Five Minutes To Midnight
Radio Australia is proud to present Five Minutes to Midnight, a lecture series organised by Asialink at the University of Melbourne.
In this series, Asialink explores the ticking of the Doomsday Clock, a concept established in 1947 at the University of Chicago to reflect concerns that the world could obliterate itself by way of nuclear war.
The title of the series, Five Minutes to Midnight, refers to planet earth's current position on the Doomsday Clock, based on nuclear, environmental and technological threats. The clock ticked forward two minutes in January 2007, due to climate change.
Keynote speaker Professor Hugh White is the head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.
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Episodes
- Listen: Lecture 1 MP3
Doctor peter Christoff from the university of melbourne and Doctor Graeme Pearman of Monash University present the third in Asialink's Five Minutes to Midnight lecture series on 'Climate Change'.
- Listen: Lecture 2 MP3
Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group (ICG) will present the second in Asialink's Five Minutes to Midnight lecture series on Understanding Jemaah Islamiyah's Social Ties.
- Listen: Lecture 3 MP3
Professor Hugh White, head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University starts the series by providing insights into the nuclear arms race in the Asian region.
