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King Charles III arrives to Samoa
Salā Dr George Carter speaks to ABC Pacific Beat

Oceania at COP28: where to next?
Dr George Carter speaks in Oceania Climate COPcast

Maldives: Indian Ocean Security and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy
Dr Athaulla Rasheed writes in East-West Center

Jokowi broke the ‘Reformasi coalition’
Prof Ed Aspinall writes for New Mandala

Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding
Edward Aspinall writes in The Conversation

China’s government is about to spend big on stimulus – can it turn around the country’s sluggish economy?
Wenting He and Wesley Widmaier write in The Conversation

Episode 266: Diplomatic Reboot in India-Maldives Relations
Dr Athaulla Rasheed speaks to South Asia Chat

Dr Mercy Masta x Gender Equality, The Pacific Way
Dr Mercy Masta speaks to The Readout

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Mon, 26 Sep 2022

Medical fears of the malingering soldier: ‘Phony cronies’ and the Repat in 1960s Australia
Effie Karageorgos addresses the historical fear and criticism of malingering soldiers and veterans in Australia, focusing on the period following World War I.
Wed, 21 Sep 2022

Thailand and Australia: Middle powers in an era of geopolitical change
Panellists will explore divergences and convergences in Australian and Thai foreign policy, the worldviews underpinning those positions, and how and where the two countries can cooperate in an era of increasing strategic competition and increasing geopolitical uncertainty.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022

Whither the liberal international order: Lessons from history
In this lecture, Professor Zarakol will discuss the implications such a broadening of our historical horizon about order-making should have on our current thinking about the Liberal International Order.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022

International orders: Past, present and future
This seminar explores the changing nature of international order.
Tue, 13 Sep 2022

Everyday politics of resistance in rural Tuscany, 1943-44

Studies of everyday politics and resistance developed initially with a focus on the peasant societies in Southeast Asia.
Wed, 7 Sep 2022

Japan Update 2022

This event will be held in-person and live streamed on YouTube. Please follow the link to register.
Tue, 6 Sep 2022

The poverty of China’s rural-to-urban migrants: A case study of Shanghai

This seminar discusses the research questions, theoretical framework, methodology, and findings of Gao Chunyuan’s PhD project.
Mon, 5 Sep 2022

Recurrent debates about strategy

War Studies Seminar Series
Watch event recordings on YouTube