🗓️ Check out the next instalment of our CAP Professorial Lecture Series.

Professor Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, from ANUBellSchool, will present his ‘colourful’ research on the mapping of security risk assessment as a global practice.

📋 Register here:
quicklink.anu.edu.au/2h1e

📢Last chance to secure your spot!
Gain insights from Prof. Craig Stockings as he unpacks the challenges of 'Official Histories' surrounding Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Peacekeeping in East Timor.
🎟️6.30pm tomorrow!
Register now: quicklink.anu.edu.au/cpvb

As #Russia enters its 3rd year of war vs. #Ukraine we need to ask: How will this war end? From geopolitical dynamics to potential paths to resolution, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre EmProf Paul Dibb dissects the complex layers of the RUS-UKR #conflict .
📅Mon 26 Feb, 6pm
Rego: quicklink.anu.edu.au/xpca

Interesting - Thai MINDEF Sutin has got agreement for civilians to start work in the Ministry of Defence in roles including medical, intelligence and finance. This will be a significant cultural reform for the Thai military if it gets bedded down. thaipbs.or.th/news/content/3…

Thanks to the Gee family for giving me the honour & privilege of delivering the 2023 John Gee Memorial Lecture tonight, to Prof. Brendan Taylor for the wonderful introduction, and to everyone who attended (despite the rain!) and asked such challenging & insightful questions. 🙏

Want to learn about the Master of Strategic Studies degree at ANU? Come along to our online event: 3pm, Wed 6 December. bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/Meet-Pro…

Excited to be a guest at the National Archives of Australia 'focus' event, where my ANU College of Asia and the Pacific ANUBellSchool ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre STST3003 'Honeypots & Overcoats' & STST8021 'Intel & Security' students get to experience being immersed in the history of espionage in Australia. Someone's gotta do it!

Are you looking for a one-year Master program to understand how conflict occurs, and gain skills to contribute to conflict prevention and resolution? Then this new Master of Peace and Conflict Studies is for you! ANUBellSchool
bellschool.anu.edu.au/study/masters/…

Congratulations to Evelyn Goh and Nan Liu on their new book Chinese Investments in Southeast Asia: Patterns and Significance (Singapore: ISEAS, 2023)

You can download her book here: bit.ly/3SHlS54

Join Professor Toni Erskine at the 2023 John Gee Memorial Lecture to explore how AI-enabled weapons and decision-support systems are transforming warfare, and impacting decision-making, ethics, and international norms.
 
Tue 28 Nov, 6 – 7pm
 
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/Algorith…

Great to hear from Prof John Blaxland, John Blaxland SFHEA FRSN, Director ANU North America & Prof of International Security & Intel Studies, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, on the important considerations of the strategic maritime environment and how it affects #OurPeople . #SeaPower #IP23

Join us in welcoming our new School Director, Associate Professor Julien Barbara. We would also like to thank Toni Erskine and Brendan Taylor for their invaluable contributions, guidance, and leadership over the past few years.

My latest in ⁦Foreign Policy⁩ on how Asia’s Middle Powers can reduce the risk of major power conflict. ⁦ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre⁩ ⁦ANUBellSchool⁩ ⁦ourANU⁩ foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/24/chi…

Join us for the upcoming GRADNAS Seminar, a Panel Discussion on China and the region with Chanintira na Thalang, Ketian Vivian Zhang, Wen-Qing Ngoei on October 24 at 11am. Register at events.humanitix.com/gradnas-semina…. ANU College of Asia and the Pacific ANUBellSchool ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Evelyn Goh Brendan Taylor

Some thoughts on the recent China Submarine 'Sinking': Why Beijing's Denials 'Mean Little'
Thanks for the chat, David Brennan Newsweek ANUBellSchool
newsweek.com/china-submarin…

We’re hiring 2 two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellows (one in Asian Security / one in Strategy & Statecraft)! Come and join me and my stellar colleagues ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANUBellSchool jobs.anu.edu.au/en/job/540568/…

Join us this Wednesday for an interesting discussion on Middle Powers and Multilateralism. There is still time to register at eventbrite.com.au/e/gradnas-semi…. ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANUBellSchool ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Discover the story of Costa Rica's decision to abolish its armed forces in 1948 and redirect resources towards healthcare and education. Ned Dobos will delve into the ethical imperative behind military abolition and the risks of state misuse.
Register 👇
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Come along and join us next week for a Panel Discussion on Middle powers and multilateralism with Dylan Loh Alex Yu-Ting Lin and Yusuke Ishihara. Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/gradnas-semi…. ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANUBellSchool ANU College of Asia and the Pacific