A new office of Southeast Asia: what lessons can be taken from the Office of the Pacific? Explore what Joanne Wallis, Richard Moore and Melissa Conley Tyler have to say for this week's Intel. Read the responses: devintelligencelab.com/intel/08septem… Sign up here: devintelligencelab.com/the-intel#emai…

Had missed this originally but good to see that Pat Conroy MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific and Minister for Defence Industry, has been included on Nat Sec Committee of Cabinet

My book, 'Hold Your Friends Close: Countering Radicalization in Britain and America', is now available for pre-order. Seems apposite as the Jan 6 trials play out. Let me explain. 1/ Oxford Academic amazon.com/Hold-Your-Frie…

Breaking- the govt says it will boost aid funding for the Pacific by $900 million over 4 years in the budget. That's quite a bit higher than the $525m increase Labor pledged at the election. Aid spending over forwards now forecast to increase by almost $1.4 billion in total 1/

What went wrong in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 election and how can these challenges be overcome? Hear from devpolicy.org’s Terence Wood on the important, unanswered questions from the July elections. 1.30pm, Friday 28 October RSVP now crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…

Today, we are releasing the 2022 edition of the @Lowyinstitute Pacific Aid Map, the most comprehensive database of aid and development flows to the #Pacific ever assembled. Here are our key findings 1/ Check it out on pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org

Congratulations, Sarah Logan! And what a fantastic cover. Love it!

Our Master of Diplomacy is now a one-year program! Become a part of the university that has produced some of the greatest diplomats in the country and is an intrinsic part of the national policy circle. Applications for domestic students are now open! programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2023/program/M…

#AAC2022 kicks off day 2 with some amazing talent in a Great Debate on ‘Geopolitical competition is good for aid.’ Affirmative: Ben Day Bridi Rice Henry Ivarature Negative: Alice Ridge Terence Wood Guttenbeil Likiliki Chaired by Stephen Dziedzic

#AP4D Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler & working group member Ben Day ANUBellSchool write in ASPI on the role of strategy, structure, staff & society in enabling better coordination of Australia's tools of #statecraft. Read AP4D's new paper at asiapacific4d.com/idea/all-tools….

It's a brief appearance, but today, a career/life goal has been achieved. I'm on ABC News' Behind the News! A teacher wheeling in the enormous TV into class to show us "BTN" was a big part of my childhood, so I am rather chuffed. abc.net.au/btn/classroom/…

Thrilled to announce the launch of a new Routledge Politics, IR & Area Studies book series on ‘Identity, Ideology and Worldviews in Global Politics’, co-edited by @gregoriobettiza.bsky.social, Stephane Baele (Exeter Politics) and myself (ANUBellSchool). Please circulate widely and send us your ideas/proposals!

Folks, getting the word out about this excellent scholarship scheme at the ANU to pursue a PhD in International Relations. Come and join our close-knit & collegial team of world leading established and emerging scholars!

OUP have made the 62-page introduction to our Sepúlveda book freely available for the next four weeks. Get reading, people! academic.oup.com/book/46077/cha…

Great to have my ourANU colleague Ben Day back on the devpolicy.org blog. I don’t agree with everything he says, but he makes some important points, including the contradiction between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Aus development budget devpolicy.org/show-me-the-de…

Today on devpolicy.org Ben Day laments an unambitious & contradictory new Australian development policy, and an underwhelming civil society response. Not sure I agree with everything, but it's well argued, we should all pay heed. devpolicy.org/show-me-the-de…

Today, we are releasing the 2023 edition of the The Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map, the most comprehensive database of aid and development flows to the #Pacific ever assembled. Here are several of our key findings for this year’s edition 1/ Check it out on pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org

Full draft program for devpolicy.org 's #AAC2023 has now been released: ➡️35 x parallel panel sessions ➡️4 x keynote addresses ➡️4 x publication launches 5-7 Dec, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Register here: devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/annual-austral…

Great stuff, Lauren!!! Congratulations.

#FederalBudget2024 - will Australia increase its humanitarian support? Will the development budget focus on climate, gender and locally led development? Bridi Rice and Richard Moore have set out what to watch for 7:30pm - have a read! 👉ow.ly/LjGT50RFhCq