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AUKUS: Necessary deterrent or costly sellout?
Prof John Blaxland speaks to LSJ Online

China rejects Dalai Lama's succession plan for Tibetan Buddhism
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks in ABC News

Australia's COP bid in question after diplomatic challenge from Turkey
Salā George Carter speaks to Pacific Beat

Island nation Tuvalu seeks US assurance its citizens will not be barred from entering after US 'error'
Dr Henrietta McNeill is quoted in ABC News

Island nation Tuvalu seeks US assurance its citizens will not be barred from entering after US 'error'
Dr Henrietta McNeill speaks to ABC Online

Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact
Dr Henrietta McNeill is quoted in The West Australian

How one phone call could lead to Thai PM’s downfall
Dr Greg Raymond speaks with ABC

Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact
Dr Henrietta McNeill speaks to The Nightly

Upcoming events
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Photo by Pridannikov/Getty Images
Photo by Pridannikov/Getty Images
Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Navigating a World of Revisionist Powers

Sponsored by the Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch
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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.
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Joakim Skovgaard, A View from Wedi near Klaten, 1908.
Joakim Skovgaard, A View from Wedi near Klaten, 1908.
Tue, 5 Aug 2025

Political Genocide and the History of Land Conflict in Klaten, Indonesia

Pre-submission seminar
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Speaker - Manjeet S. Pardessi
Thu, 7 Aug 2025

Divergent Worlds: Past and Future International Orders

SDSC Current Affairs Book Talk
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Professor Michael F. Laffan picture
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
Speakers
Tue, 30 Sep 2025

Ambiguity, luck and listening: How do they shape international relations?

Concept Club
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Publications

DPA Publications - Q2 2025
A summary of DPA publications published in the second quarter of 2025.
  • Publications
Seminar

DPA Seminars - S1 2025
A summary of DPA seminars in the first semester of 2025.
  • Seminars
Faysah Abdullah

Faysah Abdullah: How the ASEAN program is helping her gain a deeper understanding of the different dimensions of security challenges
Faysah Abdullah is in her final semester of our Master of Strategic Studies program.
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
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.

Past events
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025

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

GRADNAS Seminar Series
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

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

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Tue, 3 Jun 2025

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

ANU Pacific Institute Talanga Dialogue: with Mr Jimmy Naouna
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