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Thanks for the chat, David. Lots to unpack there, that's for sure.

This is a strategic touchpoint! Her Majesty QE opened this naval facility in Oct 82 as a vital PB base - some 7 decades after the first Govt directed constabulary operation (The Special Cruise). Infrastructure is important - this picture = >1000words. @NSC_ANU #thedeakinroom…

British navy's largest vessel docks in Darwin, as port's defence capability tested | Good to chat with @abcnews abt #TS25, interoperability & the positive development of re-arming 🇦🇺& partner navies with missiles in Darwin 👇 @NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra abc.net.au/news/2025-07-2…

New podcast 📢      Unpacking the Australia-US relationship with “our man in Washington”     @JohnBlaxland1 joins @DavidMAndrews to discuss Australia’s relationship with the US, and why he believes we’re well placed to withstand the instabilities of Trump’s second term in…

Great commentary from one of our recent graduates @Dilnoza_U

Last week I had the opportunity to visit @DefenceUwa for their inaugural ‘Inception Dialogue on Enhancing Australia-India Underwater Domain Awareness Co-operation in the Indo-Pacific’. A great workshop in conjunction with @CSDR_India where I got to go back to my roots and talk…

LIVE🔴TOMORROW and hot on the heels of the #EU-#Japan summit, catch our webinar @ 9AM BST/5PM JST/6PM AEDT/4PM SST ft. @EPejsova (@CSDS_Brussels), @Rory_Medcalf (@NSC_ANU), @PugliesAsia (@KingsCollegeLon) and @MichitoTsuruoka (@KeioGlobal) Register here! tinyurl.com/2wrrunmb

Hi Steve, here's a better link: global-nikkei.com/asiaundercurre…

Security / Public Sector panel 🎙️Dr Joanne Nicholson, Senior Researcher at @RANDCorporation Australia 🎙️Owen Cooper, Senior Advisor at @ourANU Futures Hub 🎙️@WillLeben2, Expert Associate at @NSC_ANU

New podcast 📢 How has Australia’s security landscape changed over the last decade? And what are the biggest threats facing Australia right now? @Rory_Medcalf joins @DavidMAndrews to discuss. Listen👇 tinyurl.com/4kwhjkwn

In just a few days, Prof. @Rory_Medcalf (@NSC_ANU) brings his years of diplomacy and security expertise to our #AU panel to discuss #EU-#Japan security co-op in the #IndoPacific. Register to watch on July 24, 6pm AEST/5pm JST: global-nikkei.com/asiaundercurre…

We had the good fortune to meet with @kellymagsamen, previous Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense during the Biden Administration @DeptofDefense. Thank you to all who attended for contributing to the ongoing debate on Australian and US positioning and…

Why is a credible naval force critical to 🇦🇺's defence? 'the maritime domain is 🇦🇺’s external life-support system. Protecting it is not optional, it is existential'. I discuss in my recent response to former DFAT Secretary's call for #AUKUS to be cancelled in my…

This wk I joined @9NewsAUS #9newslate @Tracy_Vo to discuss Prime Minister Albanese visit to 🇨🇳 and the state of the 🇦🇺- 🇨🇳 security relationship. Watch the full interview here jennifer-parker.com.au/media @NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra @ConGeostrategy

New podcast 📢      A decade at the helm    @Rory_Medcalf joins @DavidMAndrews to look back on the past decade in which he has served as Head of NSC and the evolution of global threats over this period.    Listen👇   tinyurl.com/4kwhjkwn

A former Secretary of DFAT hopes #AUKUS is cancelled - I have some thoughts 👇- it starts with how you actually defend 🇦🇺 My latest op-ed for @FinancialReview @NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra afr.com/policy/foreign…

NSC media round-up 📢 🌎@Dilnoza_U on how a Trump led US is shifting international order tinyurl.com/54v7ab7d 👥Ian Kemish reflects on what the international community can learn from the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, 30 years on tinyurl.com/4fd4uxvb 🤖@KMansted…