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Thank you to Prof Mike Williams (@uottawa.ca) for a very thought-provoking Bell School Public Lecture on 'Constructing the Civilization State: Radical Conservatism & US Foreign Policy', & to our audience for a lively discussion that followed!
Join us for future events 👉: quicklink.anu.edu.au/x3q3
RegNet, together with the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is convening an expert roundtable on ‘Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels’. Learn more and register here: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/just-t...
Dr @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO @crisisgroup.org, will deliver our first Public Lecture of 2026, addressing the future of multilateral peace and security.
1-2PM AEDT, Tue 24 Feb @ ANU. In-person only.
Join us ➡️
quicklink.anu.edu.au/y19j
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Most AI-war research asks how machines fight. This special issue asks how they might decide to wage war, shifting focus from the battlefield to the war-room.
Read the open-access special issue guest edited by Prof. Toni Erskine here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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@ktravouillon.bsky.social & Prof Nick Lemay-Hébert’s new article published in the @ejir.bsky.social revises IPT’s dismissive stance on document analysis, analysing a unique archive of 835 Khmer-language letters sent by Cambodians to Radio UNTAC in 1993.
Read here➡️: quicklink.anu.edu.au/m4u4
Congratulations to Salā Dr George Carter, from our Dept of Pacific Affairs, on his appointment to the UN Independent Expert Group on the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index - advancing Pacific and SIDS perspectives in global policy.
Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/6u55
Military History Supremo @anupress.bsky.social is available as a free download here:
press.anu.edu.au/publica.../m...
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚
Come along to the launch ‘Gender and Politics Reimagined', a coming together of academics, gender and development practitioners and activists to reflect on the gendering of politics.
🗓️ 3 December
⏰ 11 am
📍Coombs Tea Room, HC Coombs Building, ANU
Scan the QR code to register 👇
“I really don't think the US today has a functioning national government”
Ep 3: Hugh White (SDSC) & @samroggeveen.bsky.social unpack what Trump & Albanese’s ASEAN visit shows about power in Asia, discuss 'A House of Dynamite', nuclear proliferation & share reading picks.
📽️: youtu.be/xNrXJUFJBqY
We recently launched Military History Supremo, edited by ProfEm Joan Beaumont & Dr Garth Pratten, celebrating the remarkable career of soldier-scholar EmProf David Horner.
Great to have MajGen Chris Smith launch this important volume, thanks to all contributors & those who joined us!
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Thank you to everyone who attended our final 2025 CAP Professorial Lecture yesterday evening.
Prof Kirsten Ainley from our ANUBellSchool presented her research on the role of space when rebuilding after disasters.
You can view the event recording here: quicklink.anu.edu.au/mv1o
Pacific Visiting Fellows Clara Filippi & Minetta Kakarere share how their time at DPA deepened their research & Pacific connections. 🌏
🔗 Read their story here: shorturl.at/3l4xH
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The Pacific Research Colloquium has opened at NUS — the first time held outside Australia! 🌏📚
Co-hosted with ANU’s DPA and funded by DFAT, the PRC equips emerging Pacific researchers with skills for evidence-based policymaking.
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Technology & tactics: The intersection of safety, AI, & the resort to force
📆 2 Dec, 12-1pm AEDT
🎟️: bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/techno...
AI-enabled decision-support systems introduce new layers of risk in military decision-making. By Dr Elizabeth Williams, chaired by Prof Toni Erskine.
PM Jeremiah Manele calls for stronger collaboration at the first SINU-ANU Seminar to steer the Solomon Islands toward sustainable, inclusive growth. 💡🌏
Read more: shorturl.at/huKW3
#SINU #ANU #PacificPolicy
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Watch the 2025 Coral Bell School Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy delivered by Prof Dominic O’Sullivan, who explores how UNDRIP can strengthen liberal democracy by recognising both persons & peoples, & advancing Indigenous agency.
🎥https://ow.ly/oamy50XobaO
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With several ANU colleagues who have shared their thoughts on Gaza in the media, join Annabel Dulhunty, Ian Parmeter and Amra Lee as they discuss the role of academics and academia in addressing global conflicts. Learn more: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/when-h...
DPA scholars meet U3A Canberra learners! 📘 Our Pacific-focused researchers are engaging with a passionate over-50s community via U3A’s Friday class.
→ Read the full story: shorturl.at/CPzGD
#PacificPolicy #ANU #LifelongLearning
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🌍 Join us 5 Nov 2025 for a key seminar on how service providers are helping #women access #justice in domestic violence cases in #Bangladesh & #PNG.
🧷 Register now: shorturl.at/V5Abv
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The recording of 'Strategic Imagination' is now available.
An evening celebrating Brendan’s life, legacy & his enduring idea of ‘strategic imagination’.
🎥 Watch here: https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/strategic-imagination-essays-honour-brendan-sargeant
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Delighted to welcome Prof Dominic O’Sullivan as this year’s guest speaker for our 2025 Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy!
Citizenship, Sovereignty & Self-Determination: UNDRIP & the Democratic State
📆: Thu 6 Nov, 5:30PM
🎟️: https://events.humanitix.com/2025-indigenous-diplomacy-annual-lecture
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A moving evening @ ANU celebrating the launch of Strategic Imagination & honouring Brendan Sargeant, whose work continues to remind us that imagination lies at the heart of strategy.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Carr & contributors on a remarkable tribute to a dear friend, strategist, & mentor.
What happens when ambiguity, luck & listening meet International Relations?
Bell School PhD candidates Wenting He, Tuukka Kaikkonen, & Isabelle Zhu-Maguire explore how these ideas shape how nations understand one another.
Watch here 👉 https://ow.ly/ufVo50XeIWQ
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In Episode 2 of Foreign Exchange, Hugh White &
Sam Roggeveen explore Australia’s enduring strategic ties with PNG, & why the latest move may matter less than it seems.
🎧: youtube.com/watch?v=wkWW...
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What does it mean to think ethically in theory itself?
We're delighted to welcome Prof Kimberly Hutchings (@qmul.bsky.social) to present 'Critique & Complicity: Pluriversality & the Ethics of Theoretical Practice'.
Thurs 23 Oct, 5.30PM
🎟️: quicklink.anu.edu.au/tyos
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