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The Right Hon. Malcolm Fraser Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture, 28 October 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Right Hon. Malcolm Fraser, Former Prime Minister, delivered the Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture at The Australian National University on 28 October 2009.


Malcolm Fraser on nuclear weapons: lecture

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Former Prime Minister The Right Hon Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH discussed the world’s failure to disarm nuclear weapons and what Australia can do about it at a public lecture at ANU.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy, Politics

Can Australia help to abolish all nuclear weapons?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The Hon Malcolm Fraser will deliver the third annual Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 28 October in the Coombs Lecture Theatre.

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, ANU, Defence Policy and Strategy

War 2.0 tackles the new media battleground

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

How is the new media landscape changing the face of political violence and conflicts? That’s the question to be addressed by some of the country’s most high profile journalists, academics and activists at a conference starting today at The Australian National University.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy, Terrorism

Courts martial the answer to defence dilemma

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

The Federal Government will need to quickly revive the previous courts martial system to give it some breathing space until a new military justice system can be found, according to an expert in military law at ANU.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Law, Defence Policy and Strategy, Law, Politics

Examining China’s place in a new world

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Over 300 people gathered at ANU last week for the annual China Update, hosted by the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU, Asia, Business and Economics, Defence Policy and Strategy, Economics and Finance, Environment, International Relations and Diplomacy, Politics

Major grant supports Asia-Pacific security research

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

International relations experts from ANU have won a prestigious grant to explore how traditional security ties between the US, its treaty partners and other states in the Asia-Pacific fit into that region’s growing and increasingly crucial multilateral security politics.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy

ANUpoll zeros in on public views on defence

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Public support for more defence spending is a 20-year low and more than 70% of Australians oppose tax increases to pay for more defence spending, according the results of the latest ANUpoll published today in The Canberra Times.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy, Politics, Public Policy

ANUpoll zeros in on public views on defence

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Public support for more defence spending is a 20-year low and more that 70% of Australians oppose tax increases to pay for more defence spending, according the results of the latest ANUpoll published today in The Canberra Times.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy, Politics, Terrorism

Australia-Japan security relationship in the spotlight

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Regional security experts and strategic analysts met at ANU recently to discuss the future of the Australia-Japan security relationship and new regional security architectures.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy

Inside Story - Revisiting modern anti-terrorist warfare

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Geoffrey Barker from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific talks to Australian soldier and anthropologist David Kilcullen, who helped design the Iraq surge and has now written a book about how western counter-terrorism must change fundamentally.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy, Terrorism

Rocket launch threatens legal fireworks

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

North Korea’s proposed rocket launch to be conducted sometime over the next few days raises significant issues of both international law and international relations, according to two ANU academics.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Law, Asia, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy, Law, Politics

Europe Update: Current Challenges, Future Perspectives

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

An assessment of the recent developments in the EU and the challenges facing EU-Australia relations were top of the agenda at the 2009 Europe Update.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy, Politics, Terrorism

Honouring an international relations giant

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

ANU alumnus and Prime Minister of Australia The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP visited ANU last week to open a new centre for international relations study in honour of legend of the discipline Professor Hedley Bull.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Alumni, Asia, Defence Policy and Strategy, International Relations and Diplomacy

Not sure? Don’t sweat it: Embrace Uncertainty

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Governments and other large organisations should put more resources into ways of dealing with the unknown, according to experts pioneering a new approach to understanding and managing uncertainty.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Business and Economics, Defence Policy and Strategy, Environment, Health, Public Policy, Science, Terrorism

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