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Apocalypse tomorrow: how AI is changing war
Prof Toni Erskine, Dr Benjamin Zala, and Dr Bianca Baggiarini 's research is mentioned in ANU Reporter

Analysis: Neither China nor Australia Likely To Give Much Ground
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks in TaiwanPlus News

Fraud Factories and Pig Butchery: Chinese Triads go Pacific
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks in The Little Red Podcast

Bougainville: An Uncertain Future
Kevin Pullen writes in Australian Institute of International Affairs

Revealing Secrets: An Unofficial History of Australian Signals Intelligence and the Advent of Cyber
Prof John Blaxland and Stephen Satkiewicz speak to New Books Network

Papua New Guinea conflicted over China’s expanding influence
Dr Patricia O'Brien speaks in Sunday Extra Podcast

Australia moves to warm relationship with the Solomon Islands
A/Prof Graeme Smith speaks in RN Drive Podcast

Papua New Guinea: All Geopolitics is Local
Dr Patricia O'Brien writes in The Diplomat

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Workshop participants at Pasifika House, Brisbane, 9 December 2022.
by DPA

Workshops on safety and wellbeing of Pacific workers in Australia
Researchers from DPA held workshops to discuss the preliminary findings of research on the safety and wellbeing experiences of people who are working in Australia with the PALM scheme.
  • Welfare
  • Labour Migration
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Dr Judy Putt with the award

Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’ awarded to the research project on 'Family Protection Orders'
The research project on 'The use and efficacy of family protection orders in PNG' has been awarded the Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’.
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Kazimier Lim

Kazimier Lim
For the longest time, Kazi thought he would work as a manager at a luxury property. However, in middle school, he began questioning power, prestige and norms in international politics.
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Ann Zhang
Considering herself a people-oriented person, Ann studied diplomacy as a form of communication and intellectual exchange.
People on a boat in Papua New Guinea
by PXhere

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
Bilums from PNG

New research released on family protection orders in Papua New Guinea
This research is the first of its kind in PNG that specifically looks at how family protection orders are working following the introduction of the Family Protection Act.
Jayden Evett

Jayden Evett
Jayden, originally from Wellington, New Zealand; began his study journey in Vienna, Austria, doing a master’s degree at the world’s oldest school of diplomacy.
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Hiroshima exhibition at the Menzies Library
This week the ANU Japan Institute and the Menzies Library launched an exhibition, in collaboration with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

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Wed, 24 Apr 2024

The colours of intervention: Mapping the world, shaping resistance

Professorial Lecture Series
Thu, 18 Apr 2024

How do new ideas emerge in the trade regime? Implications for addressing climate change.

Episode 11 features Matt Castle, a Senior Lecturer in the Political Science and International Relations Program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand whose current project e
Thu, 18 Apr 2024

Can area studies compare?

The ANU Southeast Asia Institute Research Seminar Series is a recurring seminar series that showcases the work of scholars within the ANU working on political, social and cultural issues in
Tue, 2 Apr 2024

From the Colony to the Republic: Controlling Population Movement in Revolutionary Indonesia, 1945–1949

Jacob Wray addresses the strategic efforts made by Dutch and Indonesian officials to control cross-border movement during the Indonesian revolution, highlighting its significance for state survival
Wed, 27 Mar 2024

Robert O'Neill War Studies Lecture 2024

This Robert O'Neill War Studies lecture will be delivered by Professor Craig Stockings. 
Tue, 26 Mar 2024

Dictatorship on trial: coups and the future of justice in Thailand

Professor Tyrell Haberkorn of University of Wisconsin delivers this PSC Seminar.
Thu, 21 Mar 2024

International Politics and Construction of Climate Security by Small Island Developing States: Maldives and Samoa

Please join PhD candidate Athaulla Rasheed as he presents his pre-submission seminar.
Wed, 20 Mar 2024

How the Mahābhārata derailed my life, and how I lived to tell the tale

Professorial Lecture Series
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