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Paula Hanasz is a specialist in non-traditional security threats. She holds a PhD on water conflicts and cooperation from the Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy and a MScEcon Intelligence Studies from Aberystwyth University. Paula has consulted for many years to the Australian government on national security, defence, and public policy matters. … Paula …

COL Cook is the Assistant Head of Concepts, Future Force Development Branch in British Army HQ. He has served as the Battalion Commander of 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery, as CO of the 105th Regiment, Royal Artillery and has operational experience in Iraq. … James P …


Major General Justin (‘Jake’) Ellwood assumed command of 1st Division and the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters on 6 December 2018, following his appointment as Deputy Chief of Army. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Duntroon in 1990 into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. After undertaking regimental appointments in 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, he was posted as an instructor at the Royal Military College. He subsequently served as second-in-command of a Warrior Company …

Nick Kaldas has spent a considerable amount of time in Syria, the Gaza strip and other trouble spots in the Middle East in the past 3 years, working on the ground for the United Nations. His observations will reflect on a brief history of the definitive moments in the region, the evolving nature of terrorism and the conflicts currently troubling the region, as well as what these events mean for us. … Naguib “Nick” …

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 …


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 …

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 …
