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Hedley Bull: theorist or strategist?

Rob Ayson's new book about Hedley Bull sheds light on the 'whole Hedley', writes Ian Hall.

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Hedley Bull: theorist or strategist?

Japan's Okinawa Dilemma

Writing in Inside Story, David Envall considers the dilemmas created by America’s bases in Okinawa and the likelihood that they will generate ongoing problems for the US–Japan alliance, Japanese grand strategy and the region at large.

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Japan's Okinawa Dilemma

Cultures of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific

Keynotes 11 interrogates the universal concept of humanitarianism, looking particularly at approaches in China, Japan and Indonesia.

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Cultures of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific

India Threat?

Why has India become the world's biggest arms importer? Should we be afraid? Ian Hall ruminates on the apparent 'India threat'.

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India Threat?

Undergraduate Studies in International Relations

ANU undergraduate students can now take courses offered by the Department as electives within their own degrees.

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Undergraduate Studies in International Relations

Graduate Studies in International Affairs

Study with students from around the globe at a world class university, home to one of the world's leading centres for International Relations.

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Graduate Studies in International Affairs

Welcome to the Department of International Relations

The Department of International Relations is one of the world's leading centres for research and graduate training in International Relations. We are unique in combining the general theoretical and empirical study of international and global politics with a focus on political dynamics and developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Updated:  14 May 2013/Responsible Officer:  Head, Dept of International Relations /Page Contact:  ips@anu.edu.au