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Lieutenant Colonel Dan Fortune served as a soldier in the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, before being selected for service in the Special Air Service Regiment. He entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1989, and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, on graduation. He returned to the Special Air Service Regiment, was posted on exchange to the United States Special Forces in 1996, and assumed command of the 2nd Special Air Service Squadron on his return. A graduate …
John Carroll is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne and author of Terror: A Meditation on the Meaning of September 11. He has degrees in mathematics, economics and sociology from the universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. Prof. Carroll is the author of numerous books, essays and articles, and delivered one of the Alfred Deakin lectures in 2001. His work focuses on modern Western society and, in particular, on the forces of social integration and disintegration. … John …
General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC, was the Chief of the Defence Force. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he has held many appointments throughout his career, including Commandant of the Infantry Centre, the Australian Defence Warfare Centre and the Royal Military College, Duntroon. He has commanded the 6th Brigade and the 1st Division and has seen active service in Vietnam. As Commander of the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, General Cosgrove led the International Force in East Timor in …
Dr Christopher Flaherty worked as a lawyer and Australian Aboriginal ethnographer before moving to the University of Melbourne to take up a position as a researcher. He has held appointments in the Department of Defence since 2000, and received his doctorate from the University of Melbourne in 2002. … Christopher …
Michael Krause is a serving senior officer in the Australian Army. Born in Melbourne, he is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, the Australian Command and Staff College and the Royal College of Defence Studies. He is an Armoured Corps Officer with experience commanding at the troop and squadron level, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment in 2000–01. He has served on operations in Iraq and the Solomon Islands and has served in various staff appointments including as the inaugural Chief Staff Officer …
Thomas X. Hammes, Phd - Colonel, United States Marine Corps (Ret) In his thirty years in the Marine Corps, T. X. Hammes served at all levels in the operating forces to include command an intelligence battalion, an infantry battalion and the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force. He participated in stabilisation operations in Somalia and Iraq as well as training insurgents in various places. Hammes has a Masters in Historical Research and a Doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University. He is …
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 …
Alex Joske is an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre. His research focuses on the Chinese Communist Party’s political influence and technology transfer efforts. His report on the Chinese military's research collaboration with foreign universities, 'Picking flowers, making honey', has catalysed legislation in the US Congress. He has written for several newspapers and worked as the researcher for Clive Hamilton’s book Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in …
Lieutenant Colonel Warwick Miller is a Parachute Rigger Officer who has served in a variety of positions within Army and in the Joint environment. He has deployed on Operations both within Australia and overseas. He attended US Army Command and Staff College in 2012, finishing on the Dean’s List with a Military Masters in Art and Science with his thesis focusing on identifying trends in domestic terrorism. He has fulfilled Command appointments in both Special Operations Command and Forces Command, and …
Andrew Harrison was educated in London and completed a degree in Economics prior to joining the Parachute Regiment in 1990. His service through the 1990’s included multiple tours to Northern Ireland, a year with the UN in Iraq, exchanges to 2/1 RNZIR in Christchurch and 3 RAR in Sydney, an instructor’s post at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and as a desk officer with the Directorate of Military Operations. In 2000 Andrew was posted to Sierra Leone as an unarmed UN Military Observer. On the outbreak …