Yesterday's Concept Club covered a lot of ground in 30 mins.

UnEarth Geopolitics, Emergence & Regime Complexity within 3 talks from Raj Kaithwar, Maegan J. Miccelli & Matteo Cianforlini.

Concept Club returns next semester. Follow updates from Benedict Moleta 👇https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/iovb

Everything's coming up, Millhouse!

Here's what's on at the Coral Bell School.

Register here: https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/news-events

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Interview: Pacific islands walk a ‘delicate tightrope’ as China influence rises The Australian National University's Graeme Smith on Chinese influence in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Palau and others.

Associate Professor Graeme Smith (@anudpa.bsky.social) breaks down China's police presence in the Solomon Islands for Radio Free Asia, & what it means for the Pacific.

Watch the explainer:
quicklink.anu.edu.au/0l4h

Read the full story:
quicklink.anu.edu.au/g0e4

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Comfort Ero (Crisis Group CEO) joined us for our first Public Lecture of 2026 on multilateral peacemaking, why it's breaking down, & what might come next.

👀Read the transcript here: https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/0ql1

Thanks to Dr Sarah Logan for the 8th seminar of 'Discussing AI, Automated Systems, & the Future of War'.

🎧Listen to her talk, 'Certainty & Algorithmic Accountability in the Decision to Go to War', here: https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/ijbf

👀 Read the article here: https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/cfcd

Thank you to Prof Mike Williams (@uottawa.ca) for a very thought-provoking Bell School Public Lecture on 'Constructing the Civilization State: Radical Conservatism & US Foreign Policy', & to our audience for a lively discussion that followed!

Join us for future events 👉: quicklink.anu.edu.au/x3q3

‘Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels’ Roundtable | School of Regulation and Global Governance The Embassy of the Republic of Colombia, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the ANU GET Lab invite you to join an expert roundtable on Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels.

RegNet, together with the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is convening an expert roundtable on ‘Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels’. Learn more and register here: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/just-t...

Dr @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO @crisisgroup.org, will deliver our first Public Lecture of 2026, addressing the future of multilateral peace and security.

1-2PM AEDT, Tue 24 Feb @ ANU. In-person only.

Join us ➡️
quicklink.anu.edu.au/y19j

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Most AI-war research asks how machines fight. This special issue asks how they might decide to wage war, shifting focus from the battlefield to the war-room.

Read the open-access special issue guest edited by Prof. Toni Erskine here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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@ktravouillon.bsky.social & Prof Nick Lemay-Hébert’s new article published in the @ejir.bsky.social revises IPT’s dismissive stance on document analysis, analysing a unique archive of 835 Khmer-language letters sent by Cambodians to Radio UNTAC in 1993.

Read here➡️: quicklink.anu.edu.au/m4u4

Congratulations to Salā Dr George Carter, from our Dept of Pacific Affairs, on his appointment to the UN Independent Expert Group on the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index - advancing Pacific and SIDS perspectives in global policy.

Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/6u55

Military History Supremo @anupress.bsky.social is available as a free download here:
press.anu.edu.au/publica.../m...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚

Come along to the launch ‘Gender and Politics Reimagined', a coming together of academics, gender and development practitioners and activists to reflect on the gendering of politics.

🗓️ 3 December
⏰ 11 am
📍Coombs Tea Room, HC Coombs Building, ANU

Scan the QR code to register 👇

House of Dynamite, ICBMs in flight, and how nuclear deterrence would really go down YouTube video by The Saturday Paper

“I really don't think the US today has a functioning national government”

Ep 3: Hugh White (SDSC) & @samroggeveen.bsky.social unpack what Trump & Albanese’s ASEAN visit shows about power in Asia, discuss 'A House of Dynamite', nuclear proliferation & share reading picks.

📽️: youtu.be/xNrXJUFJBqY

We recently launched Military History Supremo, edited by ProfEm Joan Beaumont & Dr Garth Pratten, celebrating the remarkable career of soldier-scholar EmProf David Horner.

Great to have MajGen Chris Smith launch this important volume, thanks to all contributors & those who joined us!
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Thank you to everyone who attended our final 2025 CAP Professorial Lecture yesterday evening.

Prof Kirsten Ainley from our ANUBellSchool presented her research on the role of space when rebuilding after disasters.

You can view the event recording here: quicklink.anu.edu.au/mv1o

Finding Connection and Confidence: Pacific Visiting Fellows at DPA | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Pacific Visiting Fellows Clara Filippi and Minetta Kakarere reflect on connection, confidence, and collaboration during their time at DPA.

Pacific Visiting Fellows Clara Filippi & Minetta Kakarere share how their time at DPA deepened their research & Pacific connections. 🌏

🔗 Read their story here: shorturl.at/3l4xH
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The Pacific Research Colloquium has opened at NUS — the first time held outside Australia! 🌏📚

Co-hosted with ANU’s DPA and funded by DFAT, the PRC equips emerging Pacific researchers with skills for evidence-based policymaking.

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Prime Minister welcomes inaugural SINU-ANU seminar on Sustainable and Inclusive Development Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele has called for deeper collaboration between government, academia, and development partners to drive sustainable and inclusive growth in the Solomon Islands. Speakin...

PM Jeremiah Manele calls for stronger collaboration at the first SINU-ANU Seminar to steer the Solomon Islands toward sustainable, inclusive growth. 💡🌏

Read more: shorturl.at/huKW3
#SINU #ANU #PacificPolicy
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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.

🎥https://ow.ly/oamy50XobaO
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

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...

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.

DPA scholars meet U3A Canberra learners! 📘 Our Pacific-focused researchers are engaging with a passionate over-50s community via U3A’s Friday class.

→ Read the full story: shorturl.at/CPzGD
#PacificPolicy #ANU #LifelongLearning
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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...

🌍 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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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'. 

The recording of 'Strategic Imagination' is now available.
An evening celebrating Brendan’s life, legacy & his enduring idea of ‘strategic imagination’.

🎥 Watch here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/strategic-imaginat...

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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
🎟️: events.humanitix.com/2025-indigenous-diplomac...

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