From the Great War to the Asian Century: what we can learn from 1914 about our place in the world.
A century ago Australia was caught up in an immense and incomprehensible war that changed our country for ever.
Looking inwards, we think a lot about what the war taught us about ourselves. We spend less time looking outwards, asking what it can teach us about the world we live in, our place in that world, and the choices we face today in the Asian Century.
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These questions are important, because the risks and challenges we face today are not so very different from those of a century ago.
Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, will deliver the 2014 Annual Hawke Lecture.
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, AC, AFC (Ret’d) is unable to present the 2014 Annual Hawke Lecture due to his involvement in the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Ukraine. Please visit the Hawke Centre website for more information.
FREE registration, From the Great War to the Asian Century: what we can learn from 1914 about our place in the world
5 August, 6pm
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
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