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Webinar: Gender Mainstreaming in Foreign Policy

Asia Rising - July 14, 2022 05:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The idea of gender mainstreaming in foreign policy is gaining traction across the world. Several countries such as Sweden, Canada, France, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Luxemburg, Libya, Chile, and most recently the Netherlands have announced Feminist Foreign Policies. Other countries such as Austr...

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The Catch ep 6: Victim's Voices

Asia Rising - July 12, 2022 04:44 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 6: Victim's Voices The final episode of The Catch Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Tracey Banivanua Mar...

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Public event: Sleepwalk to War: The Australia-US alliance in Asia

Asia Rising - July 05, 2022 04:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Australia has a strong alliance with America, one that has remained unwavering through changes of leadership and turbulent international developments. While agreements such as AUKUS and the Quad have strengthened our position in the region, it has come at the cost of relations with other states ...

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The Catch ep 5: Support

Asia Rising - July 04, 2022 02:52 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 5: Support. Episode 6 available now on all podcast platforms. Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Patricia Kailola (Human ...

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Episode CXCII - The Persecution of Christians (Valerian II)

Emperors of Rome - July 01, 2022 00:49 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Religious persecution wasn’t a new thing for Rome, but under the rule of Valerian they intensified. Christians were now the specified target, but the executions and confiscation of property did little to help the stability of the empire. Episode II of 'Valerian'. Guest: Associate Professor Cai...

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The Catch ep 4: Reintegration

Asia Rising - June 27, 2022 03:37 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 4: Reintegration Episode 5 available now on all podcast platforms. Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Associate Professo...

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The Catch ep 3: Restitution

Asia Rising - June 20, 2022 03:02 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 3: Restitution Episode 4 available now on all podcast platforms. Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Trace...

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#186: Indigenous Language Politics in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Asia Rising - June 17, 2022 04:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Chittagong Hill Tracts is in southeast Bangladesh, on the country’s border with India and Myanmar, and is home to 14 Indigenous groups. However, the state contests these people’s Indigenous status and identity. How will this impact their ability to participate in the UNESCO International Dec...

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The Catch ep 2: In Too Deep

Asia Rising - June 13, 2022 05:22 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 2: In Too Deep Episode 3 available now on all podcast platforms. Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Trace...

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Episode CXCI - Empire Under Siege (Valerian)

Emperors of Rome - June 13, 2022 05:16 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
When Valerian became emperor in 253CE Rome was fighting on all fronts. With Shapur and the Syrians taking territory in the east, and Germanic tribes to the west and the north, the empire was going to get messy for Valerian and his newly established dynasty. Episode I of 'Valerian'. Guest: Asso...

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Episode CXCI - Empire Under Siege

Emperors of Rome - June 13, 2022 05:16 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
When Valerian became emperor in 253CE Rome was fighting on all fronts. With Shapur and the Syrians taking territory in the east, and Germanic tribes to the west and the north, the empire was going to get messy for Valerian and his newly established dynasty. Episode I of 'Valerian'. Guest: Asso...

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The Catch ep 1: Recruitment

Asia Rising - June 06, 2022 11:06 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Episode 1: Recruitment Episode 2 available now on all podcast platforms. Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia) Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Trace...

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Podcast miniseries: The Catch

Asia Rising - May 30, 2022 05:05 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Catch. A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Available now on all podcast platforms. Hosted by Bec Strating, produced by La Trobe Asia.

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#185: Bongbong Marcos Wins Philippines Election

Asia Rising - May 27, 2022 03:53 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
At the end of June the Philippines will welcome new leadership featuring two very familiar names. Following in his father’s footsteps is Bongbong Marcos, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and joining him as Vice-President is Sara Duterte, daughter of the current President. While Marcos a...

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Episode CXC - I, Augustus (with Brian Blessed)

Emperors of Rome - May 26, 2022 12:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Brian Blessed is a treasured British actor who for our purposes will fondly be remembered for his iconic role as Emperor Augustus in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius. Brian dominated the screen with his performance and we were very lucky to get the chance to speak to him. Now funding ...

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Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)

Emperors of Rome - May 20, 2022 08:04 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
On the night of 18 July, 64 CE, a fire broke out in the Circus Maximus at Rome. It raged for nine days, destroying or damaging ten of the city’s fourteen regions. Was the fire just a terrible accident? Or was it deliberately lit, either by dissident Christians or by the emperor Nero, who alleg...

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Webinar: Australia votes 2022: Our place in the region

Asia Rising - May 19, 2022 06:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
As Australians head to the voting booth, much of this election has focused on our regional relationships and our place in the global order. Many have labelled this a 'khaki election', with national security becoming a major election issue. The campaign so far has been dominated by regional issu...

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#184: Modern Monarchies in Asia

Asia Rising - May 17, 2022 02:13 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
While the twentieth century saw the collapse of monarchies across Europe, recent events are a reminder that hereditary monarchies still matter in Asia. In some countries like Malaysia and Bhutan the institution is thriving, but they can struggle for relevancy given the pro-democracy movement in ...

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Episode CLXXXVIII - How to Win a Consular Election

Emperors of Rome - May 11, 2022 06:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Every year Rome held an election in which two senators were chosen for the role of consul. Being elected consul was a great honour, and the position was hotly contested, and a successful campaign depended upon the candidate’s military achievements, rhetorical skills and their willingness to be c...

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#183: Indonesia’s Foreign Policy in a Changing Regional Environment

Asia Rising - May 03, 2022 04:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Indonesia aspires to play an active and influential role in regional and global affairs, and its public expects broad influence. How can its foreign policy ideas adapt to a changing and contested region? And how can prospective partner countries such as Australia build trust and relationships? ...

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Episode CLXXXVII - The Battle of Philippi

Emperors of Rome - April 29, 2022 14:44 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
More than two years have passed since the death of Caesar, and we now find our story at the final battle of the Liberator’s war. Octavian and Mark Antony lead their forces west to confront Cassius and Brutus, who have amassed quite the army in the meantime. Part VI of 'The Liberator's War' Gue...

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#182: Japan's Regional Security Challenge

Asia Rising - April 26, 2022 06:57 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Japan occupies an ambitious position in geopolitics, desiring to maintain a balance of power in the face of a rising China, and to bring about economic prosperity, peace, and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Guest: Associate Professor Stephen Nagy (Department of Politics and International ...

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Episode CLXXXVI - Proscriptions

Emperors of Rome - April 21, 2022 12:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus have secured their alliance against Caesar's assassins, and since they have control of Rome, it's time for them to get rid of any competition. Proscribing an enemy means they will likely be executed, and their personal fortunes can be confiscated and put towards...

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Public event: The Xinjiang Emergency

Asia Rising - April 06, 2022 07:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Since 2016, an estimated one million Uyghurs and members of other Turkic Muslim minorities have disappeared into a vast network of ‘re-education camps’ in the far west region of Xinjiang, China in what some experts call a systematic, government-led program of cultural genocide. Those outside de...

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Public event: Deepening Australia-Japan Relations in a Contested Region

Asia Rising - April 05, 2022 01:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
As regional powers in the Indo-Pacific, Australia and Japan have much to gain from increased bilateral cooperation and increased interaction through ‘minilaterals’ such as the Quad. Strategic forces are pushing the states closer together, and Australia relationship with Japan has never been clos...

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Episode CLXXXV - The Second Triumvirate

Emperors of Rome - March 29, 2022 11:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
After his victory in at Mutina, Octavian desired honours that the senate declined to award him. This led him to re-evaluate who his enemy truly was, and make an alliance with the recently defeated Mark Antony. Part IV of 'The Liberator's War' Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Associate Professor in C...

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Webinar: Fresh Perspectives on the Indo-Pacific

Asia Rising - March 29, 2022 00:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
This launch of Issue 6 of the La Trobe Asia Brief brings together emerging leaders to discuss critical issues facing the Indo-Pacific. Written by students and young professionals from a diverse range of areas, this event will explore gender and conflict resolution in the Indo-Pacific, Australia...

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#181: Indigenous Language Politics in Inner Mongolia

Asia Rising - March 24, 2022 02:41 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
The Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in northern China has, in recent years, been the site of extensive protests against changes to the education system that have diminished the role of the Mongolian language. What might the UN’s Decade of Indigenous Languages mean for the region’s Mongols and ...

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Episode CLXXXIV - The Siege of Mutina

Emperors of Rome - March 21, 2022 02:54 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
As Antony heads north he finds the city of Mutina defended by Decimus Brutus. Antony lays siege, but he doesn't count on a young Octavian leading the army to confront him. Part III of 'The Liberator's War' Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at La Trob...

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Webinar: Gendering the Pandemic: Women’s representation and participation in the Asia-Pacific

Asia Rising - March 21, 2022 02:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
For all states across the Asia-Pacific women's representation in all sectors remains dismally low. The COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it have disproportionately affected women and girls across the Asia-Pacific, from alarming increases in domestic violence during extended lockdowns to the gro...