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Analysis & Opinion - In the media

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

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Long-range leaders in Melanesia: Why you need to know about them
Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth write in Samoa Observer

Long-range leaders in Melanesia: Why you need to know about them
Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth write in The Interpreter

Navies in the Indo-Pacific: A Key Shaper of the Balance of Power

Dongkeun Lee writes in Australian Institute of International Affairs

The Great Game in the Pacific Islands
Dr Meg Keen writes in Lowy Institute

Addressing protection in humanitarian evaluations: what ALNAP ’s new guidance needs to achieve
Amra Lee writes in ALNAP

The down-low on deportations and drugs in Tonga
Henrietta McNeill writes in The Interpreter

Forum Leaders meeting sees numerous agendas up for discussion
Dr George Carter speaks in Pacific Beat

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats
Dr Kerryn Baker and Dr Meg Keen are quoted in Aljazeera

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Women with traditional hats working at village by Phuong

Southeast Asia Institute Student Essay Prize 2024
The Southeast Asia Institute Student Essay Prize 2024 recognises the best academic essay by an undergraduate, Honours or Masters student from any discipline at ANU.
Opening Ceremony with Keynote Speaker Tahlea Aualiitia and Ngunnawal Elder, Aunty Serena Williams. Photo Credit: Luka Vertessy

Confluence and Creation in Asia and the Pacific: Asia Pacific Week 2024
A semester’s worth of hard work went by in a blur as 60 conference delegates brought their own brand of warmth and enthusiasm to a chilly ANU campus in June.
DPA Graduation

Congratulations to DPA graduates!
DPA’s new HDR graduates in July 2024
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Seamus in Taiwan during a trip in 2022 with the Australian Institute of International Affairs

Seamus Dove – My teachers really went above and beyond
Seamus was blown away by the wonderful courses and teachers when he started studying a Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced).
  • Graduation
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Benjamin Fullarton – Best of both worlds
When Ben came to ANU, he was not very sure what to study. Three and half years later, he completed his Master of International Relations with zero regrets.
  • Graduation
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AADPSP graduands (left to right): Reza, Shahril, Vannak, and Daniel

A bond lasting longer than our lives: Journeys of four AADPSP students
Four Master of Strategic Studies graduands from the ASEAN – Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program share their exciting journeys of study, family, and friendship at the Bell School.
  • Graduation
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Tallis Everard at the Embassy of Finland

Tallis Everard – Pursuing a path greater than yourself
For Tallis Everard, a graduate of the Master of International Law and Diplomacy, the program was eye-opening, and inspired her to pursue a career greater than herself.
  • Graduation
PhD student Subrata Banerjee delivers his 3MT presentation.
PhD student Subrata Banerjee delivers his 3MT presentation.

‘The ultimate test’ CAP celebrates first in-person College 3MT since 2018
The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific hosted the first in-person College 3-Minute-Thesis (3MT) competition since 2018 bringing together contestants from across our Schools.

Past events
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Fri, 18 Oct 2024

Sacrifices, expectations and outcomes: the children of long-term temporary migration

Join us to explore the long-term impacts on children of ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers participating in New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme (RSE) and Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programm
Fri, 18 Oct 2024

Explaining China’s Approach to the Global Governance of Sovereign Debt Distress: A State Transformation Analysis

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series
Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Almost at 29: Reflections on implications of the UN Climate Change Conference for planetary health equity, "In-conversation" with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse PhD researchers

Episode 15 features three Planetary Health Equity Hothouse PhD researchers, who will reflect on the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP) and the role of international venues o
Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Institutional Cooperation and Rivalry in the Mekong Subregion

An Oral Presentation by Sach Nguyen Dinh
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

This 2024 John Gee Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Organisation. 
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
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.
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