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Ms Read has a background in Law and Psychology and is a corporate counsel in the Defence Technology Sector. Her ANU research applies psychological principles to understand manipulation in social media and fake news. … Emily Read …
Richard Iron was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury and the University of Cambridge. He served for 37 years in the British Army, largely spent on operations in Northern Ireland (eight tours), the Sultanate of Oman, the Falkland Islands, the Balkans and Iraq. He commanded an armoured infantry battalion in Bosnia and in Kosovo. He led a UK/US planning team in Kuwait for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was also responsible for the British Army’s subsequent analysis of the Iraq War. In addition, he was an …
LTG Sean MacFarland is a retired three-star general who served in the United States Army. In 2015 LTG MacFarland, then commanding III Corps, was selected as commander of the coalition against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. LTG MacFarland and III Corps thus became responsible for Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. LTG MacFarland handed over command to LTG Stephen J. Townsend and the XVIII Airborne Corps in August 2016. He became deputy commanding general and chief of staff for the United …
Commodore Michael Clapp was given command of the of the Amphibious Task Force and had the job of selecting a suitable landing area and delivering the troops ashore safely. He selected San Carlos Water as the most appropriate place and conducted an efficient amphibious landing. Problems occurred when the Argentine Air Force became aware of the British action and launched aerial assaults on the waiting ships. Fortunately for the British amphibious operation, they concentrated on the picket and guard ships …
Brigadier Will Taylor OBE RM (Retd) Will Taylor was a Royal Marine from 1979 – 2014. He saw operational service in Northern Ireland, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq and at Headquarters United States Central Command. He was the Deputy Chief of Staff of 3 CDO BDE for operations in Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003) and commanded the Commando Logistic Regiment on Operation HERRICK in Afghanistan in 2006/7. … Will …
Katja Theodorakis is a national security professional with particular expertise in the areas of terrorism/extremism, jihadism and the propaganda dynamics of asymmetric/hybrid conflict. She works as Program Manager for Foreign/Security Policy and Counter-Terrorism at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation’s Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific in Canberra. Here, she coordinates a portfolio that includes topics like the wider strategic relations in the Asia-Pacific, cybersecurity, European defence/security …
Mr. Rubin was founder and first director (1991-1999) of the Israel Missile Defense Organization in the Israel Ministry of Defense, which developed, produced and deployed the country’s first national defence shield – the Arrow missile. He subsequently served as Senior Director for Proliferation and Technology in the National Security Council (1999-2001), and directed several defence programs at the Israel Aerospace Industries and in the defence ministry. He was twice awarded the Israel Defense Prize (1996 …
CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CHALLENGES SEMINAR A joint initiative between the Australian Army Research Centre and Charles Sturt University By the middle of the 21st century, military forces will contain tens of thousands of robots, and the decisions of human commanders at every level will be informed and shaped by artificial intelligence. While the future is impossible to predict, trends in technology and warfare make this a near certainly. Military organisations must plan now for this new era of warfare. …
A spectrum of security challenges ranging from great power contestation, looming environmental catastrophe and a spectrum of governance challenges are leading to a significant security overhaul in Australia with significant implications for. This talk reviews the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Australia and what that means for how the Australian Defence Force positions itself for the future. … Developing a Plan B for the ADF: some implications arising from a Geostrategic SWOT …
