Dr Charles Edel will cover various aspects of the evolving security environment, including how the coronavirus is changing the contours of US-China competition. Please note, due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance will be extremely limited and you will be required to register . The event organisers will make every effort to accomodate your attendance, but there may be the need for last minute changes and we apologise in advance. Restrictions are subject to change in accordance with Government directions. …

The late Coral Bell’s 2005 APSI paper ‘ Living with Giants, Finding Australia’s place ’ in a more complex world was prescient. The recently published 2020 Defence Strategic Update  and  2020 Force Structure Plan are contemporary policy responses to the geo-strategic circumstances foreseen by Bell 15 years ago. They address the risks to Australian security and national interests from changing power relativities and great power competition in the Indo-Pacific. Yet history teaches that effective deterrence …