Professor Nick Bisley (Executive Director of La Trobe Asia) and Dr Benjamin Habib (Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University) present an update on North Korea, covering three recent events: - The usefulness and relevance of the United Nations report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in North Korea, authored by Michael Kirby. - The UNSC Panel of Experts report on North Korean sanction-busting regime. - North Korea’s recent weapon developments and missile testing. A La T...
Mar 20, 2014•20 min
In 2014 Asia's two biggest democracies, India and Indonesia, go to the polls to elect new governments. Both countries look destined for major political change, with potentially far-reaching consequences for domestic and international politics. In India, the leader of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, has emerged as a front runner in the polls, but the nature of the coalition he would need to form to take power is impossible to predict. In Indonesia, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo is the most popular politic...
Mar 06, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Erdem Koç (Journalism, La Trobe University) on how social media triggered protests in Turkey the mainstream ignored. In May, what started as a 50-person protest against the re-development of one of Istanbul’s smallest parks turned into a nation-wide resistance against police brutality and what protestors claimed is an oppresive regime. As Turkey’s mainstream media refused to show the protests, the resistance gained momentum, and social media became the only way to communicate. Copyright 2013 La ...
Aug 21, 2013•25 min
Dr Luca Anceschi (Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University) on the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. So soon after the 2011 revolution, was it really in the best interest of the people? Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Jul 29, 2013•13 min
Dr Luca Anceschi (Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University) on the 2013 protests in Turkey: how the protest about a park redevelopment can grow to be about an oppressive regime and police brutality. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Jul 22, 2013•11 min
Dr Ben Habib (lecturer in Social Sciences, La Trobe University) discusses recent political developments in North Korea, which has recently placed their “strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units” on their highest alert status, and made threats on striking on targets in South Korea. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Apr 11, 2013•17 min
Dr Luca Anceschi (Politics, La Trobe University) on the political turmoil in the Middle East. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Nov 07, 2011•15 min
Jeff Hansen (Australian Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) on the challenges of protecting the biodiversity of the oceans. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Jul 12, 2011•16 min
Professor Nick Bisley (International Relations, La Trobe University), Dr Luca Anceschi (International Relations, La Trobe University), and Dr Christopher Friese (American Politics, La Trobe University) on 2011 revolutions in the Middle East, and the time of change. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Apr 12, 2011•46 min
Professor Robert Manne (Politics, La Trobe University) discusses Julian Assange: his early experiences, what shaped him, the creation of wikileaks, and how politics could now be permanently changed. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
Mar 15, 2011•17 min
Professor Wolfgang Merkel (Director, Berlin Science Centre) on the downfall of social democracy and its future. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Mar 03, 2011•21 min
Ben Habib (Politics, La Trobe University) on the political climate in North Korea, and their nuclear weapon capabilities. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Nov 24, 2010•10 min
The Minister for Oil and Minerals in the Somalian state of Puntland, and a former La Trobe student, Issa Farah talks about the challenges of rebuilding Somalia. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Jul 24, 2009•11 min
The Right Honourable Mike Moore is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former leader of the World Trade Organisation, and current Adjunct Professor of La Trobe University. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
May 01, 2009•18 min
Dr David Dorward discusses how Robert Mugabe's despotic rule is plunging Zimbabwe deeper into crisis Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Jun 24, 2008•18 min
