Nicholas Chan

We are pleased to share the first post from the ANU SEAI on LinkedIn. Our launch post reflects on a special week of conversations with Professor Amitav Acharya, including the SEAI Global Lecture and Masterclass. Read more and follow ANU SEAI on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/anu-so…

"ASEAN deserves more recognition" - Prof. Amitav Acharya on ANU Southeast Asia Institute’s Global Lecture for 2026. An emphasis of his remarks on Southeast Asia's regionalism, which was constructed with a genuine sense of identity.

Coming next week!

Deeply honored to be appointed by the Australian National University as the 2026 Desmond J. Ball Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies. Des Ball was one of the greatest strategic thinkers in the world, and I had the privilege of working with him since I first met him in 1983, till his passing away in 2016. He inspired me to get into strategic studies and became a mentor, friend and collaborator. I will be in Canberra in May (8-12) to give the lecture on his honor, as well as few others at ANU, and visit Melbourne (6-7), Sydney (13) and Brisbane (14-15) to give talks on my book The Once and Future World Order. Several of these other city lectures are being organized by the Australian Institute of International Affairs as well as universities there.

Our IR201 @LSESummerSchool course on 'Power Shift: The West, the BRICS, and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order' will run on 13-31 July, taught again by my great colleague @rohan_mukh and yours truly. Share this with any interested students! lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/s…

The afterword to our latest special section on multiplexity 2.0, written by @AmitavAcharya, is now FREE to view for 2️⃣ weeks! Read it now: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

We’re honoured to host Prof. Amitav Acharya at ANU Southeast Asia Institute’s Global Lecture (May 11, 5:30–7PM) on “Bridging the local & global in International Studies." Secure your spot: events.humanitix.com/bridging-the-l…

Marcus Mietzner’s new book on the Jokowi presidency is free and online: fulcrum.org/concern/monogr…

My article "Riots could be expected: Toward a global history of protest and reaction at the World Bank" is now officially published in the newest issue of the Journal of Global History - open access! Read for post-Maoist rioters and Robert McNamara lore: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Very please to kick off this year's SEAI Seminar Series with @TommyChaiSH 's always innovative, historically-rich, and thought-provoking research on continental SEA as a strategic space. The talk's online so you can join from anywhere!

@KyungwonSuh Wow! Where do you see this?

A pleasant surprise this morning

How can we best read post-liberal world politics? @FisherOnar & I thought about this in critical convo with @AmitavAcharya's work on #Multiplexity. Result: a Special Collection for @IAJournal_CH :-) Intro to our collection FREE FOR 2 WEEKS tinyurl.com/3d7b3wc7 Do engage.

📢 Our March issue is OUT NOW! 🌏Special section: Multiplexity 2.0: power and plurality in a post-liberal world, guest-edited by @IndrajitRoyYork @FisherOnar 🔖Research articles on a just transition away from fossil fuels, why the OSCE endures, Russian expansionism and more 📚2⃣3⃣ book reviews Link to the issue > academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/2

Extremely honoured and it was a thoroughly pleasant experience working with the editors @IndrajitRoyYork and Nora and the @IAJournal_CH team to produce my piece on theorising the multiplex through extremist movements! Pls read the entire special issue for its many gems!

Was looking up the Department of War’s social media page to find smth from a speech but the autocomplete suggests Department of Pizza. It’s time to call it a day, I guess.

@chenchenzh That's an exquisite cover design. Can't wait for this Chenchen.

It's got a cover! Coming out in June.

Indonesian newspaper @tempodotco has just released a series of exposés of the inner workings of Indonesian diplomacy within the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs @Kemlu_RI under Prabowo's administration I will summarise and point out their key findings A THREAD

To wrap up the year, we've asked our colleagues to share their recommendations for books and media related to the Chinese world. From graphic novel to biographies and current affairs, take your pick! mailchi.mp/anu/newsletter…

@hmarston4 Thanks Hunter!

@Nickchan_POL Congratulations!

Getting the final proof does feel different (not least reading the blurbs from people I truly look up to); I’m glad that the year is ending with something tangible.