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Crafting Democracies
Ending an authoritarian regime is a tricky business where individual political leadership can emerge as one of the most important factors in reaching the compromises and accommodations needed to bring a shift towards democracy. In this video, Professor Abraham F (Abe) Lowenthal from the…
Philip Pettit awarded Spitz Prize
Professor Philip Pettit has been awarded the David and Elaine Spitz Prize for his 2012 book On the People’s Terms: A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy. The Spitz prize is awarded by The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought for the best book in liberal and/…
Thousands "Meet the Thought Leaders" at ANU Open Day
An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement filled the air as thousands flocked to the ANU campus for ANU Open Day on Saturday 30 August. The Canberra sun shone brightly, showcasing the best that ANU and its surrounds has to offer. Star academics delivered presentations on various study options…
Changing the soul: are conservatives the new radicals?
By Shaun Crowe, Centre for the Study of Australian Politics. Few members of the 20th-century political right were more important than Milton Friedman. As an academic, author, television presenter and adviser to Ronald Reagan – who once described his show Free to Choose as a “survival kit” for…
Australians see Indonesia as a friend, but no ally
A majority of Australians regard Indonesia as a friend of Australia but not an ally, the latest Australian National University (ANU) snapshot of the nation’s views on foreign policy has found. The 2014 ANUpoll on Foreign Policy also found six in 10 Australians believe Indonesia has not assisted…
ARC Laureate Fellow to delve into Pacific's deep past
Professor Matthew Spriggs from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology has received $2.4 million in funding for his research investigating the hidden history of the Pacific. His project, The collective biography of archaeology in the Pacific: a hidden history, received funding from…
CAIS takes Persian and Arabic language teaching online
Creating an engaging and dynamic language learning environment is no easy task, but staff from the Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies (CAIS) and the Student and Education Office staff have worked together to build a new online learning environment from the ground up. Iranian students…