This seminar is part of the Asian Security Seminar Series. It is being co-hosted by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, the Department of International Relations, and the Crawford School of Economics and Government (all of The Australian National University). The seminar is made possible by the Embassy of the United States of America in Canberra.

Joint seminar with Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

Tony Payne is Professor at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield. He was the Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) from 1996 to 1999 and Co-Director from 2002 to 2004. He was Visiting Professor in the Department of Public Administration of City University Hong Kong in May 2005 and Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University in January-April 2006. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of International Relations, RSPAS, The Australian National University. His principal research interests are the politics of the Caribbean, international political economy and the politics of development.

Philip Towle is Reader in International Relations at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge. He joined in 1980 following a period as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University, previously having worked for Reuters News Agency and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was Deputy Director (1982-93) and then Director of the Centre of International Studies (1993-1998). He currently runs the course on International Security for the MPhil in International Relations. His research interests are in East Asian security and the causes and consequences of warfare.

Joint seminar with Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

Joint seminar with Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

Richard Devetak is senior lecturer in International Relations. He completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees at Monash University and his PhD at Keele University (UK). He had previously been lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester, Warwick University and Monash University. He is co-author with Scott Burchill, Jack Donnelly, Andrew Linklater, Matthew Paterson, Chris Reus Smit and Jacqui True of Theories of International Relations, Third Edition (Palgrave, 2005), co-editor with Chris Hughes of Globalization’s Shadow: Globalization and Political Violence (Routledge, forthcoming), and has published on contemporary theoretical debates in international relations, theories of the state, justice and globalisation, humanitarian intervention, terrorism and the war on terror, as well as foreign policy, refugees and national identity in the Australian context.

Since July 2002, Dr Bates Gill has held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He previously served as a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and inaugural Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. He has also directed East Asia programs at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute, Monterey, California and at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and formerly held the Fei Yiming Chair in Comparative Politics at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China. In October 2007, Dr Gill will become Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

The 25 March 2007 marked the bicentenary of a piece of legislation passed in the British parliament which formally abolished the slave trade throughout most of the British Empire. Much was made of this occasion in political domains and amongst the media with the event duly celebrated as the end point of a highly successful historical campaign. Yet commentators argued that focussing upon the impact of historical claims for justice should not distract attention away from the persistent and grave consequences stemming from contemporary forms of slavery. This panel will bring together historical and contemporary perspectives of slavery and human trafficking, globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. It will examine the impact of global efforts to bring a halt to these industries in historical and contemporary periods. It will also examine how individuals are made vulnerable by contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in our region.

The three speakers are:

Dr Joel Quirk: RCUK Fellow, Department of Law and Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull.

Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi: Ph.D Candidate, Anthropology Department, Australian National University.

Dr Sallie Yea: Lecturer in International Development at RMIT University.

The Reflecting on Peace Practice Project is an experience-based learning process that engages peace practitioners from humanitarian organizations and aid agencies in a collaborative effort to learn how to improve the effectiveness of peace practice. CDA has been working with active peace programs in the Balkans and Africa to test and refine initial learning outcomes from the project (see www.cdainc.com) This seminar will be valuable for those interested in peacebuilding strategies and the 'Do No Harm' approach to humanitarian and development assistance.

Jeffrey Lantis is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University and a Visiting Scholar in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of New South Wales. His home institution is The College of Wooster in the United States. His research specialisations include international cooperation and conflict and foreign policy analysis. He is author of several books on foreign policy decision-making (1997, 2001, and 2002) and active teaching and learning in international studies (2000). His articles have appeared in academic journals including International Security, International Studies Review, International Politics, and International Negotiation. In addition, Lantis has taught a wide range of courses on international relations, comparative foreign policy, and critical history and film. He has also designed and led workshops on active teaching and learning in international studies around the world.

The lecture is for the GSIA IPE Class but anyone else who is interested in the topic will be very welcome to come along.

Please note that this is a Friday

Please note that this is a Friday

The challenges of transnational environmental crime in the Asia Pacific include illegal logging and timber smuggling, species smuggling, the black market in ozone depleting substances, the illegal movement of toxic and hazardous waste and other prohibited chemicals. As well as the environmental consequences, these forms of illegal activity across borders can involve corruption and financial crime, loss of tax revenue, parallel trading with other forms of criminal activity, and distortion of the licit market. This Public Forum will explore the issues involved in transnational environmental crime with a particular focus on responses in the Asia Pacific that address the problems of detection, prevention and punishment. They range across law enforcement and border control, compliance and intelligence networks, customs initiatives and market strategies. They involve governments and government agencies, regional organisations, non-governmental organisations and the private sector.

More information at: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ir/tec

Joint seminar with Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

Professor O'Neill is one of Australia's most respected international strategic thinkers and security experts. In this seminar, he will examine the impact of intractabilities in Iraq on US security capabilities in East Asia and the Pacific. This seminar is part of the 'Asian Security Seminar Series', run jointly by IR and SDSC.

Joint seminar with Strategic and Defence Studies Centre