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 …

Major-General (retd) Julian Thompson was the commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1981 and, in that role, was British land commander on the Falkland Islands during the first phase of the conflict ashore. He retired in 1986. In retirement he has written extensively on the Falklands conflict and other aspects of British military history including the Iraq War. He is also a visiting professor at the department of War Studies, King's College, University of London. … Julian …

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 …

Dr David Stahel completed his undergraduate studies at Monash University and Boston College. He has an MA in War Studies from King's College London and a PhD in 2007 from the Humboldt University in Berlin. He joined the University of New South Wales Canberra in 2012. David is a historian, author and senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales. He specialises in German military history of the second World War. Stahel has authored several books on the military operations of the first six …

Peter Singer is Strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. The author of multiple award winning books, and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. His past work includes serving at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Harvard University, an editor at Popular Science magazine, and as the founding director of the Centre for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at The Brookings Institution, where he was the youngest person named senior fellow in its 100 year history. Peter’s …

Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Orme PhD is a psychologist in the Australian Army Psychology Corps. He has conducted research within Army over a number of years, as well as deploying on overseas operations. He completed a research PhD in 2015 through the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies and the University of Adelaide. His co researcher, Lieutenant Colonel E James Kehoe is a senior consultant to the Head of the Australian Army Psychology Corps. He completed a PhD at the University of Iowa in 1976 and is …

Dr Charles Edel is Senior Fellow at the U.S Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.  Prior to this he was Associate Professor of Strategy & Policy at the U.S. Naval War College, & served on the U.S. Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff from 2015-17. Advising on political and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.  Previously, he has worked at Peking University's Center for International & Strategic Studies as a Henry Luce Scholar,  & was awarded the Council on Foreign Relations International …

Dr Bowker served as a diplomat in Saudi Arabia (74-06), Syria (79-81) and he was Australian ambassador to Jordan (89-92), Egypt (05-08) as well as non-resident ambassador to Syria, Libya, Tunisia and Sudan. He also held senior roles for the United Nations Relief and Works Program for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (1997-1998,) based in Gaza and Jerusalem. His experience of the Middle East underpins his research, publication and Professorial roles at the ANU where he is currently a Visiting Fellow. … …