Launch: The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan (Melbourne CBD)

Monash University Publishing is delighted to invite you to the launch of The Curious Diplomat: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Diplomacy by Lachlan Strahan. From the Indo-Pacific and beyond, The Curious Diplomat is a riveting insider’s account of diplomacy and politics, and Australia’s position in the world.

The Curious Diplomat will be launched by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC.

Please RSVP via this link by Monday 17 November.

Lachlan Strahan is a historian and former diplomat. His book Australia’s China (1996) has become a key work on Australia–China relations. His account of a series of crimes in Papua New Guinea after the Second World War, Day of Reckoning, was shortlisted for the 2006 NSW Premier’s Australian History Prize, and his most recent book, Justice in Kelly Country – which traces the story of his great-great-grandfather, a policeman who hunted Australia’s most notorious bushrangers – was shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Award for History.

Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke-Keating governments for thirteen years, including as Foreign Minister from 1988-96; led the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000-09; and was Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2010-19, where he is now Distinguished Honorary Professor. He co-chaired major international commissions on mass atrocity crimes and nuclear weapons, has won many national and international awards, and has written or edited fourteen books, including Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency (2022), Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (2017), The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes (2009), Australia’s Foreign Relations (1995) and Cooperating for Peace (1993).

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