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Analysis & Opinion - In the media

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

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Gender quotas and women's participation in Pacific politics
Dr Theresa Meki speaks to ABC News

Solomon Islands enters a new era with a new PM and a visible desire for change
Dr Anouk Ride writes in The Guardian

Latest on the Russia and Ukraine war
EmProf Paul Dibb and Bill Browdrer speak to ABC Radio Sydney

Former diplomat Jeremiah Manele elected as new Solomon Islands prime minister
A/Prof Graeme Smith quoted in ABC News

The Enduring Relevance of Vietnam’s “Three Nos” Policy
Phan Xuan Dung writes in The Fulcrum

Solomon Islands Elections
Dr Meg Keen speaks in SBS News

Haiti's transitional council names new leaders with hopes of quelling gang violence
Prof Nicolas Lemay-Hebert speaks to ABC News

Voters back Maldives change in foreign policy
Athaulla A Rasheed writes in 360

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Mon, 25 Jun 2018

An Australian band of brothers
Mark Johnston discusses the degree to which the research for his book An Australian Band of Brothers confirms or contradicts stereotypes about Australian soldiers in WWII.
Tue, 24 Apr 2018

Morale and combat motivation of British and Anzac troops at Gallipoli
Gary Sheffield examines the morale of soldiers at Gallipoli when fighting in the appalling conditions of the Gallipoli campaign, and what motivated them to go over the top onto enemy fire.
Mon, 9 Apr 2018

Central Bureau and Australia’s code-breaking operations in the Second World War
David Duffy discusses wartime code-breaking in Australia, investigating Australia's sophisticated intelligence network, and revealing the vital roles code-breakers played in Pacific War operations.
Mon, 5 Mar 2018

Transition point: Embracing the 4th age of war
Albert Palazzo discusses the arrival of the 4th age industrial warfare and whether we should be preparing for it.
Mon, 12 Feb 2018

Unwinnable wars: Afghanistan and the limits of western military power
Theo Farrell explores how military culture limits the effectiveness of the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
Mon, 23 Nov 2015

Australia’s Contribution to Disarmament and Arms Control

The ninth annual John Gee Memorial Lecture was delivered by Peter Varghese, and chaired by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans.
Thu, 4 Sep 2014

Weapons of mass destruction and the US rebalance to Asia

The eighth annual John Gee Memorial Lecture was delivered by Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill.
Thu, 26 Jul 2012

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons’

The sixth annual John Gee Memorial Lecture was delivered by Ahmet Üzümcü, former director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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