Past events
In their time of need: Australia’s overseas emergency relief operations, 1918–2006
Since 1918 Australia’s defence forces have been used by successive governments as the first point of call in responding to overseas disasters, including to deliver and distribute food and medical...
The Polythink Syndrome in Group Decision Making
Studies of group decision making have focused on the groupthink syndrome and its pathology and weaknesses. In the book,The Polythink Syndrome (Stanford University Press, 2016, with C. Wayne,...
75th Anniversary of the battle for Milne Bay
A special War Studies Seminar remembering the 75th Anniversary of the battle for Milne Bay. This special seminar coincides with the death of Private Clark Davis Ivins, who died of wounds received...
Clark Davis Ivins Memorial Endowment Event
Please join us and the family of Clark Davis Ivins as we announce the 2017 Clark Davis Ivins Memoral Prize for First Year Security Students and launch the 2017 Travel Grants.
The inaugural...
I’m here for an argument: Why bipartisanship on security makes Australia less safe
Australia’s politicians are expected to treat issues of national security and foreign and defence policy in a ‘bipartisan’ fashion. Doing so is believed to create good policy, ensure national...
Japan's Security Renaissance: New Directions in Regional and US-Japan Relations
For decades after World War II, Japan chose to focus on soft power and economic diplomacy alongside a close alliance with the United States, eschewing a potential leadership role in regional and...
Prospects for the Rules-Based Global Order
The two-decade period of United States post-Cold War predominance is now over, and an era of greater multipolarity has begun. Many fear that the rise of China and a resurgent Russia will bring...
The Iraq war and the end of Pax Americana
What were the reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq; why Iraq disintegrated into civil war; the successes and failure of US policies; and how has the war brought to an end Pax Americana.
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Integrated Asia: Australia’s Dangerous New Strategic Geography
Globalization and major power rivalry are creating a China-centric integrated Asian strategic system, drawing together the once-discrete theatres of Northeast, Southeast, South and Central Asia....
Festschrift Book Launch: Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy
Please join us as for the Festschrift Book Launch,Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy, Essays in the Honour of Paul Dibb.
Launched by the Hon Kim Beazley AC
Emeritus...
