Gareth Evans
Biography
Publications
Gareth Evans was Australian Foreign Minister 1988-96 and President of the International Crisis Group 2000-09. He initiated the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (1996), co-chaired the Australia-Japan International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2009), was founding convenor in 2011 of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN), and co-authored Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play (ANU, 2013 and 2015)
![A compelling voice for rethinking Australia’s national security](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/20230322adf8659002_0067.jpg?itok=oratp61V)
A compelling voice for rethinking Australia’s national security
Sam Roggeveen’s Echidna Strategy rightly challenges Australia to act as a diplomatic powerhouse, not a military one.
![Cambodia's democracy deficit: Australia's role and responsibility](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/Hun%20Sen%20comp.jpg?itok=XqCdJq6u)
Cambodia's democracy deficit: Australia's role and responsibility
Have we done enough to support human and democratic rights in a country where they are perpetually under attack?
![Nuclear weapons: “Oppenheimer” won’t make a difference, but Australia can](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-07/oppenheimer-movie-2023_2932x2932.jpg?itok=7L_si0iK)
Nuclear weapons: “Oppenheimer” won’t make a difference, but Australia can
The movie missed a chance to galvanise a renewed campaign, to better protect against existential danger than rely on sheer dumb luck.
![China’s new silos: Nuclear arms control more urgent than ever](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-182161361%20copy.jpg?itok=PmabkfcT)
China’s new silos: Nuclear arms control more urgent than ever
News of huge missile silo fields shows dumb luck is no basis for managing a risk of nuclear catastrophe.
![Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/48498550036_8303d5dd7f_k.jpg?itok=GWRBL3U9)
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Existing nuclear arms control deals are dead or dying, but that should not be an excuse to give up disarmament hopes.