Marianne Hanson
Biography
Publications
Marianne Hanson is the co-chair of ICAN Australia and Honorary Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland.
![Indonesia ratifies nuclear weapons ban treaty. Australia should too.](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-12/GettyImages-1733073960.jpg?itok=msX1o6Px)
Indonesia ratifies nuclear weapons ban treaty. Australia should too.
Why does the government remain at odds with the vast majority of its neighbours?
![Can we please have a real debate on nuclear submarines?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-07/52029877174_7a29acf8ca_k.jpg?itok=4smMDWw9)
Can we please have a real debate on nuclear submarines?
It looks suspiciously as if a decision is already made, even with a promised 18-month investigation only half-way done.
![Where will Australia stand on banning weapons of mass destruction?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/37206627201_6dc6a2c53d_k.jpg?itok=NHE3GVTl)
Where will Australia stand on banning weapons of mass destruction?
The issue can no longer be dodged. Nuclear weapons will become illegal under the rules-based order of international law.
![The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1229085230.jpg?itok=tqE9T5uS)
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising
An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions.
![Arms control or out of control?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/15073982169_08efeaae30_k.jpg?itok=I2AdWhye)
Arms control or out of control?
Revoking hard-won arms control achievements seems nothing less than madness.