Home Previous Events Previous Events Information and links to past events that may be of interest to the Defence and national security community. Living with Giants and fighting Lilliputians: Australia and irregular warfare in the Indo-Pacific Century 30 July 2020 The late Coral Bell’s 2005 APSI paper ‘Living with Giants, Finding Australia’s place’ in a more complex world was prescient. The recently published 2020 Defence Strategic Update and 2020 Force Structure Plan are contemporary policy responses to the geo-strategic circumstances foreseen by Bell 15 years ago. They address the risks to Australian security and national interests from changing power relativities and great power competition in the Indo-Pacific. Seminar Series: 'The Irregulars within Hybrid Warfare' 05 March 2020 This Seminar will present an overview of the field of Irregular Warfare and how it integrates into today’s discussion of hybrid warfare. Designed to support the Army implementation of the Decisive Action Threat Environment (DATE), this seminar aims to provide an overview of the motivations, organisation and strategies employed by Irregulars. This seminar also summarises the Irregular Warfare course developed for the Masters program in Special Operations and Irregular Warfare at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. Emotional intelligence attributes as capability: the experiences of military advisors in Train-Advise-Assist roles 20 February 2020 This seminar event will present research on the attributes of military advisors which lead to success in Train Advise and Assist roles with foreign military forces. Latest Land Power Forum Taking reflexivity beyond research: Understanding ourselves before we pursue PME Hugh Manson 6 August 2020 Cognitive edgeLeadership Being fluent in the language of coercion Nicholas Brown 5 August 2020 Military theoryStrategy Upcoming Events
