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Cause for Australian optimism despite US-Ukraine stoush
Prof John Blaxland quoted by AAP

As the US pivots, are Australia's alliances safe?
Prof John Blaxland speaks to Radio National Breakfast, ABC Australia

Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change.
Cynthia Mehboob writes in The Conversation

Securing Australia's new Pacific Engagement Visa costly, slow and 'stressful', applicants say
Natasha Turia speaks to ABC Digital

Could China warships, Trump fuel a national security election?
EmProf Paul Dibb speaks with ABC Listen

As Donald Trump upends geopolitics what happens to Five Eyes and AUKUS?
EmProf Hugh White speaks to RNZ

Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation
Dr Henrietta McNeill speaks to The Japan Times

Provocative Tasman Sea war games highlight need to bolster defence spending, warn experts
A/Prof Andrew Carr speaks to The Nightly

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Ann Zhang
Considering herself a people-oriented person, Ann studied diplomacy as a form of communication and intellectual exchange.
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Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
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New research released on family protection orders in Papua New Guinea
This research is the first of its kind in PNG that specifically looks at how family protection orders are working following the introduction of the Family Protection Act.
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Jayden Evett
Jayden, originally from Wellington, New Zealand; began his study journey in Vienna, Austria, doing a master’s degree at the world’s oldest school of diplomacy.
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Hiroshima exhibition at the Menzies Library
This week the ANU Japan Institute and the Menzies Library launched an exhibition, in collaboration with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
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Symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region
This symposium aims to share knowledge and experience on how well the orders are working, what the challenges are, and to agree on priorities for future action.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape. Picture credit: Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea

Approaches to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Papua New Guinea: Government Measures and Public Responses
This, In Brief, captures the general perceptions and mood of a sample of Papua New Guineans during the state of emergency (SOE) imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
  • Health
  • Governance and regulation
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How does the ‘Pacific’ fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands
This workshop used the question of how the Pacific fits into the Indo-Pacific as a starting point to analyse the changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands and implications for the region and Aus.

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Thu, 1 Aug 2024

Book Launch: The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health

Book Launch: The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health by Dr Maria Tanyag
Tue, 30 Jul 2024

The Relationship between Unarmed and Armed Struggles in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Fri, 26 Jul 2024

Seated on the Whirlwind: Artificial Intelligence, Weapons Systems and Moral Agency

Discussing AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Seminar Series
Thu, 25 Jul 2024

How to win friends and influence fossil fuel companies

Episode 12 features Naomi Hogan, the Company Strategy Lead at ACCR, discussing how to influence fossil fuel companies. Naomi has experience in research, campaigns and advocacy, particul
Wed, 24 Jul 2024

Weaponised economics and restoring the global economic order

Professorial Lecture Series 
Mon, 22 Jul 2024

Public Lecture: The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability

AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Public Lecture Series
Thu, 18 Jul - Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Towards a different IR? 75 Years of International Relations at ANU

On 18-19 July 2024, the Department of International Relations is hosting a two-day symposium in honour of its 75th anniversary. 
Thu, 18 Jul 2024

Keynote Address: Towards a Different IR? or Towards Different IRs?

Professor Neta Crawford, the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations and a distinguished scholar in war, ethics, and climate change, will deliver theis keynote address, exploring how Inter
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