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Dr Judith Ajani - Native Forests for bioenergy or biodiversity? (November 10 2011)

Dr Judith Ajani

, ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society

Australia’s forestry industry and foresters argue that, from a climate change perspective, we should substitute…

Why did we get the collapse of the USSR so wrong? (November 07 2011)

Professor Paul Dibb

, Emeritus Professor, Chairman of the Advisory Board, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies

It is now 20 years since the sudden and catastrophic collapse of the former Soviet Union. A huge amount of analytical…

Assessing counter-insurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan (October 24 2011)

Ambassador Karl Eikenberry

, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan

In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political…

Professor Peter Glasner

Cowboy Cloners: The Ethics & Morality of Scientific Communities (September 20 2006)

Professor Peter Glasner

Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned, there has been much debate in the media and public spheres about the ethics and morality of genetic…

Professor Ken Inglis

Whose ABC? (September 19 2006)

Emeritus Professor Ken Inglis

As controversy continues to swirl around Australia’s national broadcaster, a long-awaited history of its last 20 years provides much-needed…

Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Storytelling & History Writing: Which Came First? (September 04 2006)

Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Milan

Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi traces out the interlinked lineage of 'story' and 'history', arguing that the latter became important when societies needed to reinforce collective identities through an…

Professor Hilary Charlesworth

Missing Voices: Women & Democracy After Conflict (March 07 2006)

Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Research School of Social Sciences and ANU College of Law

Pamela Denoon Lecture 2006 in association with International Women's Day

Issues of sex and gender are rarely considered relevant to invasions, conflict or state-building.

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…