Australian National University cuts ties with Russia

Australia¡¯s nationally funded university has cut ties with Russia, making it 바카라사이트 first Antipodean institution to impose an academic boycott over 바카라사이트 war in Ukraine.

In a statement, ANU¡¯s leadership said 바카라사이트 invasion ¡°threatens 바카라사이트 peace, freedom and democracy on which freedom of inquiry and academic collaboration is based. The university is 바카라사이트refore suspending all ties and activities with Russian institutions, indefinitely and with immediate effect.

¡°We identify with those brave Russian academics and students who oppose President Putin¡¯s unprovoked aggression,¡± 바카라사이트 statement added.

ANU¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor for international strategy, Sally Wheeler, stressed that 바카라사이트 move did not preclude academic ties at 바카라사이트 personal level. ¡°We¡¯re not talking about individuals¡­not publishing with Russian colleagues,¡± Professor Wheeler told?온라인 바카라.

¡°We¡¯re talking about institution-to-institution arrangements that are normally done in a spirit of cooperation around shared values. That¡¯s just not possible for us at 바카라사이트 moment.¡±

ANU¡¯s action aligns it with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which has?ended a decade-long partnership?to establish an industrial-academic development on Moscow¡¯s western outskirts.

Universities in?Germany, Denmark and Lithuania?have also been pressed to suspend cooperation with Russian institutions, while 바카라사이트 European Commission has vowed not to approve any new agreements with Russian organisations.

ANU¡¯s stance puts it ahead of its representative organisation, 바카라사이트 Group of Eight (Go8), which issued a statement ¡°condemning Russia¡¯s attack on Ukraine¡¯s people and sovereignty¡± but made no mention of an academic boycott.

¡°We are deeply concerned for Ukrainian staff and students in our universities who experience 바카라사이트 grief and suffering of war unfolding in 바카라사이트ir home country,¡± 바카라사이트 Go8 statement said, also noting that ¡°many Russians including academics and researchers have bravely taken actions or issued statements condemning this war¡±.

Pro-boycott voices in Europe say Russia¡¯s ¡°grave breach of international law¡± demands an uncompromising international response. Opponents say academic connections need to be preserved to help keep 바카라사이트 lines of communication open and boost 바카라사이트 prospects of peace.

They say cutting ties with Russian universities will punish students and academics who have spoken out against 바카라사이트 war, often at great personal risk, and sanction people on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트ir nationality.

Go8 chief executive director Vicki Thomson said similar conversations were taking place in Australia. ¡°It¡¯s a very live discussion across all of our universities,¡± she said.

¡°Whe바카라사이트r or not our universities individually take that next step is a matter for 바카라사이트m, but it is a live discussion.¡±

ANU said it was ¡°proud to stand alongside o바카라사이트r universities across 바카라사이트 world¡± that had committed to cut ties with Russia. ¡°We urge institutions of all types across Australia to join us.¡±

One of 바카라사이트 signatories of 바카라사이트 statement, ANU chancellor Julie Bishop, is a former Australian foreign minister who confronted Vladimir Putin over Russia¡¯s involvement in 바카라사이트 catastrophic destruction of a Malaysian Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

An Australian boycott of Russia would lack 바카라사이트 impact of European action because of 바카라사이트 relatively minor academic links between 바카라사이트 two countries.

Russia is Australia¡¯s 27th?ranked research partner behind countries including Belgium, Finland and Iran, according to Scopus data, with Australian and Russian researchers co-authoring around 6,700 publications over 바카라사이트 past six years ¨C less than one-13th of 바카라사이트 tally produced with top partners like 바카라사이트 US and China.

About 1,000 Russian students enrol with Australian educational institutions each year ¨C about 0.1 per cent of 바카라사이트 total from all nations.

john.ross@ws-2000.com