
Garth Pratten discussing the strategic & operational significance of Brunei Bay to the Borneo campaign of 1945. Vantage point is the summit of Bukit Tempayan Pisang (722m) - site of a Japanese observation post prior to the Australian landings 10 June 1945

Advancing Australian Army professional military education in Borneo
Marking 80 years since WWII’s end, SDSC’s Pratten joined a Borneo staff ride, sharing insights on 1945 operations, littoral manoeuvres, coalition warfare, and strategy in tropical environments.
  • Borneo
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2025 update on the Australian Defence Executive Education Program on ‘Strategic Policy for the Asia-Pacific in Transition’
SDSC has tailored an executive education program specifically for Australian Defence, for policy-makers dealing with Australia’s regional security environment.

Past events
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Tue, 24 Jun 2025

Intensifying clan conflict in Marcos’s Philippines: How it emerged and what still lies ahead

AIIA National Hybrid Event
Fri, 20 Jun 2025

Regionalism, Redistribution and Resilience: 30 Years of Decentralization in the Philippines

This year, 2025, marks the 33rd year since the Philippine Local Government Code of 1991 was implemented.  This landmark law gave local governments increased revenue-raising

Thu, 19 Jun 2025

ANU Philippines Institute Film Screening: Maria

Amid shrinking civic and democratic space, and a culture of impunity, three women named Maria are on a journey to see truth and fight for justice.
Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Meet the author - Hugh White

ANU Meet the Author Series
Thu, 5 Jun 2025

Safeguarding Cultural Security in Contemporary China

Though it forms an integral part of Chinese understandings of state security (guojia anquan), the concept of cultural security (wenhua anquan) remains largely unexplored in the En
Tue, 3 Jun 2025

Talanoa on the self-determination process in Kanaky-New Caledonia

ANU Pacific Institute Talanga Dialogue: with Mr Jimmy Naouna
Tue, 3 Jun 2025

Clientelism and Public Health: Explaining Variation in Healthcare Services in Three Indonesian Cities

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Tue, 27 May 2025

Care, Cash Transfers and Culture: Women and Social Protection in the Pacific

Explore how cash transfer programs in the Pacific are reshaping women’s unpaid care work, balancing tradition and policy to tackle poverty, gender inequality, and vulnerability in a changing world.
Watch event recordings on YouTube