Description
The future of the Indo-Pacific region is being buffeted by an array of complex forces including the return of great power rivalry, rising illiberalism, and growing nationalism.
SPEAKERS:
The Hon Julie Bishop MP (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party)
Professor Nick Bisley (Head, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University)
Tony Walker (Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University)
Dr Rebecca Strating (Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University)
In partnership with La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society Program.
Recorded at Grand Hyatt Melbourne on 1th April 2018.
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