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ASEAN’s operation offers a guide to Pacific nations
The Pacific can learn from the challenges ASEAN faces as it feels the heat from increasing competition between China and the United States in the region. Name the region: a group of diverse states,...
Bell School PhD scholars co-author Bangladesh's National Strategy on Climate Displacement
The Bangladesh government has announced a $37 billion budget to tackle climate change. The budget is based on its 2021 National Strategy on Internal Displacement Management, and is co-authored by...
Meet Haula Noor
Haula Noor is a PhD graduate of the Department of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs. She received her BA in Psychology and a MA in Interdisciplinary Islamic...
George Floyd was not just killed — he was tortured
“Well, I saw … what everybody in the world saw, a man being tortured to death while he asked for them to take the knee off the neck because ‘I can’t breathe’.” That is how the lawyer for George Floyd...
Asia illiteracy
For decades, successive Australian governments have recognised that Asia holds the key to our nation’s economic prosperity and security. Australia has built up massive trading relationships with...
Supporting democratic values and institutions in Southeast Asia
The Department of Political and Social Change (PSC) has received a doubled level of funding from the Australian Government for a wide-ranging research project on Southeast Asia. This supports the...
Shedding light on the Vietnamese LGBTIQ+ movement
As a recipient of the Ben and Melinda Tria Kerkvliet Southeast Asia Research Award, Huyen Truong has been able to further her research into the LGBTIQ+ community in Vietnam. Huyen hopes to explain...
Changing immigration stance in focus at 2019 Japan Update
Japan’s rethink on immigration in the face of an impending labour force crisis was in the spotlight at The Australian National University’s annual Japan Update on Wednesday 4 September. In the...
Australia 360 – exploring the big issues that confront us
Young leaders and professionals gathered with leading researchers, thinkers and practitioners in the majestic Gandel Hall at the National Gallery of Australia on Wed 21 August to take a closer look...
Scholarship for Asia-Pacific research
Ruth Daroesman Graduate Study Grant Are you a postgraduate student or HDR candidate planning to undertake study or research in Asia and the Pacific? If so, you may be eligible to apply for the Ruth...