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Here you will find information about the establishment of the College, about its staff, and about the activities in which it engages. Information about the College's graduate programs is regularly updated. Our links page will help you obtain information about other parts of the ANU with which the College cooperates closely, and about other institutions involved in training in transnational diplomacy.

We are developing an innovative and exciting schedule of activities, and information about public events will be posted on this site. Please feel free to contact us for further information.

 
Upcoming Events
 
Title : The Responsibility to Protect: Ten Years On
Presenter : Professor the Honorable Gareth Evans, AO QC, Chancellor of The Australian National University; Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; author of The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All (Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008).

Professor Ramesh Thakur, Professor of International Relations, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University; Commissioner of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; author of The Responsibility to Protect: Norms, laws, and the use of force in international politics (New York: Routledge, 2011).

Professor Anne Orford, Michael D. Kirby Professor of International Law, Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, and Director of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne University; author of International Authority and the Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Chair : Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University
When : Thursday 1 December 2011, 2.00-5.00 pm
Location : Law Link Lecture Theatre, ANU
RSVPs are essential as places are limited. Contact ExecutiveOfficer.APCD@anu.edu.au or call 02-61257983
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Recent Events
 
Title : US Nuclear Policy after the Nuclear Posture Review
Presenter : Hans M Kristensen, Director of the Nuclear Information Project - Federation of American Scientists
When : Monday 1 August 2011 - 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Location : Law Link Theatre, Law Building (7), Fellows Road, ANU
RSVP - Not required
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Title : WikiLeaks and Cablegate: Implications for Diplomacy, International Relations and the Public Interest
Presenter : Mr Daryl Copeland (Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and author of Guerrilla Diplomacy (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009))
Chair: Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU
When : Friday 8 July, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm
Location : APCD Boardroom, First Floor, The Hedley Bull Centre, Building 130, The Australian National University, Canberra
 
Title : Hunger is a man-made problem? Can women solve it?
Presenter : Kristin Sundell, International Food Security Policy Advisor, ActionAid USA
Professor Stephen Howes, Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU
Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Crawford School of Economics and Government
Chair: Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU
When : Friday 3 June, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm
Location : APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Building, Building 130, The Australian National University, Canberra
RSVP - jon.edwards@actionaid.org
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Title : Peace Operation Success
Chair: Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU
When : Thursday 19 May 2011, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Location : APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Building, Building 130, The Australian National University, Canberra
RSVP - Not required
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Title : "A More Secure World"
Presenter : Professor Andrew Mack, Director, Human Security Report Project
When : Monday 21 February 2011 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
Location : APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Building, Building 130, The Australian National University, Canberra
RSVP - Not required
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Title : "Is global democracy under threat?"
Presenter : Mr Vidar Helgesen, Secretary-General, International IDEA
When : Wednesday 23 February 2011 - 4.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Location : APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Building, Building 130, The Australian National University, Canberra
RSVP - Not required
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APCD Activities
'From 22-24 April 2010, staff and students went on a two-day retreat to the ANU's coastal campus at Kioloa. As part of the retreat program, Dr George Varughese (extreme left), Visiting Fellow in the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy and Country Representative of the Asia Foundation in Nepal, provided a briefing on the challenges for diplomats in severely-disrupted states.'
 
'From 22-24 April 2010, staff and students went on a two-day retreat to the ANU's coastal campus at Kioloa. As part of the retreat program, Dr George Varughese (extreme left), Visiting Fellow in the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy and Country Representative of the Asia Foundation in Nepal, provided a briefing on the challenges for diplomats in severely-disrupted states.'
 
 
Recent Events
Master Degree FAQs
Handbook Schedule - 2009 Transnational Diplomacy
On 6-7 July 2011, the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy hosted a Forum on Public and Citizen Diplomacy. Pictured (left to right): Ms Zara Kimpton OAM, National Vice-President, Australian Institute of International Affairs; Ms Ann Olsen Schodde, President and CEO, U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy; Professor Jan Melissen, Head of the Clingendael Diplomatic Studies Programme and co-editor of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.
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