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Analysis & Opinion - In the media

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

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ABC The World Monday 2/12/2024
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks to ABC The World

Analysis: Nuanced Diplomacy Helps Taiwan Maintain Pacific Ties
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks to TaiwanPlus

Why is France holding onto New Caledonia — a Pacific territory on the other side of the world?
Dr Eglantine Staunton speaks to ABC Online

Miss Samoa as activism? Using unusual platforms to break cultural silences
Dr Eliorah Malifa and A/Prof Sonia Palmieri write in Development Policy Blog

Why Resign from the State Department? Principled Resignation and Public Service in the Case of Josh Paul
Benedict Moleta writes in Australian Outlook (AIIA)

Has the time finally come for a European defence?
Dr Eglantine Staunton writes in The Interpreter (Lowy Institute)

Haiti’s fifth leader in three years sworn in amid spiralling violence
Prof Nicolas Lemay-Hebert speaks with SBS World News

Haiti conflict
Prof Nicolas Lemay-Hebert speaks with ABC The World

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ASIS Director-General launches new book - 'Intelligence and the Function of Government'
Celebrating the history of Australia’s intelligence community and its importance to policy and decision makers across government.
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Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty welcomes Master of Strategic Studies students
Next cohort kick off their studies together in our coastal campus discussing their career and professional ambitions with national security experts.
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Veitania Lepani
Australia’s understanding of Oceania is more important than ever thanks to a new and revitalised engagement with the Pacific region.
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Lachlan King
Putting theory into practice is what Lachlan wanted when he enrolled in the Master of Diplomacy — and he got just that.
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Allison Kephart
Allison chose to study a Master of International Relations to connect with top students and world class experts within Australia and across the Asia Pacific.
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A Cautious New Approach: China's Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation – a book by Dr Denghua Zhang
Denghua talks about his motivations for writing the book and how his research has addressed gaps in knowledge and understanding about China’s foreign policy and aid cooperation in the region.
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ANU scholarships for short course in Pacific development
The ANU has extended the enrolment period until 14 February 2021 for students interested in undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Pacific Development in Semester 1, 2021.
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ANU-Data61 International Fellowships Program for Indonesian civil servants
Funded by DFAT, the program will support two qualified Indonesian civil servants to undertake a three month fellowship at CSIRO’s Data61 in 2021.

Past events
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Tue, 5 Sep 2023

Value Resistance in Times of Autocratisation in Southeast Asia

Kai-Ping Huang examines the concept of democratic surplus and its changes in six Southeast Asian democracies.
Tue, 5 Sep 2023

Book Launch - Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future: Averting a New Cold War

Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming a competitive space for geopolitical rivalries. The growth in China-U.S.
Wed, 30 Aug 2023

Challenges of Political and Religious Dialogue
Tue, 22 Aug 2023

​Reliability and Alliance Interdependence: The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949-1969
Book Discussion: ​Reliability and Alliance Interdependence: The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949-1969
Thu, 17 Aug 2023

Forward Presence for Deterrence: Implications for the Australian Army
Report launch by Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, AO, DSC.
Mon, 14 Aug 2023

Career Speed Networking Event
A career speed networking event to explore various career pathways.
Wed, 9 Aug 2023

Petroleum, Politics, and the Struggle for the State: The Case of Iraq
How has state cohesion in Iraq been shaped by resource dependency, coercion, and elite strategies to gain or maintain control?
Tue, 8 Aug 2023

Digitisation for Pacific cultural materials
Nick talks about the role of Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures in preserving Pacific cultural material.
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