Features (ANU Podcasts)

Communications and External Liaison Office
  • 0.0 (0)
  • COURSES

These are recordings of ANU public lectures and special events that are featured on the ANU homepage

  1. 10/25/2011

    Assessing counter-insurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan

    Ambassador Karl Eikenberry discusses current counter-insurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan. He examines the challenges posed over time by discontinuities in strategies, something he experienced first hand during his three tours of duty in Afghanistan beginning in 2002. He also addresses problems that international civilian and military actors have encountered establishing realistic and sustainable institutional goals. Lastly, Ambassador Eikenberry speaks about the prospects of achieving transition to Afghan security by the objective date of 2014.

    1h 25m

  2. 10/24/2011

    Non-proliferation, disarmament and Australian security

    In recent years Australia has taken a leading role in national, regional and international non-proliferation and disarmament, in particular through the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May 2010 and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). This seminar addresses three key themes in the relationship between national security and non-proliferation: the state of international non-proliferation regimes, Australia’s non-proliferation commitments, and consequent regional security issues.

    1h 15m

  3. 10/13/2011

    ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King Ep3

    Three of the pillars of Thai society are in the spotlight in this new vodcast series titled ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King. This is episode three of three.The third and final episode focuses on Phramahakasat - King. The panel - Dr Tyrell Haberkorn, Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Dr Patrick Jory and Professor Charnvit Kasetsiri - discuss the role of the monarchy in Thai life and the lese majeste law.This three part series brings together some of the world's leading experts on Thailand. The series is presented by ANU Southeast Asia specialist Dr Nicholas Farrelly from the College of Asia and the Pacific, and is produced in cooperation with the annual Thailand Update and the National Thai Studies Centre.

    28 min

  4. 10/05/2011

    Professor Brian Schmidt - Nobel Prize for Physics Press Conference

    The Australian National University is celebrating the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physics to Professor Brian Schmidt. Announced in Stockholm, Sweden overnight, the award is shared with two US scientists – Professor Adam Riess from Johns Hopkins University and Professor Saul Perlmutter from the University of California, Berkeley.

    16 min

  5. 10/03/2011

    ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King Ep1

    Three of the pillars of Thai society are in the spotlight in this new vodcast series titled ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King. This is episode one of three.

  6. 09/20/2011

    Proud past, bright future? - John Faulkner

    Senator John Faulkner presents the annual Archives lecture reflecting on the history of the labour movement in Australia. His talk also opens the ‘labour history and its people’ conference hosted by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History in association with the National Centre for Biography.Senator John Faulkner has been a Senator for New South Wales since 1989 and served as a minister in the Keating and Rudd Labor governments and as Minister for Defence in the Gillard government till September last year. He was the parliamentary representative on the National Archives Advisory Council from 1996 to 2008 and was reappointed in September 2010. Senator Faulkner is an advocate for government accountability through Freedom of Information and Archives legislation and has authored publications on representative government and the history of the Australian Labor Party.

    30 min

  7. 08/18/2011

    Five months after 3.11: Japan’s triple disaster and the challenges of Japanese civil society

    On 11 March, Japan was hit by unprecedented triple disasters, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, 30-meter-high tsunami and the explosion of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Damages have been tremendous. As of 26 July, 20,444 people are confirmed dead or missing, and more than 100,000 people are still in evacuation. It seems Japan cannot return to the days before 11 March in many senses. What impact have the triple disasters had on the Japanese society, and how has the Japanese civil society dealt with the challenges it has faced? What lessons can be learnt from these disasters? This lecture will explore these questions from the perspectives of the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) and Japan Platform, two of the best-known humanitarian NGOs in Japan which have been actively involved in the disaster relief.

    1h 13m

  8. 08/15/2011

    Predators, Reapers and post-heroic war - Professor Christian Enemark

    Are air strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) changing the character of war? The United States has recently carried out drone strikes against targets inside Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya. The use of hunter-killer drones like the Predator and the Reaper is a means of engaging distant foes in a post-heroic, risk-free manner. As such, this mode of killing challenges traditional notions of what it means to be a combatant and the status of war as something morally distinguishable from other forms of violence. Arguably, the peculiar characteristic of war is that it is a potentially lethal contest in which one combatant using force against another does so in a relationship of mutual self-defence. Unlike the pilots of in-theatre aircraft, ground-based drone operators on the other side of the world experience no physical danger and are thus not required to exercise courage when using lethal force. Although the military profession is supposedly one whose defining and much-admired characteristic is risk-taking, drone operators manifest paradoxically as disembodied warriors. Is this an aberration or a transformation in military affairs?

    1h 14m
See All (40)

About

These are recordings of ANU public lectures and special events that are featured on the ANU homepage

Information

  • Creator
    Communications and External Liaison Office
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    40
  • Copyright
    © The Australian National University
  • Show Website
    Features (ANU Podcasts)

More From Australian National University