Islam, Islamism and Democracy: the Turkish Case
Lecture
Professor William Hale Visiting Professor, Department of Politics, University of Otago, NZ Former Professor of Turkish Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. CAIS AL FALASI LECTURE THEATRE, BUILDING 127, ANU The rise of political Islamism in much of the Muslim world…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Today
Lecture
Prince Turki Al-Faisal President of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research Building 131, Garran Rd, ANU This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register attendance with ANU Events.…
The Accidental Guerrilla: fighting small wars in the midst of a big one
Lecture
David Kilcullen Senior counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq,and chief counterterrorism strategist for the US State Department. Monday 1 June, 12–1pm HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, Building 8a, Fellows Rd, ANU This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register attendance…
Russia and the Medvedev Presidency - One year on
Lecture
Professor Stuart Harris Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Dr Robert F. Miller Communist Systems Transformation Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Dr Kirill Nourzhanov Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts Moderated…
Second International Gallipoli Symposium
Conference
"The Second International Symposium on Gallipoli" will bring together international scholars of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 working on national, social, economic and military aspects of the campaign, particularly as they are reflected in archival documents, memoirs, newspaper articles, visual…
DIALOGUE, JUSTICE AND PEACE
Lecture
H.E. Dr Seyed Mohammad Khatami (former President and current Presidential Candidate of Iran) Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges. The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions. In order to deal with the threat of this insecurity…
Afghanistan: From Great Game to Grand Bargain
Lecture
Dr Barnett Rubin Director of Studies and Senior Fellow at the Centre on International Cooperation, New York University Al-Falasi Lecture Theatre, Bldg 127, Ellery Crescent Australian National University Seven years after the US-led coalition and the Afghan commanders it supported pushed the…