Emily Defina is a Legal Advisor with the International Committee of the Red Cross Australia Mission. … Emily Defina …

Pat Griffiths is a Communications Officer with the International Committee of the Red Cross Australia Mission. … Pat Griffiths …

Major Rebecca J Lacey is the 2021 Chief of Defence Force Fellow. She is a Royal Australian Signals Officer who holds a Bachelor of Economic and a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University and a Master of Business from the University of New South Wales. She is currently pursuing a Professional Doctorate in Public Management through the University of New South Wales that she hopes will provide a significant contribution to Defence through the effective design, implementation and activation …

The Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) was established in mid-2016 in accordance with the wishes of the then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell. It is the successor to the Land Warfare Studies Centre. It sits as a Directorate within the Army’s Future Land Warfare Branch in the Land Capability Division of Army Headquarters. The AARC conducts strategic studies, research and analysis, fosters debate and advocates the value of the joint land force to Government, academia and the public. Read …

Lieutenant Colonel Davis is an Armour Officer and graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies. He is currently posted as the Australian Army Liaison Officer to the UK Land Forces. (Last updated: November 2017) … James Davis …

William Westerman  is a historian at the Australian War Memorial writing the Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, 2003-2011. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has research expertise in the First World War and is also the co-author of the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping Operations in Timor-Leste, 2000-2012. Among his other work, he has written a history of the Fitzroy Lions’ 1996 merger with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League. … William …

Chris Roberts graduated from RMC Duntroon in 1967 and saw operational service in South Vietnam with 3 SAS Squadron. More senior appointments included Commanding Officer The SAS Regiment, Commander Special Forces, Director General Corporate Planning - Army and Commander Northern Command. Retiring in 1999 he spent 7 years in executive appointments with the Multiplex Group. He is the author of Chinese Strategy and the Spratley islands Dispute and the seminal and highly acclaimed The Landing at Anzac, 1915 ; …

Dr Andrew Maher is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. He has been a postgraduate lecturer on irregular warfare and special operations for over five years and has specialised on the analysis of proxy warfare. His forthcoming book Riding Tigers: The Strategic Logic of Proxy Warfare (2025) will explore the nature of strategic competition over the past 400 years. Dr Maher has also taught with Arizona State University, Joint Special Operations University and NATO Special …

Dr Gregory MacCallion is a Senior Managing Consultant for OCRT. He has a career that spans Australian academia and public service in the Department of Defence. Gregory contributed to Defence’s first deterrence polices, the 2020 Force Structure Plan, and the 2022 ADF Theatre Operating Concept. In 2019 he published his book National versus Human Security: Australian and Canadian Military Interventions . Gregory has contributed to numerous book chapters and journal articles, and presented at international …

Dr Andrew Frain completed his PhD in social psychology at the Australian National University. His research interests centre on the social identity approach and science integrity, with particular interest in research translation. Andrew has worked in the Australian Department of Defence Directorate of People Intelligence and Research, and was the convenor of the Australian War College ACSC Leadership Theory module from 2016 to 2022. Andrew would typify one of Michael Billig’s ‘antiquarian psychologists’, …