Today 5:30PM! Prof Jessica Wolfendale (Case Western Reserve University) on Collateral Voices: Civilian Perspectives & the Ethics of War. In-person & online. Register here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/collat... @nscanu.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Amplify Afghan Women launch Sunlight & Fire! A moving collection of poetry by Afghan women, compiled & edited by Bell School PhD students Aryana Mohmood & Isabelle Zhu-Maguire. 🔥Read the full collection: sites.google.com/view/amplify... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

🎉 Proud of our Master’s student Zyarna Leefe! Zyarna represented Australia at the #G20 Youth Summit (#Y20) in South Africa, advocating for Indigenous peoples to have formal seats & decision-making roles in multilateral institutions — a proposal supported by 18/20 delegations!

Recording now available: Prof Andrew Stewart on Chester Wilmot’s D-Day memories. How one war correspondent’s choices distorted how we remember the battle for Normandy. 🎥 Watch it here: youtu.be/nf3P9MzPEXs #WarStudies

"In many respects it is a unique relationship [between ANU & UPNG] — a relationship between two national universities that is also, by extension, a relationship between two nations," says Sinclair Dinnen of @anudpa.bsky.social. Read here: devpolicy.org/the-historic... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

“What we would like to see are whole-of-electoral-cycle initiatives that promote equal citizenship with a focus on disability,” says Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker from our @anudpa.bsky.social. Read here: devpolicy.org/addressing-d... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Compelling argument by Dr Andrew Carr, from our Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, in @themonthly.com.au. @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

📚 To mark #PNG50, a landmark new book has arrived. Nearly 30 stories—authored by Papua New Guineans—spotlight teachers, academics, church leaders, and community figures who helped shape the nation since 1975. Read more here: shorturl.at/fzfGq @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

We’re delighted to share the online launch of a new special issue, Memory Politics of Colonial Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conflict, Remembrance, and Peacebuilding by the Centre for Heritage & Museum Studies, co-edited by Yujie Zhu and Lia Kent. Learn more: lnkd.in/geSsbTEg

HDRs & ECRs: Apply for the Interpretive Methods Workshop (24-27 Nov) alongside #APSA2025. Learn ethnography, discourse & interpretive policy analysis, + decolonising, queer & more-than-human approaches. ⚠️Apply by 3 Oct: quicklink.anu.edu.au/2gap @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Funded PhD on violence against women & displacement in the Pacific, as part of ARC's CEVAW. - $38,154 p.a. + tuition fee remission - Work with communities across the Pacific, Asia & Australia ⚠️ Apply by 22 Sept 2025: quicklink.anu.edu.au/akr4 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

#PNG faces barriers to #women’s participation in politics & labour mobility. Join us for a seminar exploring how #migration, #politics & #gender intersect. 📢Speakers: Geejay Milli, Natasha Turia & Dr Mercy Masta 🔗 Info here: shorturl.at/pA8b7 @anubellschool.bsky.social

"As it was in 1998, it is financial issues driving public anger" Prof Marcus Mietzner, from our Department of Political and Social Change, writes for The Australian. 📰: quicklink.anu.edu.au/sq47 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Dr Eve Warburton, from our Department of Political and Social Change, comments on the protests in Indonesia. Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

NEW 🇮🇩 @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on how "August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest in Indonesia in ways that that echo the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s" www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...

Economic hardship is deepening in Indonesia. But lawmakers just got a pay raise. The protests that resulted have brought politics as usual, writes Sana Jaffrey, to an end. Read more here: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...

📣New War Studies Seminar Series Prof Andrew Stewart uncovers how war correspondent Chester Wilmot’s 'The Struggle for Europe' shaped and skewed how we remember Normandy. 📆 Mon 15 Sep 2025, 5:30–6:30pm 🎟️ ow.ly/Tg9f50WNVOc @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Over the last decades, public and private organisations have caused major health, financial and ecological damages. Join Benjamin van Rooij for an insightful talk on the organisational mechanisms that allow such harm to develop and continue. Learn more here: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/why-or...

Join us for an evening to celebrate the life of Brendan Sargeant and to consider his big idea of 'Strategic Imagination'. Registration essential. 📆: Thu, 16 Oct, 6pm 🎟️: ow.ly/QwkS50WNWtY @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @nscanu.bsky.social

Amra Lee (@civilianprotection.bsky.social), PhD Scholar in our Dept. of IR, explains why airdrops are dangerous, inefficient & a distraction from what is needed to prevent mass starvation in Gaza. 🎧ABC Listen: quicklink.anu.edu.au/csx9 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

ANU & NUV students explored #resilience and #policy in #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 — learning from local leaders, building friendships & deepening #Pacific solidarity. 🌏 Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/WsbkL @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

QLD-based community & Indigenous radio station, The Wire, recently interviewed Dr @gregoryvraymond.bsky.social from our Strategic & Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) to discuss the tensions that followed the Thai-Cambodian border war. 🎧: www.thewire.org.au/story/tensio... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

This week, DFAT staff joined our two‑day Understanding the #Pacific course at ANU. From #climate change to regional #diplomacy, participants explored key challenges shaping Australia’s engagement in the Pacific. 🌏 Hear more from participants: shorturl.at/OCUMa @anubellschool.bsky.social

“It was incredibly valuable to have time away from day‑to‑day work to think deeply and engage with content that is directly relevant to our work.” DFAT staff share their reflections on DPA’s Understanding the #Pacific course. ➡ Read more: shorturl.at/OCUMa @anubellschool.bsky.social

New podcast 📢  John Blaxland joins @davidmandrews.bsky.social to discuss Australia’s relationship with the US, and why he believes we’re well placed to withstand the instabilities of Trump’s second term in office. Listen👇  tinyurl.com/25spfa73

In the latest #NatSecPod 📢 Is #America retreating from global leadership? John Blaxland unpacks how the #Trump administration is retreating from ideational leadership to a more transactional model of America First policies. Listen👇 tinyurl.com/25spfa73 @davidmandrews.bsky.social

Authored by alumni of our Women in Strategic Policy program, 'Voices of the Future' addresses the importance of building a social license for AUKUS and providing tangible recommendations of how to do so. Read it here 👇 quicklink.anu.edu.au/r1po

"We can't say we didn't know", @civilianprotection.bsky.social PhD Scholar from our Department of International Relations, writes for @aunz.theconversation.com

What comes after American hegemony? Prof Evelyn Goh and @manjeetsp.bsky.social discuss 'Divergent Worlds'. 🗓️ Thu 7 Aug, 5-6:30pm AEST 🎟️ ow.ly/Wweg50Wo7nG @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @tommychai.bsky.social

📣 Call for Papers: Rohingya Special Issue We're seeking abstracts for one of the first multidisciplinary explorations of Rohingya gendered experiences of displacement, statelessness & survival. ℹ️ ow.ly/sRgA50WlqyE @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Don't miss Prof Evelyn Goh on 'navigating a world of revisionist powers' at this hybrid presentation, sponsored by @aiianational.bsky.social. 📆 Thu 24 July, 5.30PM AEST 🎟️ ow.ly/fqGP50WlpBO @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

What’s behind Thailand’s political turmoil? Dr Greg Raymond spoke to ABC about the leaked phone call that could topple PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, & why Cambodia’s Hun Sen may be pressing all the right buttons. Read more: www.abc.net.au/asia/thailan... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

What’s at stake in Australia’s #COP31 bid? Salā Dr George Carter speaks to ABC about why Pacific leadership on climate diplomacy matters, and how Turkey’s challenge could reshape the outcome. 🎧: quicklink.anu.edu.au/zru8 @anudpa.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Is AUKUS a necessary deterrent or a costly sellout? SDSC Prof John Blaxland weighs in for LSJ. With $368 billion on the table, what’s in Australia’s best strategic interest? Read more: lsj.com.au/articles/auk... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Em Prof Hugh White & Allan Behm explore how Australia should navigate a harder, more volatile world. 🎧: ow.ly/C6MI50WiNSy @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess article by Prof Jochen Prantl & Giridharan Ramasubramanian proposes Multilateralism 3.0 - a flexible, non-binary model using patchworks to build global cooperation across systems. Read the article ➡️https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/9gca @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social

“Rather than launching new initiatives, a three-way partnership should build on functional bilateral arrangements already in place,” writes Emirza Adi Syailendra in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/indonesia-australia-india-overcoming-barriers-trilateral-partnership

A new #OpenAccess piece by Prof Jochen Prantl et al argues that the polycrisis is widening the gap between governance demand & supply, shrinking policy space & testing state capacity. ➡️ Read the Global Policy article: quicklink.anu.edu.au/t82m @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social

Dr Andrew Carr, from our Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, spoke to ‪@aapnewswire.bsky.social‬ about the rising pressure on Australia to lift defence spending. ➡️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/qwii @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

SEAPS seeking submissions! Edited by Bell School Profs ‪@edwardaspinall.bsky.social‬ & Nick Cheesman, invites original research on Southeast Asia: anthropology, history, lit, politics, gender studies & more. ➡️Criteria: asaa.asn.au/book-series/... 📚Series: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...

Bell School's Phd Scholar, @xueyinzha.bsky.social, speaks to ABC Behind the News on #AGI. “I tried to find a very crisp definition, but it just isn’t really there… It’s more of a marketing term by tech giants.” ➡️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/4sbg ‪@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

A step forward for women’s political inclusion in #PNG. Aust. High Commissioner Ewen McDonald met the team behind IPIP – a new #PNGAusPartnership initiative led by ANU to support women’s leadership & participation in elections. #Inclusive #Leadership #Pacific @anubellschool.bsky.social

"People are, and always will be, the most important resource of the Pacific." Read the latest Devpolicy Blog by Prof Meg Keen (@anudpa.bsky.social‬) & Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen (USP). ➡️: quicklink.anu.edu.au/f3mp @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

GRADNAS Seminar Series finale this Friday 27 June! Don't miss Prof Amitav Acharya as he discusses his latest book, The Once and Future World Order, and why global civilisation will outlast Western decline. @gradnas.bsky.social @tommychai.bsky.social @manjeetsp.bsky.social

Dr Thiago Cintra Opperman (@anudpa.bsky.social‬) speaks to The National about the need for an accurate map of electoral boundaries in #PNG. ➡️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/pkgz @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social‬

Prof Wes Widmaier, from our Department of IR, spoke to SBS News about how, as hostilities between Israel & Iran continue, US President Trump is keeping the world guessing as to what he might do next. ➡️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/xzjy @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Romitesh Kant, PhD scholar from our @anudpa.bsky.social, speaks to ABC about Fijian politician Lynda Tabuya and how cyberbullying is weaponised to silence Pacific women in politics. 🎧: quicklink.anu.edu.au/0979 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

In this piece I look at recent Thai-China activity following the kidnapping of a Chinese celebrity on the Thai-Myanmar border. The measures are unlikely to arrest the growth of the scam centres. @anubellschool.bsky.social eastasiaforum.org/2025/05/22/c...

‘The claim that Horner is a supremo of Australian military history rests not only in this prodigious scholarship but also in his role in establishing and developing this field as a subject of serious academic study in Australia.’ ‘Military History Supremo’ is out now: doi.org/10.22459/MHS...

Howard Bamsey will be moderating a panel on Australia-China collaboration in sustainable finance. The session will explore key topics such as sustainable finance taxonomies, climate-related financial disclosures and cross-border investment. Learn more & register: events.humanitix.com/australia-ch...