Here's Colin Steele on a book that appeared in 1975 predicting the Australia of 2025. citynews.com.au/2024/tomorrow-…

📢 The second round of our Grants, Awards and Fellowship Program, supporting projects that advance Philippines-related research and expertise is currently open for applications 🖊️ ➡️Apply here: Visiting fellowships: quicklink.anu.edu.au/2yzz Grants: quicklink.anu.edu.au/nm03

🎓 PhD Complete! Proud to graduate today from @ANU_NSC. My research explores how the British Indian Ocean Territory was created in '65—shaping Cold War power dynamics & entrenching US hegemony. Thanks to my ourANU team, Sue Thompson, Rory Medcalf & David Brewster.

Tell me you've never read a #History book without telling me you've never read a history book

ap.org/the-definitive…

JFK Library in Boston forced to close after Trump cuts mean staff are forced out independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

"It's the cheapest and best meal you'll buy anywhere at the price". In 1963, Tarry's chip shop in Edinburgh came up with a game-changing business idea - hot food delivered fresh to your door. It'll never catch on.

For 17 years, the US Intelligence Community has kept confidential an assessment on the national security implications of climate change. Click here to read why the spy community has kept it a secret and why we’re advocating for its declassification. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

DON'T SHRED ON ME! “The shredding party at the Reagan Building in Washington, putting classified foreign aid files and personnel records into burn bags, breaks the law and attempts to erase history,” said Tom Blanton, director of the NatlSecurityArchive. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/archivist…

The AHA expresses its disappointment that recent policy changes at the National Library of Australia have introduced increased restrictions to Trove. It urges the NLA to restore Trove's status as a hallmark of digital accessibility. theaha.org.au/wp-content/upl…

NEW: JFK Papers Reveal CIA “Family Jewels” Spying Operations in United States (Click below to read) nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

Delighted to share that "Mobilising the Australian Army: Contingencies and Compromises Over More than a Century" is now published with Cambridge University Press. Thanks to Australian Army Defence Australia ANU College of Asia and the Pacific ANUBellSchool , ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre & the all-star international line-up of

Am not a fan of the War Memorial extension, but the new reading room in the archives has a great view.

80 years ago this morning, the Manhattan Project staged the first test of a nuclear weapon in the New Mexico desert. Today, the NatlSecurityArchive publishes an updated collection of essential declassified records, photographs and films on the first atomic test. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

The Office of the Historian releases Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, Volume XLIV, Part 1, National Security Policy, 1985–1988: history.state.gov/historicaldocu… Department of State RonaldReaganLibrary #FRUS #FRUSRelease #USHistory #ForeignPolicy

📣 JOB alert 📣 The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University is hiring for a fixed-term, full-time 3 year Research Fellow in Global Security position, focused on maritime security. Please email [email protected] with any inquiries careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/533/caw/en…

Great position being advertised here as a research associate, working with ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANUBellSchool and Peter J. Dean jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/research-…

Special Edition Inside Indonesia : Sixty years on from the 1965 Indonesian genocide – 60 tahun setelah genosida Indonesia 1965 (dwibahasa) …51966perpustakaanonline.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/spe…

My forthcoming book on the British Indian Ocean Territory will soon be available for pre-order with Hurst Publishers! With BIOT being shuttered and sovereignty shifting to Mauritius in the coming months, this book is especially timely. Pre-order links coming soon.

Many thanks also to the senior representatives from Vietnam's National Boundaries Commission and scholars from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences who hosted side meetings with the Australian academic delegation. Bec Strating Andrew Chubb Sue Thompson Richard Dunley Dr Sarah Lothian