Writing about foreign relations and diplomacy from a position of knowledge

Even after a long and rewarding career in journalism, Aarti Betigeri knew that studying a Master of International Relations program at the Coral Bell School...

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AI expressed through art – a collaborative project bringing research to life

Dr Christopher Hobson has collaborated with artist Ashley Cullen to create a mural exploring themes related to his research in artificial intelligence (AI),...

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Dr Lauren Richardson funded for Japan Studies Seminar Series

Seminar series project will showcase cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars based primarily in Australia and Japan.

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The study and teaching of International Relations is at a crossroads within and beyond Australia. The old ingredients of international order settled liberal norms, and the overarching framework of American power are today contested as rising powers seek to create their own place in the global and regional order and as existing powers face a range of internal and external challenges.

The Department of International Relations, the first of its kind in Australia, is a world-leading centre of the study of the challenges, opportunities, and processes that emerge from these momentous changes. Since our foundation in 1949, we have approached the challenge of thinking about global and regional affairs with a combination of academic rigour and ethical awareness. Today, the Department follows in the footsteps of the discipline-leading men and women who have worked here in the past and upon whose inheritance we continue to build. The quality of our academic research has been consistently recognised in various global and national rankings – along with colleagues from across the ANU, we have received a QS ranking for ANU Politics and International Studies discipline as eight in the world and a score of 5 in the most recent ERA. Read further

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The Department of International Relations is a world leader in teaching International Relations, whether at the doctoral, masters, or undergraduate level.

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Raihan Ismail

Raihan Ismail is a Senior Lecturer at the Coral Bell School, ANU. She was a DECRA Fellow from 2019-2022. She was the co-recipient of the Max Crawford Medal in 2018, awarded by the Australian Academy of the Humanities...

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Kirsten Ainley

Kirsten Ainley joined the Department of International Relations in mid-2020. Coming from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was Associate Professor in the Department of International...

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Lorraine Elliott

My research focuses on global governance and human security, transnational environmental crime, regional environmental governance in Southeast Asia, environmental security, climate security and human security (with a...

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Alana Moore

Alana received her BA (Honours Class I) from the University of Queensland, majoring in both Peace and Conflict Studies and Logic and the Philosophy of Science, during which she completed an internship with the United...

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Mr William Fisher was the Australian Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism until joining The Australian National University in 2014. He was previously the Australian Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to La Francophonie and...

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