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New Research

Rates of return to university education: the regression discontinuity design

15 March 2010This paper develops a model to estimate the value of returning to a university degree and the causal effect of a university education on earnings in China.
Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

09 March 2010This final report of the Baird review of the legislation that governs international education in Australia makes a series of recommendations for reform.

Indonesia and Australia: time for a step change

08 March 2010The relationship with Indonesia is one of Australia’s most important but it is still not on a firm footing, argues Fergus Hanson.

International student security: globalization, state, university

07 March 2010This paper looks at the human security of students who cross national borders for the purposes of formal study.
Reforming the global order

Reforming the global order

05 March 2010Despite the many reasons to be pessimistic about the current world situation there are some distinguished optimists out there, with concrete plans for change for the better.

Defence

Trends in US defence spending: implications for Australia

19 March 2010This paper contributes to the important task of keeping an eye on developments in US defence policy and the implications for Australia.

Homeward bound: Australia's new counter-terrorism white paper

19 March 2010This paper offers some ideas on the elements of a more comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy.

Nuclear weapons: Arms control, proliferation and nuclear security

15 March 2010The nuclear arms control agenda currently enjoys a prominence that it has not had since the first half of the 1990s. 

International issues

Dry days down under: Australia and the world water crisis

19 March 2010This US paper explores the historical and global contexts of the current Australian drought.

Commentary

Australia-India: reimagining the relationship

15 February 2010First, let’s fix the education problems. Then let’s recognise the missing link in Australia–India relations, writes Robin Jeffrey in Inside Story

The fine art of diplomacy

27 January 2010The lack of Australian cultural diplomacy in China has ramifications which reach far beyond the cultural sector, writes Dan Edwards in New Matilda.

Identity politics

20 January 2010Attacks on Christian churches in Malaysia tell us more about shifting political faultlines than about religious attitudes, writes Amrita Malhi in Inside Story

Audio

Liberalism and Australian foreign policy

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15 March 2010From the Vietnam War to the Afghanistan War, from international law to the treatment of refugees, Mr Fraser discusses the meaning of liberalism in the global context.

Asia pivots

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05 March 2010Dr Malcolm Cook speaks on how Asia's continental and horizontal dimensions are reasserting themselves - in ways that question Australia's place in Asia.

Pacific Islands & New Zealand

Comparison of workers' compensation arrangements in Australia and New Zealand

19 March 2010This comparison provides background to the evolution of workers' compensation arrangements in two jurisdictions and discusses the way that each scheme deals with coverage, benefits, return to work provisions, self-insurance, common law, dispute resolution and cross-border arrangements.

Security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific: volume 2

26 February 2010This report identifies the way the region's physical and geographical characteristics combine with limited human and technological capacity to reduce the ability of states to undertake day-to-day policing and respond effectively to large scale breakdowns in law and order.

Capturing the year 2009. Writing from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

28 January 2010This anual selection of writing from ANU scholars ranges from archaeology, linguistics and history to economics, political science and security policy.

Video

New media and world politics

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26 November 2009At this Lowy Institute talk held in Melbourne, Sam Roggeveen, editor of the Lowy Institute's influential political commentary site, The Interpreter, offers his perspectives on how new media is changing the world.

Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development

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09 October 2009'We live in a highly mobile world where migration is not only inevitable but also an important decision.'

Websites

Asia Beyond Conflict

20 November 2009This site examines recent conflicts over history in Northeast Asia, and explores possible paths towards reconciliation.

Austral Peace and Security Network

21 September 2009Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin covers critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region.

Australian Defence College Publications

11 September 2009Australian Defence College publications are produced to foster research on important national and international defence and security matters.

Books

TV drama in China

  • Edited by Ying Zhu, Michael Keane, and Ruoydon Bai
  • University of Washington Press
This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution, and consumption of TV drama, an international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The collection explores industry dynamics, how TV dramas are marketed and consumed on DVD, and China's aspirations to export its television drama rights.
Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

  • Ron Huisken
  • ANU E Press
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.

Policy Guides

The handbook, produced by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, contains a compilation of international laws and good practices developed to combat human trafficking.

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