John Blaxland, Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies and Director of the Australian National University North America Liaison Office, will be joining the East Asia Center to discuss "Southeast Asia and the Poly-Crisis: A View from Down Under."

Southeast Asian states are feeling squeezed by contestation between the US and China, a spectrum of governance challenges and looming environmental catastrophe – all accelerated by the fourth industrial revolution. Meanwhile, there is more dysfunction afoot in ASEAN—Southeast Asia’s main formal macroregional group—than witnessed in decades. Australia has long been a US treaty ally, yet with its existential roots in neighboring Asia (the “Near North” rather than “Far East”). In this talk, Dr. Blaxland will provide a “Down Under” perspective on Southeast Asia’s response to the poly-crisis, and why it matters.

Part of the Nelson Lectures on Southeast Asia, our event will be held Friday, September 13, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in Monroe 124.