Part of the Asian security seminar series, a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, this seminar is being offered with the support of the MacArthur Foundation and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (ARC CEPS).

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

This seminar is being co-hosted by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University and the US Embassy.

As space is limited, RSVP acceptances are essential and must be received by Friday 9 October. Email Canberra-PAS@state.gov to confirm attendance.

Part of the Asian security seminar series, a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, this seminar is being offered with the support of the MacArthur Foundation and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (ARC CEPS).

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

The Asian Security seminar series is a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

Professor Pempel is renowned for his extensive work in the field of International Political Economy. His research focuses on comparative politics, Japanese political economy, and Asian regionalism. His most recent books include Crisis as Catalyst: Asia’s Dynamic Political Economy(Cornell University Press, 2008), Remapping East Asia: The Construction of a Region (Cornell University Press, 2005), and Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia-Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2004).

The Asian Security seminar series is a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

Dr Malcolm Cook is Program Director, East Asia at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. In this seminar, he proposes a new agenda for multilateral cooperation between Australia and Japan.

Dr Cook completed a PhD in International Relations at the Australian National University. He holds a Masters degree in International Relations from the International University of Japan and an honours degree from McGill University in Canada, his country of birth.

Before moving to Australia in 2000, Dr Cook lived and worked in the Philippines, South Korea and Japan and spent time in Singapore and Malaysia. Before joining the Lowy Institute in November 2003, he ran his own consulting practice on East Asian political and economic policy reform and risk analysis. He is the author of Banking reform in Southeast Asia, (Routledge, 2008), in addition to numerous op-ed pieces, academic journal articles and policy reports.

The Asian Security seminar series is a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre.

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut of France took up his post as Secretary General of the OSCE in June 2005. He had previously held a number of senior positions in the French administration, as well as in international organisations as a member of the Conseil d’État.

His most recent post prior to his appointment as OSCE Secretary General was as Director for Strategic Affairs at the French Defence Ministry from 1998.

RSVP is essential (email thu.roberts@anu.edu.au).

Dr Kim Woo-sang was appointed the Korean Ambassador to Australia in May 2008.

Previous positions have included being director of the Institute of East & West Studies at Yonsei University and being a member of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. He has also served as a key advisor to President Lee Myung-Bak on foreign policy and security issues.

Dr Kim Woo-sang received his doctorate in Political Science in 1988 from the University of Rochester, New York. For 20 years he has researched and taught security, foreign policy, and international politics at a number of institutions and universities including the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and Yonsei University in Seoul.

This seminar is part of the 'Asian Security' seminar series, a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

In this seminar, Dr Alan Gropman assesses the impact—both at home and abroad—that US President Barack Obama has made during his first 100 days in office. The seminar is part of the 'Asian Security' seminar series, a joint initiative between the Department of International Relations and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Dr Alan Gropman has been a faculty member of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), National Defense University since 1991 and is currently its Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy. Previously he was Chairman of its Department of Grand Strategy and Mobilization.

He served 27 years in the United States Air Force, including two tours in Vietnam where he accumulated more than 670 combat missions. He retired as a Colonel. He also served as a war planner in Europe and at the Pentagon.

He has a PhD in History from Tufts University, earned a diploma from the National War College, and is a distinguished graduate of the Air War College.

Joint seminar with Department of International Relations

In this presentation, Professor Williams examines the background to Somali piracy and the diplomatic and strategic benefits to be gained for Australia in engaging with this issue more directly.

In this seminar, Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb examines Russia's current displays of power in its resurgence onto the world's stage and addresses the issue of whether we are entering a new Cold War.

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 Department of International Relations

This seminar by Dr Coral Bell will focus on changes that have occurred since the end of the unipolar moment, and on the current re-emergence of the multipolar world as nations such as India and China increasingly influence the economic, political, social and strategic landscape.

Felix Perez Camacho is the sixth Governor of Guam, a position he has held since being elected in November 2002. He received his academic qualifications from Marquette University. Prior to becoming governor, he held positions with Pacific Financial Corporation and IBM Corporation and various political appointments, including as Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission. One of Governor Camacho\'s many accomplishments since assuming office has been the creation of an Office of Homeland Security.