BREXIT: implications for the UK, the EU and Australia
Lecture
The ANU Centre for European Studies and the Centre for International and Public Law, in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Attorney-General’s Department and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law, will hold a panel discussion on the impending referendum on…
A Global Perspective on the Signing of the Paris Climate Agreement
Lecture
Ambassadors from the European Union, France, the United States, China, Morocco and Papua New Guinea will come together at a public event at The Australian National University (ANU) on Thursday to discuss their country’s efforts to maintain momentum for the Paris climate conference and COP21…
New Migrations and the Challenges of Integration in Europe, Australia & New Zealand
Conference
This expert conference, “New Migrations and the Challenges of Integration in Europe, Australia & New Zealand” seeks to analyse recent developments regarding refugees and temporary migrants in the two regions. Special attention will be given to immediate, multi-level actions to…
Russian Arctic Strategy under Vladimir Putin: East-West Conflict or Cooperation?
Seminar
The Arctic is widely considered to be an emerging potential flash point for international conflict over access to, and control of, its riches. Russia’s assertive foreign and military policies in recent years have accentuated this perception. This study of Russian Arctic strategy under Putin…
Exploring the relationship between interpersonal misconduct within organisations and peoples’ understanding of their experiences
Lecture
In her PhD, Ruth aims to re-evaluate the constructs of bullying, harassment and other interpersonal misconduct in organisations. She supports the view that the constructs have a great deal in common both by defi nition and in the measurement tools used to assess…
How does the current Russian Standoff with the West compare with the Cold War in the 1970s and in the 1980s
Lecture
Paul Dibb is Emeritus Professor of strategic studies in the College of Asia and the Pacifi at Th e Australian National University, where he was Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre from 1991 to 2004. During the Cold War, as Head of the…
Avoiding Governors: Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina, Dr Tracy Beck Fenwick
Book launch
With the goal of showing the effect of domestic factors on the performance of poverty alleviation strategies in Latin America, Tracy Beck Fenwick explores the origins and rise of conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) in the region, and then traces the politics and evolution of specific…