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Give me Maw: China's Craze for the Cocaine of the Seas
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks to The Little Red Podcast

“Narco-subs” in the Pacific demonstrates need for effective maritime security cooperation
Dr Henrietta McNeill writes in Lowy Institute - The Interpreter

Pacific Engagement Visas - survey of PNG applicants
Natasha Turia speaks to ABC Pacific Beat

A US ally in the Pacific spotted a Russian submarine in the contested South China Sea
Hunter Marston speaks to Business Insider

Reforms in PNG politics: political stability vs independent legislature
Michael Kabuni writes in Devpolicy Blog

Daily Cuts - China places yet another defence ministry personnel under investigation
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks to CNA - Channel News Asia

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

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Young Kanak, Lifou, Loyalty Islands 2018 (Nic Maclellan)

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2024
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2024.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
  • decolonisation
  • environmental challenges
Jane Fisher (Chief Investigator) CI Bina D’Costa (ANU Chief Investigator), Noeleen Hayzer (a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations) Zoe Bell (ANU CEVAW Fellow), Sajeeda Bahadurmia (Chair, ARWDO)
Jane Fisher (Chief Investigator) CI Bina D’Costa (ANU Chief Investigator), Noeleen Hayzer (a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations) Zoe Bell (ANU CEVAW Fellow), Sajeeda Bahadurmia (Chair, ARWDO)

ANU brings a displacement and migration focus to the Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence against Women
A world-first launched!
Dr George Carter stands with the student delegation in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Dr George Carter stands with the student delegation in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Supporting Indigenous voices: ANU students attend COP29 for ‘once-in-a-lifetime' learning experience.
A delegation of First Nation and Pacific Islander students joined ANU researchers at COP29 last month in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Parliament of Australia

Alumna Molly-Anne Bond is positively shaping Australian democracy through diplomacy and public service
Discover how studying a Master of Diplomacy helped Molly-Anne realise her goals to work in the Australian Public Service and create better outcomes for Australia.
Marcus Mietzner_landscape

Marcus Mietzner is Australia's top researcher in Asian studies and history
The Australian has announced Bell School's Marcus Mietzner as Australia's top researcher in Asian studies and history
ABC Pacific Beat Podcast
ABC Pacific Beat Podcast

Why is the Commonwealth so popular, despite its colonial legacy?
Political analyst, Sala Dr George Carter from the ANU says the Commonwealth has made positive impact for member states, offering development, democratic and humanitarian support to countries.
  • Pacific
George Carter at COP29 prelim AOSIS meeting
George Carter at COP29 prelim AOSIS meeting

Trump win, 1.5 C warming breach weigh on UN COP climate finance talks
Pacific nations want clear commitments at COP29 on loss and damage funds for climate adaptation from high-emitters. George Carter speaks to Sera Sefeti from Benar News.
  • Climate Change
  • COP 29
United Nations Development Programme Nigeria
United Nations Development Programme Nigeria

From outback kitchens to the United Nations: Discover how the ANU Master of Diplomacy prepared Sally for her dream career
Discover how studying a Master of Diplomacy at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific led alumna Sally Swinnen to work for the United Nations in Nigeria.

Past events
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024

A strong leader that bends rules preferable? Preliminary findings from the Fiji Post-election survey on Voter Behaviour and Democracy

DPA Seminar Series
Thu, 12 Dec 2024

Japan's new Foreign and Security policy directions: Implications for the Japan-Australia partnership

This panel discussion is hosted by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Neither Confirm Nor Deny: National Security Secrecy and Australia's Liberal Democracy

PhD Oral Presentation 
Mon, 9 Dec 2024

The Future of Doing IR Differently

Department of International Relations 75th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
Thu, 5 Dec 2024

Hope and possibility beyond the doom and gloom: Hothouse 2024 wrap

It has been another concerning year for climate change, inequalities and health.
Fri, 29 Nov 2024

The Embodied Political Ecology of Global Solar PV Supply Chains

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series
Tue, 26 Nov - Wed, 27 Nov 2024

ANU Southeast Asia Institute Student Research Symposium 2024

Connecting Southeast Asian Research: Grounded Empirics, Textured Theory, and Regional Methodologies
Mon, 25 Nov 2024

Advancing Afghan Women's Rights

Hosted by the ANU Gender Institute

Watch event recordings on YouTube