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A world-leading research school for the study of Asia-Pacific and international politics, society, strategy, security, and diplomacy.

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Watch the 2025 Coral Bell School Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy delivered by Prof Dominic O’Sullivan, who explores how UNDRIP can strengthen liberal democracy by recognising both persons & peoples, & advancing Indigenous agency.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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With several ANU colleagues who have shared their thoughts on Gaza in the media, join Annabel Dulhunty, Ian Parmeter and Amra Lee as they discuss the role of academics and academia in addressing global conflicts. Learn more: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/when-h...
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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DPA scholars meet U3A Canberra learners! 📘 Our Pacific-focused researchers are engaging with a passionate over-50s community via U3A’s Friday class.

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Connecting Locally: DPA Academics and U3A Canberra | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
DPA staff are increasingly enjoying teaching the popular University of the Third Age Pacific Islands course at Hughes Community Centre in south Canberra.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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🌍 Join us 5 Nov 2025 for a key seminar on how service providers are helping #women access #justice in domestic violence cases in #Bangladesh & #PNG.

🧷 Register now: shorturl.at/V5Abv

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The Role of Service Providers in Helping Women's Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Cases in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea
Get tickets on Humanitix - The Role of Service Providers in Helping Women's Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Cases in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, AN...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The recording of 'Strategic Imagination' is now available.
An evening celebrating Brendan’s life, legacy & his enduring idea of ‘strategic imagination’.

🎥 Watch here: https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/strategic-imagination-essays-honour-brendan-sargeant

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Strategic Imagination: Essays in Honour of Brendan Sargeant | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Join us for an evening to celebrate the life of Brendan Sargeant and to consider his big idea of 'Strategic Imagination'. 
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October 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Delighted to welcome Prof Dominic O’Sullivan as this year’s guest speaker for our 2025 Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy!

Citizenship, Sovereignty & Self-Determination: UNDRIP & the Democratic State

📆: Thu 6 Nov, 5:30PM
🎟️: https://events.humanitix.com/2025-indigenous-diplomacy-annual-lecture
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A moving evening @ ANU celebrating the launch of Strategic Imagination & honouring Brendan Sargeant, whose work continues to remind us that imagination lies at the heart of strategy.

Congratulations to Dr Andrew Carr & contributors on a remarkable tribute to a dear friend, strategist, & mentor.
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What happens when ambiguity, luck & listening meet International Relations?

Bell School PhD candidates Wenting He, Tuukka Kaikkonen, & Isabelle Zhu-Maguire explore how these ideas shape how nations understand one another.

Watch here 👉 https://ow.ly/ufVo50XeIWQ

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Ambiguity, luck and listening: How do they shape international relations?
In three ten-minute presentations, the concepts of ambiguity, luck and listening will be explored by Wenting He, Tuukka Kaikkonen and Isabelle Zhu-Maguire. T...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In Episode 2 of Foreign Exchange, Hugh White &
Sam Roggeveen explore Australia’s enduring strategic ties with PNG, & why the latest move may matter less than it seems.

🎧: youtube.com/watch?v=wkWW...

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Should Albanese expect the Zelenskyy treatment from Trump?
YouTube video by The Saturday Paper
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October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What does it mean to think ethically in theory itself?

We're delighted to welcome Prof Kimberly Hutchings (@qmul.bsky.social) to present 'Critique & Complicity: Pluriversality & the Ethics of Theoretical Practice'.

Thurs 23 Oct, 5.30PM
🎟️: quicklink.anu.edu.au/tyos

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Critique and Complicity: Pluriversality and the ethics of theoretical practice
Get tickets on Humanitix - Critique and Complicity: Pluriversality and the ethics of theoretical practice hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building,...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Join us for the launch of Military History Supremo, honouring Prof David Horner AM FASSA - Australia’s fifth official historian of war & military operations, & official historian of ASIO.

📆 Fri 7 Nov @ ANU
🎟️: https://events.humanitix.com/military-history-supremo

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Launch: Military History Supremo
Get tickets on Humanitix - Launch: Military History Supremo hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Friday 7th November 2025. Find event information.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We're looking forward to launching the new AFA issue:
⁩ 'The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear?' on Monday, 20 October!

Register ➡️ events.humanitix.com/the-bomb-wil...

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The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear?
Get tickets on Humanitix - The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear? hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Mon...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
At the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Prof Bina D’Costa, chair of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, presented: “Principles, provisos & pathways to #ReparatoryJustice for people of African descent.”

👀 the report: quicklink.anu.edu.au/2o8m
October 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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📚 Congratulations to Alan Gamlen on the release of Edges of Empire: The Politics of Immigration in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1980-2020, co-authored with Francis Collins and Neil Vallelly. Join us for the book launch, followed by a reception with light refreshments. Register here: lnkd.in/gnNDKfnj
October 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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📣 Join us for Evaluating the #Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation — a timely event examining the progress, challenges, and future of peace in Bougainville.

🗓 Date & time: Tuesday 14 October, 2.30 - 3.30 pm AEDT
🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/OpjdC

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Evaluating the Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation
Get tickets on Humanitix - Evaluating the Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room E and Online. Tuesday 14th October 2...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Sonia Palmieri on her new book, Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji.🌺

It examines how global #gender norms intersect with local #politics to shape parliamentary change in #Fiji.

📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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October 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Date change!

Join us at 6pm on Wed 22 Oct to celebrate Brendan Sargeant & the launch of Strategic Imagination - a tribute to his enduring influence on Australia’s strategic thought. With Greg Moriarty & SDSC contributors.

🎟️: events.humanitix.com/strategic-im...

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Strategic Imagination: Essays in Honour of Brendan Sargeant
Get tickets on Humanitix - Strategic Imagination: Essays in Honour of Brendan Sargeant hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Molonglo Theatre, JG Crawford Building, 132 Lennox Crossing...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Pacific feminists are leading the fight for climate, social, & economic justice.

Join us for a public forum to hear their 17 demands, shaped by generations of lived experience & a vision for equity, ecological balance, & sovereignty.

Register now ➡️ ow.ly/kSio50X5Xys

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17 Urgent Demands of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet
Get tickets on Humanitix - 17 Urgent Demands of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran ...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Every second Thursday, Hugh White & Sam Roggeveen unpack the major shifts in international politics, and what they mean for Australia and the region in this NEW Aus Foreign Affairs series.

🎧Episode 1: youtube.com/watch?v=EJzf...

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Foreign Exchange: North Korean ICBMs, Albanese's New York tightrope, and the future of AUKUS
YouTube video by The Saturday Paper
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October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“The actions of the great powers leave little room for Malaysia to manoeuvre, & siding with the more predictable & reliable power seems to be the less risky option,” PhD Scholar Murni Abdul Hamid writes for The Interpreter.

Read the article here: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
The evolution of Malaysian foreign policy
Kuala Lumpur once prized non-alignment above all else – now it sees Beijing as more reliable than lectures from the West.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Prof Jessica Wolfendale examines the impact of sidelining civilian voices. Using cases from US drone warfare, Israel’s actions in Gaza, & alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, she calls for a rethink of the moral framework of armed conflict.

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Collateral Voices: Civilian Perspectives and the Ethics of War - Professor Jessica Wolfendale
YouTube video by ANU Coral Bell School
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October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Today 5:30PM!

Prof Jessica Wolfendale (Case Western Reserve University) on Collateral Voices: Civilian Perspectives & the Ethics of War.

In-person & online.

Register here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/collat...

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September 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Amplify Afghan Women launch Sunlight & Fire!

A moving collection of poetry by Afghan women, compiled & edited by Bell School PhD students Aryana Mohmood & Isabelle Zhu-Maguire.

🔥Read the full collection: sites.google.com/view/amplify...

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Amplify Afghan Women - Sunlight & Fire
Introduction to the poetry At Amplify Afghan Women, we are constantly looking for ways to allow the women that we work with to best express themselves, feel empowered and advocate for their needs. T...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🎉 Proud of our Master’s student Zyarna Leefe! Zyarna represented Australia at the #G20 Youth Summit (#Y20) in South Africa, advocating for Indigenous peoples to have formal seats & decision-making roles in multilateral institutions — a proposal supported by 18/20 delegations!
September 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Recording now available: Prof Andrew Stewart on Chester Wilmot’s D-Day memories.

How one war correspondent’s choices distorted how we remember the battle for Normandy.

🎥 Watch it here: youtu.be/nf3P9MzPEXs

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War Studies Seminar Series: Chester Wilmot’s D-Day Memories - Andrew Stewart
YouTube video by ANU Coral Bell School
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September 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM