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

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'Can't defend Australia with bureaucrats': Defence staff surge as recruits decline
Dr Andrew Carr speaks to Canberra Times

New office for Vanuatu golden visas in Phuket puts citizenship-for-sale risks in spotlight
Dr Henrietta McNeill is quoted in South China Morning Post

US Defense Secretary cancels Women, Peace and Security programs
Susan Hutchinson writing for The Strategist ASPI

Paul Dibb, architect of Australia defence policy, issues grim warning on China and Russia amid Trump chaos
EmProf Paul Dibb speaks with The Nightly

Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal
Eve Warburton writes for The Conversation

Quiet diplomacy? Albanese’s post-victory call caught on camera
EmProf Greg Fealy speaks to The Age

Albanese win a collective sight of relief for the Pacific, academic says
Salā George Carter speaks to Pacific Beat

More protests in Haiti over gang violence (11:24)
Prof Nicolas Lemay-Hebert speaks on SBS World News

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Samuel John Cox
"The reputation of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre as Australia’s centre of excellence for education in strategy and defence inspired me to uproot my life from Perth and move to Canberra".
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Shayal Singh
After completing her bachelor, Shayal still wanted more information to keep building her career in the security industry.
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Peter Lee
Dr Peter K. Lee reflects on his PhD journey. As a Korean-Australian, he has always been interested in Australia, Korea, and their place in the world.
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From practitioner to scholar: sowing the seeds for peace in Mindanao
Primitivo III “Prime” Cabanes has always held a lifelong passion for peacebuilding and sustainability in the Philippines.
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Maria Shumusti
Maria works in the humanitarian sector with the world’s largest humanitarian organisation - the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), also the Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Tuukka Kaikkonen
Tuukka’s world took another turn when he decided to study a Master of International Relations (Advanced) at the Coral Bell School – an opportunity that opened greater doors.
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Sanjoli Banerjee - shaping leaders with pragmatic skills and values
Bachelor of International Security Studies alumna Sanjoli Banerjee recently won the Diana Award for her campaigns against female foeticide and environmental degradation.
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Australian Government Department of Defence

Better together: Counter terrorism conference
A platform for Southeast Asian and Australian representatives to tackle the question of how regional militaries meet the challenges of helping combat terrorism in the physical and information terrain.

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Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Tell Me What You Don’t Know: Large Language Models and the Pathologies of Intelligence Analysis

Discussing AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Seminar Series
Wed, 9 Oct 2024

2024 John Gee Memorial Lecture: Testing Times, Bold Choices

The 16th annual John Gee Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Organisation. 
Tue, 8 Oct 2024

He kohuka whakarerekē: Shifting Māori-Pākehā relations and Aotearoa’s Pacific diplomacy

Join Jay as he canvases his project to trace how shifting Māori-Pākehā relations impact Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific diplomacy.
Tue, 8 Oct 2024

“Doing nothing”: the cultural production of inaction in ASEAN

In this talk, Deepak Nair will discuss his in-progress book project on the everyday cultural product
Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Local level order-making: Lessons from Melanesia

Professorial Lecture Series
Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Gender, Justice and Security: Structural Challenges, Feminist Innovations and Radical Futures

Join us either in person or virtually from 5.30 to 7.30pm (including reception) on Monday 23 September for the hybrid launch: 

Fri, 20 Sep 2024

Nogat Nem: The electoral roll in Papua New Guinea’s national elections

Join us to investigate the difficulties with Papua New Guinea’s electoral roll.
Fri, 20 Sep 2024

The Latecomer’s Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalisation of China’s Development Finance

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series
Watch event recordings on YouTube