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Professor Don Rothwell speaks about the sale of uranium to India (November 28 2011)

Professor Don Rothwell

, Professor of International Law

Professor Don Rothwell of The Australian National University's College of Law speaks with Fairfax correspondent Tim Lester about the sale of uranium to India and the possible implications of the treaty…

Child soldiers and child protection in African conflicts (August 17 2011)

Professor Simon Reich

, Distinguished Visiting Professor from Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University, Newark campus

The global number of child soldiers has grown significantly in the course of the last two decades, despite a series…

Predators, Reapers and post-heroic war - Professor Christian Enemark (August 09 2011)

Professor Christian Enemark

, Associate Professor, National Security College, ANU

Are air strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) changing the character of war? The…

India and China: Can two tigers share a mountain? (July 04 2011)

Mr David M Malone

, President of the Canadian International Development Research Centre

To outsiders, India and China show some striking similarities. Both are ancient civilizations reincarnated as modern republics in the mid twentieth century, and are now rising powers. Both have nuclear…

NATO in a globalised world (February 07 2011)

Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero

, NATO Deputy Secretary General

NATO was formed in April 1949 in response to the rapidly emerging Soviet threat to the nations of Western Europe and North America. Its founding treaty declared that an attack against one of its member…

Burma votes 2010 - Episode 4 (December 01 2010)

Hosted by Dr Nicholas Farrelly featuring Benjamin Zawacki and Dr Aung Si

Amnesty International Southeast Asia researcher Benjamin Zawacki and Dr Aung Si - the grandson of former Prime Minister of the Union of Burma U Nu - are the guests in the fourth and final Burma votes…

Burma votes 2010 - Episode 3 (November 18 2010)

Hosted by Dr Nicholas Farrelly featuring Professor Trevor Wilson and Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Former Australian Ambassador to Burma Trevor Wilson is the guest while Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gives his reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in the third Burma votes 2010 vodcast…

Burma votes 2010 - Episode 2 (November 08 2010)

Hosted by Nicholas Farrelly

'Burma votes 2010' presenter Nicholas Farrelly gives a special post-poll update to the vod and podcast series. This episode was recorded on 9 November 2010 and in the second in the series.

'Burma…

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Burma Elections: If not free or fair, then what? (July 23 2010)

A Panel of Burma Scholars from ANU

This forum considers scenarios for and beyond Burma's anticipated 2010 elections. While the elections are part of the military regime's "7-point Road Map", many aspects of how they will play out, their…

Thailand in Crisis- Episode 6 (July 02 2010)

Nicholas Farrelly

, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

In the final Thailand in Crisis vodcast, ANU PhD students Nattakant Akarapongpisak, Pongphisoot Busbarat and Preedee Hongsaton join host Nicholas Farrelly for a panel discussion about Thailand's political…

Thailand in Crisis Episode 5 (June 25 2010)

Nicholas Farrelly

, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Professor Peter Warr discusses how economics has impacted Thailand and on perceptions of the Thai government while Professor Andrew Leigh talks about development economics in the fifth Thailand in Crisis…

Democracy in Timor-Leste: Challenges and Prospects (June 22 2010)

Dr Jose Ramos-Horta

, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

After two years of peace and almost a decade since independence there is hope that the days of occupation, violence, disease and starvation have passed for the young country of Timor-Leste.

Thailand in Crisis- Episode 4 (June 18 2010)

Nicholas Farrelly

, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Professor Thongchai Winichakul is the special guest for the fourth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. With host NIcholas Farrelly, he discusses the 1976 protests, his time in detention, his reaction to the…

Thailand in Crisis- Episode 3 (June 11 2010)

Nicholas Farrelly

, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Dr Tyrell Haberkorn and Professor Hilary Charlesworth are the guests in the third Thailand in Crisis podcast - discussing issues of human rights and international law in the Thai context. Host Nicholas…

Thailand in Crisis- Episode 1 (May 28 2010)

Nicholas Farrelly

, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at ANU

Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010.

In…

Against the odds? Pathways to peace in East Timor, Aceh and West Papua (May 19 2010)

Professor John Braitwaite and Dr Michael Cookson

, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

States rarely disintegrate in the way that former Yugoslavia did in the 1990s. Many thought Indonesia would disintegrate in the wake of a large number of violent internal conflicts at the turn of the…

Julian Burnside AO QC

In conversation with Julian Burnside (May 18 2010)

Julian Burnside AO QC

, Barrister

'In conversation with ...' is a series of events presented by the Law Reform and Social Justice Program at the ANU College of Law, to profile people in Australia who are active in addressing…

Professor Penelope Mathew

Where to from here? Australia’s role in refugee protection (May 12 2010)

Professor Penelope Mathew

, Freilich Foundation Professor

Australia's handling of the asylum-seekers on board the Oceanic Viking and recent 'freeze' on Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum applications has sparked vigorous and ongoing debate. In her inaugural lecture…

India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty (April 21 2010)

Professor Swaran Singh

, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

How does a nuclear power & non-signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty engage in international debate on the issue?

Following the US-led campaign for global nuclear disarmament…

Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser

Abolishing all Nuclear Weapons (October 28 2009)

The Right Hon Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH, Former Prime Minister of Australia

Mr Fraser addressed the current state of nuclear weapons acquisition and distribution and the present danger and opportunities facing the world. He covered the failures in disarmament and non-proliferation…

Professor M. Nazif Shahrani

President Obama’s ‘New’ Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy: Why it is Unlikely to Work (October 20 2009)

Professor M. Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology, Central Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University

Shifting resources from Iraq to the so called ‘war of necessity' in Afghanistan by President Obama, while significant, is unlikely to be effective. This is largely because the fundamental assumptions…

Emeritus Professor Paik Nak-chung

Korea’s Division System and Its Regional Implications (August 25 2009)

Emeritus Professor Paik Nak-chung , Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

The partition of the Korean peninsula has since the end of the Korean War solidified into a ‘division system' encompassing two otherwise contrastive societies. This notion enables an important…

China Panel

Does China Play By Our Rules And How Much Does It Matter (August 24 2009)

Professor Hugh White, Adjunct Professor Peter Bailey, Dr Jane Golley and Professor Geremie Barmé, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and ANU College of Law

The arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, and more recently China's cancellation of a ministerial visit over Canberra's decision to grant a visa to Uighur figurehead Rebiya Kadeer has put Australia-China…

Dr Bruce Jenks

Reforming the United Nations (October 20 2008)

Dr Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General of the UNDP and Director of the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships

 Graduate students from The Australian National University have greater access to show their skills on the world stage now The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and ANU have signed…

Professor David Kennedy

Modern War & Modern Law (June 02 2008)

Professor David Kennedy, Vice-President for International Affairs, Brown University

Warfare has become a legal institution. Law organises and disciplines the military, defines the battle-space, privileges killing the enemy, and offers a common language to debate the legitimacy of waging…

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP

The 70th Annual George E Morrison Lecture: Australia and China in the World (January 01 1970)

The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP

, Prime Minister of Australia

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the 70th annual George E Morrison Lecture in the Hall at University House at ANU. Speaking on the theme Australia and China in the world, the Prime Minister also…