Gareth Evans Oration

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The Gareth Evans Oration, a public policy lecture, was established in honour of former ANU Chancellor Distinguished Honorary Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC. The inaugural lecture was delivered in 2019 by Ambassador Samantha Power. Professor Evans was Chancellor of The Australian National University from 2010 until 2019. Prior to joining ANU, Professor Evans was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments from 1983-96, in the posts of Attorney General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and - from 1988-96 - Foreign Minister. During his 21 years in Australian politics he was Leader of the Government in the Senate (1993-96) and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives (1996-98). From 2000 to 2009 he was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, the independent global conflict prevention and resolution organisation. Gareth Evans was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2012 for his "eminent service to international relations, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, as an adviser to governments on global policy matters, to conflict prevention and resolution, and to arms control and disarmament".

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    2023 Gareth Evans Oration delivered by Lord Chris Patten
    (The Australian National University, 2023-03-15) Patten, Chris
    Chancellor of Oxford University and the last Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Chris Patten delivers the 2023 Gareth Evans Oration. In his address, Lord Patten points out that "my generation is fortunate to have lived in the better half of the 20th century. It has been a little like living during the decades after the Congress of Vienna in the 19th century. There has been an effective world order which has, for most of us, ensured rising prosperity and peace. By the late 1980s some claimed that liberal democracy had triumphed everywhere. This was a rather rash prediction since we now see the splintering of the post war system of international order, the rise of China with all its consequences as well as an increase in the number of authoritarian states around the globe. With American leadership how can we ensure that liberal democracies are able to create a global partnership which does not exclude China and other authoritarians but ensures the survival and success of open societies."
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    2024 Gareth Evans Oration delivered by the Honourable Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
    (The Australian National University, 2024-03-07) Ibrahim, Dato' Seri Anwar
    The opening remarks are delivered by the Australian Foreign Minister, Senator the Honourable Penny Wong, followed by a public address by Prime Minister, who addresses Navigating Geopolitical Currents: Malaysia and Australia's Pivotal Role in the Asia Pacific.

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