Geopolitical dynamics

Saturday, 16 March 2024
6:00 pm 7:30 pm

Darley Smith Building 1 Darley Road Manly, NSW, 2095 Australia (map)

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Ukraine. The Gaza Strip. The Solomons. China. Israel. The USA. Five Eyes. The Quad. AUKUS. Russia. Taiwan. The South China Sea. Syria. BRICS. NATO. The Global South. North Korea. The G-20.

Where do we start when it comes to international issues and foreign policy? Why is it important for Australia—at the “arse end of the earth”—to have such a strong interest and presence in geopolitical issues and forums? What are the most pressing foreign policy issues for Australia, and the world? What will geopolitical dynamics hold for 2024 and beyond?

Join us for the Closing Event of the Manly Writers’ Festival with a Q&A-style discussion.

Host: Michael Brissenden

Featured

Allan Behm specialises in international and security policy development, political and security risk evaluation, policy analysis and development, and negotiating the policy/politics interface with the Australia Institute.

Edward Acton Cavanough is a journalist, researcher and policy analyst based in Adelaide. He has reported from Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.

Mark Edele is Hansen Professor in History and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of six books on the history of the Soviet Union, including Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II (2021), and most recently Russia’s War Against Ukraine (2023).

Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, bestselling author, filmmaker, and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He’s written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many others.

Lachlan Strahan was an Australian diplomat for 30 years, serving in Germany, Korea, India (as deputy High Commissioner), Switzerland (as acting UN Permanent Representative) and Solomon Islands (as High Commissioner until January 2023).