Past events
How the Geopolitical Partnership Between China and Russia Threatens the West
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE EVOLVING COVID-19 SITUATION. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY STEP TO PROTECT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR...
Australian Foreign Affairs Launch: Can We Trust America? A Superpower in Transition
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE EVOLVING COVID-19 SITUATION. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY STEP TO PROTECT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR...
2020 Des Ball Chair Public Lecture — Professor Bruce Jentleson
SDSC Des Ball Chair Public Lecture Wednesday 11 March 2020, 5.30 – 7.00PM
“American Foreign Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election”
Professor Bruce W. Jentleson Duke University
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An Imported Ideology? The Neglected Endogenous Origins of Chinese and East Asian Developmentalism
Research Roundtable
East Asian developmentalism is often depicted as an ideology imported from the West. According to the most common story, the ideas of Friedrich List were imported to...
The Three Lives of Makers of Modern Strategy: history, historians, and the study of war in the 20th century
Since its first appearance in 1943, Makers of Modern Strategy has been a key reference work for scholars and soldiers seeking to deepen their understanding of war and strategy in the modern period...
In conversation: Are we heading towards a strategic crisis over Taiwan?
Video recording of the panel discussion at National Press Club.
As the world nervously watches Hong Kong’s unravelling, a far bigger crisis is brewing only a few hundred kilometres away on...
Indonesia's war for independence and the birth of UN peacekeeping
Seminar podcast.
Seventy years ago this month, on 27 December 1949, Indonesia became an independent state. Australia had played a notable diplomatic role in helping the Indonesians achieve...
After insolvency: Retrenchment and reconciliation during great power decline
In this seminar Dr Kyle Haynes examines how declining great powers balance the demands of competing with peer adversaries while pulling back from costly peripheral commitments. Contrary to the...
Appraising Thucydides’ Trap
Audio recording of the seminar.
The notion of ‘Thucydides’ Trap’ claims that the danger of war increases when a rising state approaches or overtakes a ruling state’s power. It offers the...
