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Australia steps up its Pacific pivot
BY JOANNE WALLIS The level of Australian strategic interest in the Pacific islands is reaching a height not seen since concerns about perceived state ‘failure’ in the Solomon Islands motivated...
Meet the new Director of the ANU Coral Bell School
Highly respected Professor of International Politics Toni Erskine has joined The Australian National University (ANU) Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs as its new Director and hit the ground...
In peacetime, why does Sovereignty matter?
Dr Marigold Black has utilised the opportunity to work in both defence and civilian contexts to inform her primary research of modern conceptualisations of sovereignty. Marigold, a Visiting...
Claiming ‘Victory’
Dr Meighen McCrae will use her skills as a historian to examine differing notions of victory throughout the First World War to challenge the legacies they have in our modern world. “If you want to...
Why Russia remains relevant
By CAP Student Correspondent Georgie Juszczyk You know a book is worthy read when all copies have been snapped up before the official launch has even begun. Such was the fate of Emeritus Professor...
A Korean Season of Summitry
It is the season of summitry on the Korean peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, as well as Moon Jae-in at an inter-Korean summit in the lead up to a possible...
YOLO: Insights from Thailand
Religious worldviews can shape the thinking of senior officials in profound ways - take YOLO, for instance. ‘You only live once’ is an expression encouraging a life lived on the edge. Canadian rapper...
2017- A Year in Review: Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
The achievements of the Bell School colleagues, many of which are captured in this year in review, were considerable. During 2017 alone, we collectively published 83 journal articles, 48 book...
ASIS Director-General launches new book - 'Intelligence and the Function of Government'
Transcript of a speech given by Paul Symon AO, Director-General, Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) on the evening of Monday 19th March 2018, on the occasion of the launch of the book “...
Special welcome for Master of Strategic Studies students
On 20 February 2018, the ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt and the Secretary of the Department of Defence, Greg Moriarty welcomed new students to the Master of Strategic Studies at ANU....
