http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/#When:03:40:10Z Rod Quantock says, "If climate change doesn't scare you, then you don't get the science." Fortunately Quantock does, and when he gives you his take on the physics, chemistry, biology, geology, palaeontology, cosmology and meteorology of climate science you'll get it too. And then... you'll be scared. It's win-win. Sounds like great fun doesn't? It's an edgy mix of panic and hysteria. But that's what you'd expect from someone whose comedy has been described as ‘medicinal'. In his irreverent style and clever humour has proven to be a great avenue to deliver powerful messages about the reality of climate change, water issues and possible outcomes.  This lecture was introduced by Jon Ward, Manager, Environmental Policy, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU College of Physical Sciences, Medicine and Life Science, Physical Science 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abolishing_all_nuclear_weapons/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abolishing_all_nuclear_weapons/#When:03:16:08Z 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 and the implications and security challenges nuclear weapons have for Australian Defence policy. Mr Fraser will also discuss the current Rudd Government's initiative of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferations and Disarmament, and what Australia can do to help abolish nuclear weapons. This was the 2009  Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture presented by the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and Lowy institute for International Policy. Public Lecture, International Law, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T03:16:08+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/#When:02:42:30Z 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 relations sharply in focus. Relations between these key trading partners appears rocky at a time many would have envisioned ties to be getting warmer. China's behaviour has prompted many to look at China's internal politics and rule of law, as well as the price paid for dealing with China and the implications of China's seemingly inevitable rise. Is Stern Hu a pawn in an as yet unclear larger political game? What rules are a giant like China playing by? How will these affect an inextricably linked Australia? Public Lecture, International Business, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T02:42:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australia_china_relations_a_long_term_view/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australia_china_relations_a_long_term_view/#When:02:32:51Z In this speech to the ANU China Institute The Hon Stephen Smith MP,  Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke on the Australia-China Relationship and discussed China's importance to Australia and put in context recent events in the bilateral relationship. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T02:32:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/president_obamas_new_afghanistan_pakistan_strategy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/president_obamas_new_afghanistan_pakistan_strategy/#When:06:10:07Z 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 long held by the Bush administration policy makers about the nature of the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, their conception of terrorism and how to defeat it, and how to reclaim American and global security remain unchanged. Without honest reconsideration of such assumptions within the broader American political culture, any re-appraisal of current policies which could result in a more effective comprehensive strategy for addressing the increasing violence and political stability in the region will be unlikely. Public Lecture, International Law, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-10-23T06:10:07+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rudds_concept_asia_pacific_community/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rudds_concept_asia_pacific_community/#When:23:13:42Z In June 2008, the Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Kevin Rudd, spoke of the need to begin a "regional debate about where we want to be in 2020". In particular, he outlined the need for an Asia Pacific Community, in which there would be "dialogue, cooperation and action on economic and political matters and future challenges related to security." This speech, delivered to the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre in Sydney, certainly began a debate in Australia. During the speech, he appointed Richard Woolcott AC as Australia's envoy, to conduct discussions with governments in the region. Woolcott will speak about the Prime Minister's Community concept, the attitudes towards it in the region, and the likely future of debate in the area. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-10-15T23:13:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/lost_opportunities_and_possibilities_in_australian_foreign_policy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/lost_opportunities_and_possibilities_in_australian_foreign_policy/#When:02:30:27Z Bruce Haigh argues that Australian foreign policy has been, and remains, inept in advancing Australia's national interest. Given the limited independence of Australia's Foreign Minister, and the trend of governments to be perpetually in election mode, Australian foreign policy is too often managed to maximum domestic political gain by the Prime Minister, with negative fallout reserved for Ministers. What has changed since the election of the Rudd Government? How does Australia manage the dual rise of India and China? What understanding does the Rudd government have of the Middle East, or of Afghanistan and Pakistan? Haigh argues that Australia could be capable of meeting the substantial challenges it faces, but that its governments ceaselessly misuse, bungle or outsource policy formulation. His lecture addressed these problems, and suggested the way forward to a truly Australian Foreign Policy. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-09-15T02:30:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/one_year_after_garnaut_review/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/one_year_after_garnaut_review/#When:00:30:39Z Professor Ross Garnaut presented the final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 30 September 2008, the morning of the largest ever one day points fall on the New York Stock Exchange. Since then, the histories of the financial crisis and climate change policy have been closely linked. Amongst much else, they have been linked by the challenge that Governments have faced, in Australia, in the United States and elsewhere, in formulating policy in the national interest alongside an extraordinary presence of vested interests in the policy making process. This lecture analysed the past year's history of policy-making on climate change in this difficult context, and assess the prospects of the world developing a satisfactory response to the risks of dangerous human-induced climate change. Part of the Toyota-ANU Public Lecture Series 2009 Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-09-15T00:30:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coal_the_elephant_in_the_room/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coal_the_elephant_in_the_room/#When:04:52:34Z John Ashton, Special Representative for Climate Change at the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office presented a public lecture called, Coal: The Elephant in the Room Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Resource Management, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-09-14T04:52:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/iran_an_islamic_government_in_crisis/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/iran_an_islamic_government_in_crisis/#When:00:03:54Z The Islamic government of oil-rich Iran is faced with its worst legitimacy crisis since the Iranian revolution that toppled the Shah's pro-Western monarchy and replaced it with an Islamic regime thirty years ago. While it has the capacity to survive the crisis, it may find itself weakened to the extent that it may not be able to cope effectively with mounting domestic problems and foreign policy pressures. Not only is the Iranian population bitterly polarised for and against it, but a serious split has also developed within the ruling clerical elite. If the Iranian leadership fails to accommodate a liberalist Islamist path of reform and inclusion, it could seriously imperil the survival of the Islamic regime in the long run. This lecture sought to discuss the roots of the political upheaval confronting the Iranian government and to assess its future direction. Public Lecture, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-09-01T00:03:54+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/#When:23:26:27Z 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 shift from a state- or ideology-oriented approach to a people-oriented one, focusing on the oppression of the preponderant majority of population on both sides. It also implies a shift to a global, rather than a nationalistic perspective since the division system is conceived as a sub-unit of the world-system. The lecture argues that the notion of a 'division-system' is useful in addressing many current issues, for example, the ongoing nuclear crisis in the peninsula and the question of human rights in North Korea. It will discuss various regional arrangements in which South Korea participates, noting the crucial absence of North Korea in most of them and the presence of Australia in a few. This lecture was the  Korea Institute Distinguished Lecture, presented by the ANU Korea Institute. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-08-31T23:26:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/russia_and_the_medvedev_presidency_one_year_on/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/russia_and_the_medvedev_presidency_one_year_on/#When:05:00:32Z Speaking shortly after his election as President of the Russian Federation in 2008, Dmitry Medvedev highlighted his priorities in office: to maintain economic stability, to strengthen freedoms, to promote social programs, and to ensure that Russia sustains its position in the world. A year later, Medvedev's record in delivering on these promises is coming under intense scrutiny. What does Russian resurgence actually mean? How well has Russia ridden out the global financial storm? Is authoritarian rule in Russia on the wax or on the wane? What are Moscow's foreign policy objectives in dealing with the West, the Asia-Pacific, and former Soviet republics such as Georgia and Ukraine? Does Russian energy imperialism exist, or is it a product of Cold War-like paranoia? Who controls the Kremlin - Medvedev or Putin? The answers to these, and many other relevant questions, will be discussed to coincide with the first anniversary of Medvedev's inauguration as the President. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2009-08-13T05:00:32+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_100_years/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_100_years/#When:04:13:59Z In his book The Next 100 Years, George Friedman offers a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. Drawing on history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years, Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era - with changes in store, including: - The US-Jihadist war will conclude - replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.- China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.- A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.- Technology will focus on space - both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-06-30T04:13:59+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kingdom_of_saudi_arabia_today/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kingdom_of_saudi_arabia_today/#When:02:34:05Z HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal is Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is one of Saudi Arabia's leading intellectuals, with a very rich record of public service.  A graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC, Prince Turki was appointed as an Advisor to the Royal Court in 1973 and subsequently served as the Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) from 1977 to 2001.  In 2002, Prince Turki was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, and from 2005 until 2007 served as Ambassador to the United States. Prince Turki currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the International Crisis Group, and the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University.   He is also a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-06-05T02:34:05+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/defence_white_paper/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/defence_white_paper/#When:01:58:11Z This year's Defence White Paper is more than a shopping list for the military.  Behind the force priorities and budget estimates lie key judgments about the kind of regional we expect to live in, and the kind of role Australia expects to play in it.  This lecture explored the underlying policy logic of the White Paper, and discussed where it might take Australia.  Will it equip Australia to remain a middle power in the Asian Century, or mark our acceptance of a future as a small power?  Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-06-05T01:58:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_guerrilla/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_guerrilla/#When:04:23:31Z   In the first few years of the post-9/11 era, the established models for fighting ‘small wars' proved distressingly ineffective against resilient insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the insurgents fought Western armies to a stalemate, it was clear that a new approach was necessary. Dr David Kilcullen, a former Australian army officer, and one of the world's most influential experts on guerrilla warfare, became a key architect of the West's revamped military strategy. As the senior advisor to General David Patraeus in Iraq, Kilcullen's revolutionary approach to counterinsurgency was an intellectual foundation for ‘the Surge' of 2007.Kilcullen uncovered the face of modern warfare, illuminating both the global challenge, the ‘War on Terrorism,' and small wars across the world in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Thailand, East Timor, and Pakistan. He will explain that today's conflicts are a complex hybrid of contrasting trends that America has tended to conflate, blurring the distinction between local and global struggles, and thereby enormously complicating our challenges. The West has continually misidentified insurgents with limited aims and legitimate grievances-‘accidental guerrillas'-as members of a unified worldwide terror network. We must learn how to disentangle these strands, develop strategies that deal with global threats, avoid local conflicts where possible, and win them where necessary. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-06-02T04:23:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/energy_security_climate_change_europe/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/energy_security_climate_change_europe/#When:04:39:44Z The world faces monumental challenges of ensuring energy supply can meet ever growing needs, while urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The current course we are on will see global energy demand rise 45% by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2008. The report also offers this sobering assessment: The world's energy systems are at a crossroads. Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable - environmentally, economically, socially. The EU's indigenous energy supplies fall well short of demand, with over 54% of primary energy consumption currently being imported. The European Union does not underestimate the scale of the task ahead. December 2008 saw the formal adoption of measures to put the EU on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost energy efficiency and increase the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 20% by 2020. The objectives also include increasing renewables in transport, to encourage the uptake of biofuels and electric vehicles. Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, discussed the EU response to its energy security concerns and the threat of climate change. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, University 2009-06-01T04:39:44+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/campaigning_to_governing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/campaigning_to_governing/#When:06:44:40Z Thomas Mann examined President Obama's transition to governing and his first months in office. Particular attention was paid to the organization and staffing of his administration and the setting of policy and its passage through the Congress. Thomas Mann also discussed the various challenges domestic, economic and foreign policy related facing the new President. This Lecture was part of the ANU Public Lecture Series 2009, presented by The Australian National University and Embassy of the United States of America, Canberra. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University 2009-05-14T06:44:40+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/clear_thinking_about_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/clear_thinking_about_national_security/#When:23:43:53Z We often behave as if National Security is too important to think clearly about.  Some risks are ignored, while others are exaggerated.  Policies are adopted to meet threats without any clear idea of what exactly the threat is, how serious it might be, and how it could most cost-effectively be addressed.  Major decisions are made on the most slender of bases: invading Iraq, rebuilding Afghanistan, toughening terrorism laws, buying battleships, have all been undertaken without due diligence by Governments, and the public seems hardly to expect any better.  Yet it should be possible to think clearly about national security and defence questions, applying to them the same standards of evidence, argument and diligence that we would expect in other areas of public policy.  In this lecture Professor Hugh White explored some recent examples of unclear thinking about national security in Australia, attempt to explain why such lapses from common standards of rationality are so common, and suggest some ways we could do better.  Along the way Professor White spoke about terrorism, bird flu, global warming and the rise of China. This Lecture was also filmed and broadcast on A-PAC. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-04-02T23:43:53+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/quarry_vision/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/quarry_vision/#When:02:00:17Z In this lecture Dr Guy Pearse will spoke about the mindset that sees Australia's greatest asset as its mineral and energy resources - coal especially, asking how has this distorted our national politics and our response to climate change and what happens now that our coal-fired resources boom has gone bust? He also discussed the future of the coal industry and argued with the current economic orthodoxy. He looks at the shadowy world of greenhouse lobbyists; how they think and operate. Quarry vision, he argued, is a carbon-laced trap and a blind faith and a mentality we can no longer afford. This lecture comes from the March 2009 Quarterly Essay by Guy Pearse of the same name. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Science, Asia and the Pacific, Medicine and Life Science 2009-04-02T02:00:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/japan_australia_vision_future/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/japan_australia_vision_future/#When:01:51:45Z The Minister for Foreign Affairs discusses where the Australian Government is taking a relationship that Prime Minister Aso recently described as having reached the most productive time in its history. Particularly focussing on: quick, coordinated action through the G20 to get the global economy working again enhancing our already close economic relationship through the early conclusion of a comprehensive free trade agreement turning our bilateral defence cooperation to efforts to improve regional and international security working together in multilateral fora on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and harnessing our technological expertise and growing scientific cooperation in the effort to combat the effects of climate change. The lecture series is organised by the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University with the assistance of a grant from the Australia-Japan Foundation. The lecture series honours the two individuals from Australia and Japan who made the greatest contribution to the post-World War Two normalisation of Australia-Japan relations, Sir John Crawford, then Secretary of the Department of Trade and later ANU Vice Chancellor, and Ambassador Haruhiko Nishi, Japan's first Ambassador to Australia (1953-55). The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) conducts research to explore and improve understanding of the economies and economic policy processes in Australia and Japan and both countries' strategic interests in the Asia Pacific economy. Its policy-oriented areas of interest cover developments in regional economic cooperation and integration and encompass research on trade, finance, macroeconomics and structural and regulatory reform, as well as international economic relations. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-04-01T01:51:45+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/#When:01:27:04Z Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges.  The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions.  In order to deal with the threat of this insecurity, it is imperative for the world community to engage in constructive dialogue, but this must be based on two foundations:  a deep comprehension of civilisations, religions and cultures; and justice. Indeed, in our insecure world, full of extremism and conflict, only serious dialogue, mutual understanding and justice can generate peace and prosperity. This lecture was hosted by Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of The Australian National University and Professor Amin Saikal, Director of ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. The lecture was followed by Former Prime Minister of Australia, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser AC CH, giving the vote of thanks and launching Professor Amin Saikal's book The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule. The book has a new introduction and preface by Professor Saikal, in which he reflects on what has happened in Iran since the fall of the Shah and relates Iran's past to its political present and future. The lecture was presented by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.  Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-04-01T01:27:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reforming_united_nations/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reforming_united_nations/#When:23:32:38Z  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 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will give ANU graduate students the chance to apply directly for allocated internships with the UNDP - places fiercely contested by students worldwide. The MOU was signed today at the University by Professor Lawrence Cram, Acting Vice-Chancellor on behalf of the University and Dr Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General of the UNDP and Director of the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships. Following the signing of the MOU, Dr Jenks spoke to graduate students, staff and alumni of the Graduate Studies in International Affairs on the subject of ‘Reforming the United Nations'. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2008-11-05T23:32:38+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:23:08:19Z This forum is the last of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and ACT opposition Leader Zed Seselja debate the topic Leaders in the spotlight. Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-20T23:08:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_in_line_the_office_of_the_21st_century_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_in_line_the_office_of_the_21st_century_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:23:16:26Z This forum is the second of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum Deputy Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Brendan Smyth debate the topic Next in Line: The Office of the 21st Century. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-08T23:16:26+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/#When:01:01:57Z This lecture starts by briefly defining the middle power and its role in the regional system. The security environment that the Korean peninsula is facing is later introduced including the North Korean nuclear weapons problem, the rise of China, and human security issues. Korea's foreign policy postures both at bilateral and multilateral levels is also provided. The lecture concludes with a brief introduction of Korea's alliance strategy, policy toward North Korea, policy toward neighbouring countries, and it's leadership role in the Asia-Pacific multilateralism. Public Lecture, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-10-07T01:01:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/independents_new_choices_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/independents_new_choices_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:00:53:15Z This forum is the first of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum candidates Frank Pangallo and Richard J Mulcahy debate the topic New Parties, New Choices? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-07T00:53:15+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/#When:01:57:53Z "Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future". Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment; Director of the Society for Environmental Communications; and publisher of the fortnightly magazine 'Down to Earth', has been with the Centre from 1982 and has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development, and at creating public consciousness about the need for sustainable development. Her research interests are wide-ranging - from global democracy, with a special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy, within which she has worked both on forest-related resource management and water-related issues. Ms Narain began her career by writing and researching for the State of India's Environment reports and then went on to study issues related to forest management. For this project she travelled across the country to understand people's management of natural resources, and in 1989 co-authored the publication Towards Green Villages advocating local participatory democracy as the key to sustainable development. In the early 1990s she became involved with global environmental issues and continues to work on these as researcher and advocate. Ms Narain remains an active participant, both nationally and internationally, in civil society. She serves on the boards of various organisations and on governmental committees and has spoken at many fora across the world on issues of her concern and expertise. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2008-09-24T01:57:53+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_shocks_and_the_macroeconomy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_shocks_and_the_macroeconomy/#When:04:59:57Z This lecture was the Sixth Sir Roland Wilson Foundation Lecture. The lecture expands on the final chapter of Macfarlane's 2006 Boyer Lectures, which suggested that future economic shocks would be financial in origin. In particular it examines the implications of the current credit crisis for economic stability, for the financial security of the household sector and for retirement incomes policies.For more information on the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation go to: http://www.anu.edu.au/endowment/content/sir_roland_wilson_foundation/ Economics, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-09-18T04:59:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_evolution_of_economic_policy_on_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_evolution_of_economic_policy_on_climate_change/#When:04:38:58Z ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics The lecture traces the outlines of economic thinking on climate change. Two competing paradigms are reviewed: (1) modelling of greenhouse gases mitigation as a dynamic optimal control problem and (2) the willingness to pay of the present generation to ensure future generations against the potential adverse impacts of climate change. The presentation examines the challenges of the economics of international co-operation, the choice of economic instruments for climate mitigation, uncertainty, climate adaptation, abrupt climate change, induced technological change, discounting, and equity considerations. Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-09-05T04:38:58+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/#When:01:47:39Z This lecture is the Annual Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture and was presented by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Dr Kelly will address the Rudd Government's approach to regional security and middle power diplomacy. He will cover the role of the three pillars - the US alliance, membership of the United Nations, and comprehensive engagement with the countries of Asia and the Pacific - in shaping Australia's role in the region and the world. Dr Kelly will also outline Australia's approach to new and emerging regional security challenges from a Defence perspective, including the importance of relationships and alliances to regional stability in the 21st century.About Dr John GeeDr John Gee served with distinction as an Australian diplomat in a number of countries. His greatest contribution, however, was in the field of disarmament, where he had a particular interest in chemical weapons. After a period as a Commissioner on the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq following the first Gulf War, he became Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, serving there until 2003. In recognition of his achievements, Dr Gee was made a member of the Order of Australia in January 2007. For more information on the Lowy Institute for International Policy go to: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/ Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-09-05T01:47:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_national_interest_strategic_non_violence_and_the_independence_of_east_t/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_national_interest_strategic_non_violence_and_the_independence_of_east_t/#When:04:53:12Z Dr Fernandes provides a critical evaluation of what is often portrayed as a noble moment in Australia's history of overseas interventions. He shows that a series of Australian strategists and policymakers had argued that Australia's national interest required it to support the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. He shows how this conception of the national interest was challenged by a coalition of activists who maintained a long-running campaign of non-violent opposition to official policy. He demonstrates that Australian policymakers were compelled to send in a peacekeeping force in 1999 under the pressure of a tidal wave of public outrage. This outrage did not arise spontaneously; rather, it was the result of a conscious process of strategic non-violent action by a transnational coalition of activists. He concludes with lessons and implications for the future. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2008-09-04T04:53:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/strategy_policy_and_institutions/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/strategy_policy_and_institutions/#When:05:33:55Z Australian security policy is increasingly irrelevant to the looming realities of the 21st century.  A lack of strategic direction, a mish-mash of unconnected policies, and policy institutions that are irrelevant to the security challenges of 2050 - these are critical obstacles to a consistent, credible and effective approach to national security. Our very concept of "security" is outmoded.  The solution is as easy as it is radical.  It demands three straightforward steps.  First, invest in the capacity of the public service to provide strategic advice.  Second, ensure that the policy elements that give expression to strategy are properly coordinated.  And third, reorganise the national security policy enterprise by demolishing the departmental silos and the artificial barriers between the security policy departments. The first Rudd Government is in a unique political and historical position to achieve this. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-08-21T05:33:55+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/#When:01:39:14Z One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising economic giants in Asia. In 1941 that hope come true. Today Australians still regards American primacy in Asia as the foundation of their security, and they have become perhaps Americas most consistent and supportive ally as a result. But our relationships with Asia has changed a lot since then, and the choices that Australians will face in the Asian Century may be more complex than those we make back in 1908, or in 1941. How do Australian see their relationship with the US today, and how might it evolve over the decades to come?     Seminar, History & Archeology, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:39:14+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/#When:01:29:40Z Dr Hart will explore the main features of the Australian political system through comparison with the United States. He will compare and contrast the struggle of self-government in Australia and the US. He will look at how much Australian politics has been influenced by American was well as British forms of government, particularly focusing on the extent to which the Australian Prime Minister has become ‘presidentialised'. The presentation will also cover the essential differences between the Australian Parliament and the US congress, how Australian party politics is moving closer to the American model, and will also explain one of the unique features of our politics- compulsory voting. To conclude, Dr Hart will speculate about the future of Australian government particularly the prospect of an Australian Republic Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:29:40+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/running_the_war_in_iraq/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/running_the_war_in_iraq/#When:05:33:11Z The war in Iraq is as awful as any war, but that is never an excuse to wage it illegally or immorally. The only thing that will make the Iraq war worse than it is will be to ‘lose’. Major General Jim Molan's involvement was in the second year of the war – by then it was a vastly different war from the invasion. There has never been just one ‘Iraq War’. Since 2003 there have been different conflicts in different places at different times. Some have been won, and some others lost. The trends may be more positive now. The most important thing about conflict, according to Jim Molan, is that you must know what you believe in and you must practise it on the ground. He states that we are about the rule of law and we must act legally. Democratic societies cannot sustain a long, costly war unless they are convinced it is a just war. Major General Molan's book, Running the War in Iraq, is a story of how a 21st century war is run, and the part that an Australian general played in it. Major General Molan gives a stark, insider’s account of modern warfare and all it entails — the ghastly body count, the complex decisions which will mean life or death, the divide between political masters and foot soldiers — and the small, hard-won triumphs. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-08-18T05:33:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/divided_we_stand/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/divided_we_stand/#When:00:31:00Z Was the federation of the six Australian colonies into a Commonwealth of Australia really such a good idea? What were the alternatives? Might there have been a better way of doing things? The hard and brutal fact is that the Federation in the end was a political compromise; it was a product of some ferocious horse-trading and Canberra is its monument. This lecture looks at the politics - as distinct from the legal and financial aspects - of Australia's federal arrangements. How the political compromise was arrived at, how it was implemented, how it has evolved into something quite different from what was originally conceived, and how it has been a constant arena of political contention, exploited by populist premiers and cynical prime ministers alike. It concludes with a political assessment of the state of the union in 2008 and a look at what the future might hold. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-07-02T00:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/modern_war/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/modern_war/#When:05:31:00Z 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 war - down to the tactics of particular battle. At the same time, law is no longer a matter of firm distinctions - combatant and non-combatant, war and peace. It has become a flexible and strategic partner for both the military and for humanitarians seeking to restrain the violence of warfare. The relationship between modern war and modern law is made all the more complex by today's asymmetric conflicts, and by the loss of a shared vision about what the law means and how it should be applied. In this lecture Professor Kennedy explores the ways in which good legal arguments can make people lose their moral compass and sense of responsibility for the violence of war. Professor Kennedy's visit was organised by the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific, Law 2008-06-04T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/risk_uncertainty_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/risk_uncertainty_national_security/#When:03:10:00Z Officially we are still fighting a "War on Terror", but few people in Australia would say we are still living in an "Age of Terror". Oil prices have quadrupled, but we have not seen the same panicked queuing at petrol stations as when this last occurred. This lecture launches an important new book, Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives , by discussing how risk and uncertainty inform the democratic politics of national security; and more specifically, how the management of national security is framed by the changing ways in which society assesses uncertainty and risk. It explores the emotion of fear in individual and social contexts, and examines how different security fears lead to different structures of national security. At this lecture, Professor Wesley launched Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives edited by ANU Professors Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson. Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Earthscan 2008), is a wide-ranging volume drawing perspectives from art history, complexity science, economics, emergency management, futures, history, intelligence, law, law enforcement, music, philosophy, physics, policy, politics, psychology, statistics and theology. Key problems that are a subject of focus are environmental management, communicable diseases and illicit drugs. Opening and closing sections of the book provide major conceptual strands in uncertainty thinking and develop an integrated view of the nature of uncertainty, uncertainty as a motivating or de-motivating force, and strategies for coping and managing under uncertainty. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-09T03:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/realism_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/realism_peace/#When:22:27:00Z In this lecture, Professor White discusses the morality and ethical challenges of war, as examined by Professor Coady in his new book, Morality & Political Violence. Political violence, in the form of wars, insurgencies, violent revolutions and counter-revolutions, and terrorism constitutes a major human challenge today as so often in the past. The challenge is not only to life and limb, but also to morality itself. Professor Coady puts the problems posed by this challenge into the frame of reflective ethics. Against the background of a contemporary approach to just war thinking, he examines the right to make war, moral dimensions to the conduct of war, terrorism, mercenary warriors, conscientious objection, the rights of combatants and non-combatants, the ideal of peace and much else. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-06T22:27:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/memories_lost_found/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/memories_lost_found/#When:01:00:01Z The talk looks back over the period of the Hawke, Keating and Howard governments and discusses what has been learned and what has been forgotten. It offers conjectures on likely economic outcomes during the first term of the Rudd government. Issues canvassed include monetary policy, inflation, labour market reforms and their outcomes and the changing overlap between the labour market and the welfare system. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-04-28T01:00:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/#When:23:25:00Z In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel 10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law. Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia. The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aimed at encouraging frank, non-partisan and open debate on issues of importance to the Australian community. Public Lecture, Economics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Law 2008-03-13T23:25:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_pamela_denoon_lecture/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_pamela_denoon_lecture/#When:23:36:01Z Lecture One Recipes For Revolt: What Made the Women's Movement Move? In this lecture, Marian Sawer draws on her forthcoming history of Women's Electoral Lobby to explore what happened in the 1970s when women rebelled and ‘a cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down’ were no longer enough. Lecture Two ifeminism - Gen X, Gen Y And The Women's Movement. Roslyn Dundas explores what the future holds for feminism in an age of Myspace and Facebook, Paris Hilton and Pink. Marian Sawer AO is an internationally acclaimed expert on women, politics and policy. Her most recent books include Women's movements: Flourishing or in abeyance? and Out from the gilded cage: A history of Women’s Electoral Lobby . Marian is Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Sciences, ANU and Leader of the Democratic Audit of Australia. Roslyn Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to a Parliament in Australia, has been an active community campaigner in the ACT and plays a leading role in the Women’s Electoral Lobby – ACT. Roslyn currently works for the ACT Human Rights Commission as an adviser to the Commissioner for Children and Young People. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-03-09T23:36:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/higher_education_its_time/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/higher_education_its_time/#When:00:12:00Z We now have an opportunity to reposition higher education for the future and to move away from tinkering and adjusting rather than coherently changing. While it will take some time to unstitch the knotted fabric of accumulated incremental policy shifts of the last decade and to build up the capacity for creative policy formulation, it is nevertheless important now to think radically and envisage the architecture that will best serve Australia over the longer term. Labor’s concept of mission-driven compacts, complemented by a strategic approach to the funding of research, based on rigorous evaluation of performance quality, offers a powerful vehicle for strengthening and diversifying the higher education sector. We have a responsibility within the sector to provide leadership to drive this agenda. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Education 2008-02-27T00:12:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/future_un_security_council/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/future_un_security_council/#When:01:33:00Z 2008 has already brought major new challenges for diplomats. The situations in Kenya and Pakistan underline the depths of the problems in Africa and elsewhere. The Security Council and UN peacekeepers were already at historically high levels of activity in 2006-2007. Can they take on any more? NATO, the EU, the US, the Nordics, and Australia and New Zealand also seem to be stretched to the limit. Perhaps it is time for some searching analysis of whether the current machinery for international collective security is up to the challenges of the 21st Century. The UN Security Council is at the heart of that system. But is it living up to its potential? Can it be reformed and what kinds of reforms might improve the overall outlook? What does the future hold? These are all important questions at a time when Australia is exploring new options for an enhanced multilateral role. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Law 2008-02-19T01:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/wake_of_economic_reform/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/wake_of_economic_reform/#When:05:54:01Z   Has economic reform run its course? What potential remains for the resumption of nation building progress? Contrary to expectations Canberra emerges from 20 years of neo-liberalism with disciplined government, ample revenues, an effective regulative apparatus and – perhaps – the capacity for government to steer the economy towards a brighter future. In this lecture, Professor Pusey weighs these prospects against the negative impacts of neo-liberalism on our institutions and then examines from the three viewpoints of: our national political experience, the administrative apparatus, and popular expectations. Professor Pusey then considers the dynamic energies inherent in the challenges, respectively, of climate change, infrastructure development, and economic policies based on enhancing of quality of life. Michael is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology, University of New South Wales, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. In the early 1990s Michael Pusey's book Economic Rationalism in Canberra: A Nation-Building State Changes its Mind , started a national debate on economic rationalism and brought the term into public usage. His most recent book, The Experience of Middle Australia , examines the impact of economic restructuring on incomes, jobs, families, communities, politics and Australian culture. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-12-14T05:54:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_platinum_age/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_platinum_age/#When:23:33:00Z In the inaugural S.T. Lee Lecture on Asia and the Pacific Professor Garnaut asks: How the risks of climate change will interact with the 'Platinum Age' of global economic growth? What are the limits for global emissions within which the world will need to live if the risk of dangerous climate change is to be kept within acceptable bounds? What principles could be reasonably applied to the allocation of a global emissions budget amongst countries? What global emissions budget would make sense for Australia? What would these principles suggest for Australia’s climate change policy? Dr S.T. Lee comes from a distinguished family in Singapore that has for many years supported various community, educational and research causes. Since the early 1990s, Dr Lee has supported a number of scholarly projects around the world, and in 2007 endowed an annual lecture at ANU named the S.T. Lee Lecture on Asia and the Pacific. This annual lecture will provide opportunities for distinguished figures from the Asia-Pacific to speak on developments and trends in the region and draw attention to crucial issues that affect us all. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-11-29T23:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/just_war_theory/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/just_war_theory/#When:23:45:00Z For several thousand years, philosophers, lawyers, and theologians have developed a theory of the just war, where rules are set for deciding when a war should be fought and what tactics can be employed in war. During the entirety of that period chemical and biological weapons have been banned. In this public lecture, reasons are given for thinking that just war theory cannot support a complete ban on such weapons, unless a similar ban on the use of bombs is also endorsed. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-11-26T23:45:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/#When:23:58:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. Join a diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. The Dr Mohamed Haneef case continues to be a thorn in the Federal Government’s side, as more questions are raised about the way in which his visa was removed. Now overseas doctors are said to be ‘boycotting’ Australia because of the incident. Are Australia’s anti-terror measures doing the nation good or harm? How do both major parties plan to keep Australian’s secure? And how do they differ on what it means to be Australian in the first place? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-13T23:58:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/#When:00:06:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. Debate 2 – The States of the Nation – is moderated by Andrew Fraser. What is the future of federation? What impact is the Federal Government’s foray into water, health, education and Indigenous Affairs having? And how will these shifts affect the outcome of the election? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-08T00:06:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_work_choice/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_work_choice/#When:01:43:00Z A series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. Each debate is moderated by a senior journalist from The Canberra Times. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-10-31T01:43:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/#When:02:52:00Z On 21 June 2007 Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough declared a ‘national emergency’ in relation to child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory. In an unprecedented set of actions, the Commonwealth has taken direct control of communities, overriding the authority of both the NT Government and local community organisations in the name of creating safe and healthy environments for children. In this public lecture, Dr Hinkson, Professor Behrendt, Ms Watson and Professor Altman contributors to the first book about the intervention Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia assess the intervention from the perspectives of human rights, welfare and land rights reforms, Indigenous representation and reconciliation, and the recognition of cultural diversity. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University, Law 2007-10-16T02:52:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_growth_of_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_growth_of_india/#When:01:57:00Z The Sixth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture Ranging over a period from the 19th century until today, this lecture examines various aspects of India’s ‘growth’ including its population, its economic output, its media, its middle class, its spread into a globalised world and its level of political participation. Professor Jeffrey will analyse the tensions between a huge population and hugely unequal, but expanding, wealth in a time when India speaks unceasingly to itself, and to the rest of the world, in ways unthinkable at the time of independence in 1947. How might such immense political activity and social change unfold? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Asia and the Pacific 2007-10-16T01:57:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_happened_at_apec/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_happened_at_apec/#When:05:16:00Z In this lecture, Ambassador Robert McCallum examines the results of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the bilateral meetings held on the margins of the forum including the prospects for enhanced regional economic integration, prosperity, and security, support for Doha, and the momentum on climate change. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Asia and the Pacific 2007-09-25T05:16:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/#When:00:09:00Z 2007 K R Narayanan Oration Recent high rates of economic growth in India and other parts of the developing world, while reducing poverty and raising global economic growth, have put considerable stress on the environment even as it is already saddled with high emissions from the developed world. The 2007 K R Narayanan Oration  by Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri questions whether such growth patterns can be sustained into the future and what options are available for ensuring that the adverse impact of economic growth on the environment is manageable. Public Lecture, Architecture, Urban Environment & Building, Economics, Environment, Humanities, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2007-09-17T00:09:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/#When:05:31:00Z In this lecture, Lieutenant General John Sanderson argues that the national approach to Indigenous issues can broadly be described as ‘assimilationist’ – the belief that the only hope for Indigenous people is to become like mainstream Australia, taking on the trappings of a rationalist northern hemisphere culture that is increasingly at odds with the environment in which it finds itself. Recent initiatives are merely a market forces derived version of this paternalistic approach that has its origins almost from the time of the First Fleet. The cultural disempowerment associated with this approach has left Indigenous people in a state of trauma that is reflected in the appalling physical and mental health statistics and the increasing engagement with the justice and prison systems. The alienation of Indigenous people from the mainstream in Australia is paralleled by the alienation of Australians from the continent itself and portrays a latent danger to the young country as the world power balance shifts towards Asia. Reconciliation is not simply about overcoming Indigenous disadvantage – it is about national unity and the redemption of the entire nation. A commentary will be provided by Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-24T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/weapons_of_mass_destruction_maintaining_the_rage/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/weapons_of_mass_destruction_maintaining_the_rage/#When:05:56:00Z The lecture was a joint presentation between The Australian National University and The Lowy Institute for International Policy. Over the last decade there has been a serious, and dangerous, loss of momentum and direction in disarmament and non-proliferation efforts. The Chemical Weapons Convention – for whose conclusion and implementation John Gee worked so tirelessly and brilliantly - shows what is achievable. Nuclear weapons cannot be uninvented, but they can be outlawed - as chemical and biological weapons have been - and their use made unthinkable. But that will require from the world's decision-makers an intelligent understanding of present dangers, creative new policy thinking, and above all an end to hypocrisy and double standards. Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture Dr John Gee served with distinction as an Australian diplomat in a number of countries. His greatest contribution, however, was in the field of disarmament, where he had a particular interest in chemical weapons. After a period as a Commissioner on the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq following the first Gulf War, he became Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, serving there until 2003. In recognition of his achievements, Dr Gee was made a member of the Order of Australia in January 2007.   Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-08-23T05:56:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/#When:06:10:00Z Having informed citizens is important to the health of any democracy. Scholars and journalists frequently suppose that affluent countries have systems of public knowledge on which their citizens can draw. In this lecture, Professor Phillip Kitcher suggests that the functioning of these systems is more problematic that assumed and that there are serious issues about the direction of inquiry, about the certification of knowledge, and about the dissemination of information that arise from our commitments to democracy. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-21T06:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/international_justice_criminal_court/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/international_justice_criminal_court/#When:00:17:00Z The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent judicial body with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC has recently embarked on its first prosecution: the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for crimes allegedly committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Arrest warrants have been issued for individuals in relation to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and for crimes committed in Uganda. An investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic has also commenced. As the ICC has become operational, further countries have solidified their support for the Court and recognised its role in the promotion of global peace and security and the rule of law. In this public lecture, the ICC’s first prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, addresses the new system of international criminal justice being spearheaded by the Court. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Law, Law 2007-08-21T00:17:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_west_21st_century/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_west_21st_century/#When:02:56:01Z China’s phenomenal economic growth is paralleled in scale and speed only by the rise of the United States between the Civil War and the First World War in 1914. Since 1978 the economy has grown ninefold, and is set to become the second largest within a decade. From inauspicious beginnings, China has become a $2 trillion economy because the Communist Party has channelled huge savings into investment, and encouraged millions of workers into its booming cities, the biggest migration in history. In this lecture, Will Hutton, best-selling author of The State We’re In and The World We’re In , will discuss the probability of China attaining the baton of global leadership as the new superpower of the 21st century. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific 2007-06-13T02:56:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_dirty_politics_of_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_dirty_politics_of_climate_change/#When:03:32:01Z 2007 may be the year in which climate change has hit the headlines and the environment has become the political issue, but how much do we know really know about the backroom deals, lobbying and power players who influence environmental policy? Why have our political leaders been so slow to act? Which are the fossil-fuel lobby groups that still set the policy agenda? In this lecture Clive Hamilton, best-selling author of Scorcher, the Dirty Politics of Climate Change , reveals the real influences on the politics of climate change in Australia. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Science, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-05-17T03:32:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australians_fraser/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australians_fraser/#When:03:50:00Z What does it mean to be Australian in 2007? How do we as Australians see ourselves? How are we as a nation, culture and society, perceived by others? How have recent actions and policies affected attitudes within Australia and the perception of other people of Australia? Former Prime Minister of Australia Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser discusses the implications of independence as a state. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-05-01T03:50:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/#When:04:18:00Z To what extent have Australian feminist struggles achieved a substantive and lasting gender equality? The gender report for the Democratic Audit of Australia considered this question, investigating legislation, representation, policy machinery and the women’s non-government sector. The picture that emerges from this assessment is deeply worrying. Whereas Australia was once a world leader in the global struggle for gender equality, it is now clear that in recent decades the nation has resiled from this commitment and undone many earlier achievements. Was it all for nothing? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:18:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/europe_global_actor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/europe_global_actor/#When:04:49:01Z The European Union (EU) has huge potential to enhance its influence in the world with its 27 Member States and almost 500 million citizens. Europe is also increasingly connected to the Asia-Pacific area – in terms of economic relations, crisis management, global environment and climate issues. What are the challenges for the external relations of Europe? How to tap the potential of the Europe-Australia relationship? This address is a unique opportunity to listen to the views of the President of the Republic of Finland whose country held the presidency of the EU for the last six months of 2006, steered thousands of meetings to coordinate the EU's policies, and conducted hundreds of sessions to discuss international topics with other countries. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-02-19T04:49:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/improving_relations/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/improving_relations/#When:05:23:00Z Relations between the Commonwealth and state governments have been a continual source of tension in our federal system. The relationship can wax and wane, from confrontation and friction to cooperation and collaboration. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-02-14T05:23:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/#When:05:13:01Z While Professor Francis Fukuyama’s changing evaluation of the arguments of his one-time Neocon colleagues has illuminated major issues about American policy and the war in Iraq, his general thinking about weak states and foreign intervention has received less attention in Australia. In this lecture he continues his review of policies and practices on international aid and the rebuilding of weak, failing and failed states. As Professor Fukuyama has argued, “state-building is one of the most important issues for the world community”, but the history of the last 30 years has shown that the ‘conventional wisdom’ and much expenditure have not resulted in the building of efficient, just and economically vigorous states. Professor Fukuyama does not concede that because foreign aid has had slight (and sometimes a negative) impact it should be abandoned. He has put the case for long-term commitment, pragmatic assessment of what works, stimulation of demand in recipient states and sensitivity to local cultural forces. Now, he returns to the broad issues of aid and state formation, and draws on observations resulting from his research and travel in Melanesia and elsewhere. The organisers, State Society and Governance in Melanesia at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, are grateful to the Australian Government through AusAID for its support of this event. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-12-18T05:13:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/#When:05:33:00Z Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), explores the unique role of AIATSIS in promoting scholarship that has been relevant and responsive to its national Indigenous constituency. The interaction between the Institute and ANU has resulted in many new initiatives and collaborations that have promoted the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In recognition of this the two institutions are about to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-23T05:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kicking_the_bastards_out/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kicking_the_bastards_out/#When:05:47:00Z Advocates of reform want to subject their representatives to constant scrutiny, allowing voters to judge every word spoken, coalition joined, and compromise approved. Professor Jane Mansbridge believes that this approach to reform is misguided. She argues that a better strategy is to allow more discretion in office and concentrate on three goals: one, select better legislators to begin with; two, communicate with both legislators and bureaucrats in settings where they have a strong incentive to listen; and three, kick out the legislators who don’t do their job well. This is the annual John Passmore Lecture, presented by the Social and Political Theory Program, Research School of Social Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. John Passmore was Professor of Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, from 1959 to 1979. The Passmore Lecture has been held annually in his honour since 2000. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-08T05:47:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/architecture_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/architecture_climate_change/#When:03:19:00Z The Fifth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture was presented by Professor Warwick J McKibbin.  Sir Leslie Melville’s legacy includes the design and establishment of new institutions for dealing with global macroeconomic interdependence. Today the world is grappling with a far more complex set of problems related to environmental interdependence on a global scale. In this lecture, Professor Warwick McKibbin argues that major countries must respond to the issue of climate change, taking into account the enormous uncertainties that are involved. He discusses the key features of the climate change policy problem and will outline a policy framework that would allow an effective but flexible response to what may be the major issue of our time. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Physical Science 2006-10-31T03:19:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/integrity_american_elections/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/integrity_american_elections/#When:06:19:01Z On the eve of the 2006 U.S. elections, Professor Mayer, this year’s holder of the Fulbright-ANU Distinguished Professorship in Political Science, reviews the state of the electoral process in America asking how effective the process of running elections in the United States is and how it compares to the management of elections in Australia. In light of the problems in Florida during the presidential election of 2000 and the subsequent passage of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Professor Mayer posed the fundamental question: how can American voters know that the right candidate won? This lecture is presented by the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-27T06:19:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/#When:02:08:00Z Like Australia, Canada faces challenges in resolving the grievances of First Nation peoples harmed by past policies. Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, has been at the heart of negotiations which have resulted in the Canadian government offering C$2 billion in compensation to former students of Residential Schools. Phil was visiting Australia with Charlene Belleau, Director of the Residential Schools Unit of the Assembly of First Nations, and Professor Kathleen Mahoney, chief negotiator for the residential schools settlement. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-25T02:08:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/#When:03:29:00Z In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political situation in his country. Dr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and accomplished diplomat, was handed one of the biggest challenges of his life on 10 July 2006, he became Timor-Leste’s second Prime Minister. He came to the position amid high expectations that he restore political stability, reconstitute the security forces, promote development, eradicate corruption and revive public faith in the country’s fledgling democracy. Although conditions remain bleak, he is widely viewed as the best person for promoting reconciliation and restoring hope. In accepting the difficult task of Prime Minister, he put aside personal ambition by withdrawing from the shortlist of candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General. This lecture was presented by the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-10-13T03:29:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/#When:05:30:00Z Preferential trading arrangements are becoming increasingly popular among the nations of the world. But are they a positive development? In the Fourth H W Arndt Memorial Lecture – presented by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU College of Business and Economics – Professor Jagdish Bhagwati argues that bilateral, sub-regional and regional free trade agreements, and the granting of one-way preferences to developing countries of choice, are creating a massive erosion of the non-discrimination that the architects of GATT endorsed as a central principle of the world-trading regime. Professor Bhagwati documents this erosion and addresses ways in which we must respond to it. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2006-08-17T05:30:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/#When:06:03:01Z A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when the High Court discarded the doctrine of terra nullius in the Mabo case. The ruling had repercussions for Indigenous peoples within Australia and around the world, especially in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. In this lecture presented by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor Peter Russell considers the background and consequences of the Mabo case, contextualising it within the international struggle of Indigenous peoples to overcome their colonized status. He weaves together a historical narrative of Eddie Mabo’s life with an account of the legal and ideological premises of European imperialism, outlining the implications of the Mabo ruling for judicial, constitutional and Indigenous politics. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Law 2006-03-23T06:03:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/#When:06:09:01Z 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. In this, the Pamela Dunoon Lecture for 2006, Professor Hilary Charlesworth argued that the roles of women and the values assigned to these roles shape our understanding of violence at the international level. She focused on the invasion of Iraq, its aftermath, and the ongoing attempts to rebuild that country. She also examined the way that ideas about femininity and masculinity have influenced the international community’s actions. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-03-17T06:09:01+10:00