Ep. 15: Towards reinvigorating Australian foreign policy studies (LIVE @ ANU)

Published: March 18, 2019, 4 a.m.

b'We are delighted to bring you a special edition of the podcast, a recording of a live event at which Allan Gygnell moderated a panel discussion on the topic: \\u201cTowards reinvigorating Australian foreign policy studies\\u201d.\\nThe 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper highlighted how forces of change are challenging the rules-based global order upon which Australia\\u2019s security and prosperity has depended since the Second World War. At this moment of uncertainty in Australian foreign policy, how well-equipped are Australian academics to contribute to navigating a way forward? Asking this question invites reflection on the state of foreign policy studies in Australia as well as the extent to which the study and practice of foreign policy are (or could, or even\\xa0should\\xa0be) connected.\\nThe Panel was comprised of three very distinguished guests:\\nProfessor Valerie M. Hudson, the ANU Vice Chancellor\\u2019s \\u201cAustralia in the World\\u201d Visiting Fellow and Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair in the Department of International Affairs of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University;\\nMark Kenny, Senior Fellow at the ANU Australian Studies Institute and former chief political correspondent and national affairs editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times; and\\nProfessor Jacqui True, Professor of Politics & International Relations and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Monash University.\\nThe event was held on Thursday 14 March 2019 on campus at the Australian National University, in partnership with the ANU Australian Studies Institute and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. It was the concluding event of a day-long conference on the topic of Australian Foreign Policy Studies chaired by Professor Hudson and Professor Michael Wesley, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific (from whom you will also hear from on the podcast).\\nOur thanks go to Martyn Pearce of the Crawford School for his production and editing support.\\nRelevant links\\nEvent page: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2019-03-14/towards-reinvigorating-australian-foreign-policy-studies\\nValerie\\u2019s bio: http://www.vmrhudson.org/\\nMark\\u2019s bio: http://ausi.anu.edu.au/people/mark-kenny\\nJacqui\\u2019s bio: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jacqui-true'