Past events
The Decision Point: Command in the 21st century
Command has long been a major concern for military historians and security studies scholars. Focusing on the divisional headquarters and specifically one staff procedure, this presentation...
The Battle of Beersheba - myths and history,100 years on
Fought on 31 October 1917, the Battle of Beersheba, and its dramatic conclusion by a mounted charge of two Australian light horse regiments, has become one of Australia’s best known First World...
Soldiers not Citizens: Indigenous service in the Australian defence forces 1899-2017
In the past century, little was known of the service of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders Australians in the Australian defence forces. This was largely because for many decades...
Australia’s Future Submarines: Getting this Key Capability Right
Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University & Michael Keating, Former Head of the Australian Public Service talk about Australia’s future submarines and...
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...
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...
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...
Postgraduate Information Evening
Whether you are an experienced professional looking for a career change, or just finished your degree and are thinking about further study, come along to this event to learn about postgraduate...