Past events
Security in Northeast Asia: Looking forward to the next two decades
Northeast Asia is the most dynamic economic region of the world and one of its most geopolitically sensitive and troubled. The recent breakthroughs of the inter-Korean summits and (putative at the...
Inside the Wilderness of Mirrors: Australia and the Threat from the Soviet Union in the Cold War and Russia Today
Paul Dibb’s book is a unique Cold War memoir that gives insights into how Australia saw the threat from the Soviet Union in terms of both national intelligence assessments and ASIO’s operations...
Unravelling the Inter-Korean Summit
LIVESTREAMED from 3.45pm Mon 30th April
If you missed out on a ticket to this sold out event, don’t worry, you can watch it on Facebook Live - livestreamed on our ANU Coral Bell School...
Morale and Combat Motivation of British and Anzac Troops at Gallipoli
How well did the morale of soldiers at Gallipoli bear up when fighting in the appalling conditions of the Gallipoli campaign? Did they fight for King and Empire, for their mates, for home, or for...
"The Death of this Security Norm is greatly exaggerated": Beyond the Violation/Compliance Dichotomy
Our current understanding of the ‘death’ of important norms governing international security is both empirically and theoretically flawed. The literature has argued that a wide range of norms –...
Central Bureau and Australia’s Code-Breaking operations in the Second World War
Nyrambla House, Ascot: The Headquarters of the Central Bureau from 1942-1945
During the Second World War, Australia was home to a large, secret code-breaking organisation named Central...
Intelligence and the Function of Government
The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Paul Symon AO, will launch the book Intelligence and the Function of Government (MUP) by Dr Rhys Crawley and Dr Daniel...
Thai Military Power
At the centre of the vital Asia–Pacific region, Thailand is important. But, despite its large population and powerful military forces performing significant roles in state and society, Thailand...
Transition Point: Embracing the 4th Age of War
The arrival of the 4th Industrial Age compels states (or non-states) to reinterpret the character of war. They need to discard the obsolete features of 3rd Industrial Age warfare and embrace the...
Unwinnable Wars: Afghanistan and the Limits of Western Military Power
At sixteen years and counting, Afghanistan is the longest war for western states of the post-Cold War period, and NATO’s first overseas war. At its height, the US and its NATO allies deployed 130,...
