Rikki Kersten

Honorary Professor at the Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU; specialist in Japanese politics, history, foreign and security policy. FAIIA.

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@stephendziedzic Same to you Stephen. Thanks for all your stellar reporting this year. You are now setting the bar on Asia news analysis.

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

In 1914-1915, a scandal erupted in England about the shortage of high explosive shells for the western front. There was a lag in industry expanding to satisfy the enormous consumption of munitions in the war. Something similar is occurring now with #Ukraine. 1/24

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@RachaelHasIdeas Explains a lot.

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@JDWilson08 Your bowls are plenty fancy. And it’s Christmas, followed by New Year sales……

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@CorbenTom As insightful as always Tom Corbin

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@mjrowland68 @BreakfastNews @USEmbAustralia Was a weak, celebrity interview-nothing about B52 deployment or wider strategic implications.

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@stephendziedzic You said it brother

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@DrIanHall We know for sure it’s an important announceable for Kishida’s trip. Cooperation is already happening in intelligence and interoperability. We won’t know how important the revised agreement really is until we see the text (which they are still arguing over).

[Australian Institute of International Affairs @AIIANational]

Congratulations to the 2022 AIIA Fellows:
Prof @Gbarme
@DarrenGodwell
Prof @EvelynGohCL @ANUasiapacific
Jane Halton AO PSM
Prof @RikkiKersten @ANUasiapacific
Dr Tony Press @UTAS
Morry Schwartz AM @BlackIncBooks
@NStottDespoja AO
Nick Warner AO PSM
https://t.co/svNYmwz9UR

[Rikki Kersten @RikkiKersten]

@CGJPERTH @MarkMcGowanMP Travel safely Suzuki San! Thank you for everything.

[Lauren Richardson @Lauren_ANU]

The ANU Japan Institute launched an exhibition tonight on "Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Atomic Bomb" at the Menzies Library. Great to have Gareth Evans as keynote speaker @ANUasiapacific

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@APhillipsIntRel @DrIanHall Sounds like my life

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@GeoffHanmer Certainly not the qualified female apostle. Oh, wait….

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What used to be the Bevrijding (Liberation) museum in Groesbeek
has been transformed into the Vrijheid (Freedom) Museum ie from a museum that fully celebrated its history in the final months of WWII, to a loose ideological catch-all spot to learn about ‘freedom’. Such a shame.

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@AgnusMunshin The Marvel Coulda-beens

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@graham_euan Great choice -yes the officials will hate it! Not sure of his foreign policy chops. The DFAT Sec role will really matter.

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@KeitherKeith What a lovely soul Keith was. And how heartwarming your love and care for him was too. Thank you for sharing all this with us.

[Rikki Kersten @RikkiKersten]

@EvanFeigenbaum @ashleytownshend @CarnegieEndow @CarnegieIndia @CarnegieSAsia @carnegienpp @CarnegieSpace @Carnegie_Europe @CarnegieMEC @CEIPTechProgram @AusintheUS @USEmbAustralia @INDOPACOM Many congrats. DC will be a blast - think tank heaven! Enjoy every minute. They are lucky to have you.

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@GeoffHanmer @VirginAustralia Jealous