Gareth Evans

GARETH EVANS supports Pearls and Irritations

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Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans was a Cabinet Minister throughout the Hawke-Keating governments, including as as Attorney-General from 1983-84 and Foreign Minister from 1988-96; led the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000-09; and was Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2010-19, where he is now Distinguished Honorary Professor. He co-chaired major international commissions on mass atrocity crimes and nuclear weapons, and has written or edited fourteen books, most recently Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency and Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir.