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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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17 Urgent Demands of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 6d

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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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 7d

“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.

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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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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 8d

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Watch the latest War Studies seminar ⬇️
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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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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 10d

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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Collateral Voices: Civilian Perspectives and the Ethics of War | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 22d

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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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 22d

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 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!

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 23d

"In many respects it is a unique relationship [between ANU & UPNG] — a relationship between two national universities that is also, by extension, a relationship between two nations," says Sinclair Dinnen of @anudpa.bsky.social.

Read here: devpolicy.org/the-historic...

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The historical ANU-UPNG relationship - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

The story of the relationship between the two national universities is also the story of the relationship between two nations, says Sinclair Dinnen.

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 23d

“What we would like to see are whole-of-electoral-cycle initiatives that promote equal citizenship with a focus on disability,” says Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker from our @anudpa.bsky.social.

Read here: devpolicy.org/addressing-d...

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Addressing disability inequality on polling day is just the beginning - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Disability equity in election processes is not just about voter participation but about equal citizenship throughout the electoral cycle, say Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker.

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 23d

Compelling argument by Dr Andrew Carr, from our Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, in @themonthly.com.au.

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The Monthly @themonthly.com.au · 26d

"To understand the cost of the left’s unwillingness to drive strategic issues, look no further than AUKUS."
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Military revision

By not wanting to be seen to be prioritising defence planning and budgets, the left has ceded strategic policy to the right, to the nation’s detriment

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Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) @anudpa.bsky.social · 27d

📚 To mark #PNG50, a landmark new book has arrived.
Nearly 30 stories—authored by Papua New Guineans—spotlight teachers, academics, church leaders, and community figures who helped shape the nation since 1975.

Read more here: shorturl.at/fzfGq

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ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) @anuregnet.bsky.social · 29d

We’re delighted to share the online launch of a new special issue, Memory Politics of Colonial Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conflict, Remembrance, and Peacebuilding by the Centre for Heritage & Museum Studies, co-edited by Yujie Zhu and Lia Kent. Learn more: lnkd.in/geSsbTEg

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 29d

HDRs & ECRs: Apply for the Interpretive Methods Workshop (24-27 Nov) alongside #APSA2025.

Learn ethnography, discourse & interpretive policy analysis, + decolonising, queer & more-than-human approaches.

⚠️Apply by 3 Oct: quicklink.anu.edu.au/2gap

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 29d

Funded PhD on violence against women & displacement in the Pacific, as part of ARC's CEVAW.

- $38,154 p.a. + tuition fee remission
- Work with communities across the Pacific, Asia & Australia

⚠️ Apply by 22 Sept 2025: quicklink.anu.edu.au/akr4

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Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) @anudpa.bsky.social · Sep 3

#PNG faces barriers to #women’s participation in politics & labour mobility. Join us for a seminar exploring how #migration, #politics & #gender intersect.

📢Speakers: Geejay Milli, Natasha Turia & Dr Mercy Masta
🔗 Info here: shorturl.at/pA8b7

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Gendered Experiences and Challenges in Political Participation and Labour Mobility in Papua New Guinea

Get tickets on Humanitix - Gendered Experiences and Challenges in Political Participation and Labour Mobility in Papua New Guinea hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar...

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · Sep 4

"As it was in 1998, it is financial issues driving public anger"

Prof Marcus Mietzner, from our Department of Political and Social Change, writes for The Australian.

📰: quicklink.anu.edu.au/sq47

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dr Eve Warburton, from our Department of Political and Social Change, comments on the protests in Indonesia.

Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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How the death of a delivery driver ignited Indonesia

Protests over corruption and inequality have spiralled into violence, arson and deaths.

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New Mandala @newmandala.bsky.social · Sep 2

NEW 🇮🇩 @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on how "August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest in Indonesia in ways that that echo the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s" www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...

Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala

A subculture of opposition survives the post-Jokowi politics

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · Sep 3

Economic hardship is deepening in Indonesia. But lawmakers just got a pay raise. The protests that resulted have brought politics as usual, writes Sana Jaffrey, to an end.

Read more here: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...

People Versus Power in Indonesia

Mass protests amid an economic slowdown have brought a reckoning for Indonesia’s collusive elite. Politics as usual is over. Stability is no longer possible without accountability.

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣New War Studies Seminar Series

Prof Andrew Stewart uncovers how war correspondent Chester Wilmot’s 'The Struggle for Europe' shaped and skewed how we remember Normandy.

📆 Mon 15 Sep 2025, 5:30–6:30pm
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War Studies Seminar Series: Chester Wilmot’s D-Day Memories

Get tickets on Humanitix - War Studies Seminar Series: Chester Wilmot’s D-Day Memories hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Building & Online via Zoom. ...

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ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) @anuregnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Over the last decades, public and private organisations have caused major health, financial and ecological damages. Join Benjamin van Rooij for an insightful talk on the organisational mechanisms that allow such harm to develop and continue. Learn more here: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/why-or...

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join us for an evening to celebrate the life of Brendan Sargeant and to consider his big idea of 'Strategic Imagination'.

Registration essential.

📆: Thu, 16 Oct, 6pm
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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 . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, Ac...

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