Tom Hamilton is acting Deputy Secretary of the Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group in the Department of Defence. He was promoted to the position of First Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy Division in March 2016. The Strategic Policy Division develops policy, military strategy and strategic planning and advice for the Australian Government, senior Defence leaders and other government agencies on the strategic implications of defence and national security matters. Prior to this position, Mr Hamilton …

Dr Samuel White is a Senior Lecturer—School of Law at the University of Adelaide. He is the Army Fellow at the Australian War Memorial, a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Defence Force Academy, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New England. Samuel has served as both a Royal Australian Infantry Corps and an Australian Army Legal Corps officer in a variety of tactical, operational and strategic level postings. He currently holds the rank of Major. … Samuel …

Dr Charles Knight is a senior operations analyst conducting wargaming for land capability. He has an enduring interest in urban warfare, sparked by being tasked to prepare his UK Parachute Regiment unit to defend the German city of Hildesheim against the Soviets in the 1980s. His PhD examined coercion during counterinsurgency, and as a university lecturer he taught subjects including strategic security, unconventional/asymmetric warfare, and terrorism. He remains affiliated with Charles Sturt University …

Dr Cassandra Steer is Chair and founder of the Australian Centre for Space Governance. Globally recognised for her expertise in space governance, space law, and space security, she has published widely on these topics, including the application of the law of armed conflict and use of force in outer space. She has consulted on these issues to the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, the Australian, Canadian and U.S Departments of Defence, the Australian Space Agency and Australian Department of Foreign …

Gregory Raymond is a Senior Lecturer at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, researching South-East Asian defence, politics and foreign relations, with a focus on Thailand and the Mekong states. He convenes the ASEAN Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program for the Australian Department of Defence and is international relations editor for the journal Asian Studies Review. He is the author of Thai Military Power: A Culture of Strategic Accommodation (NIAS …

CMDR Felicity Petrie is an Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, and is currently posted to the Sea Power Centre—Australia as the Australian War Memorial Navy Fellow. A Chartered Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Marine Engineer with the Institute of Marine Engineers, Felicity has served over 26 years in the Royal Australian Navy. Holding postgraduate degrees in both engineering and strategic studies, Felicity is currently undertaking research into battle damage repair of forces in …

Major Travis Peet is an Australian Army Infantry Officer who is currently posted to Force Integration Division of Australian Defence Force Headquarters. He has been fortunate to deploy multiple times on overseas operations and command at the platoon, troop and squadron levels. Major Peet holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and a Master of Military and Defence Studies.  … Travis …

Major Zach Lambert is a logistics officer who has served in the 3rd Combat Engineering Regiment, 7th Combat Service Support Battalion and 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry). He has commanded at every rank: platoon, technical support troop and company level, including as commander Mobile Training Team Vanuatu in 2021. He has served on Operations Okra, Hannah, APEC 18 Assist, Atlas and Paladin. He has held research fellowships in the Fulbright and Global Voices programs on mobilisation …

Dr David Kilcullen is Professor of International and Political Studies at UNSW Canberra and CEO of the analysis firm Cordillera Applications Group. Professor Kilcullen is a theorist and practitioner of guerrilla and unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, with operational experience over 25 years with the Australian and U.S. governments as an infantry officer, intelligence analyst, policy adviser and diplomat. He served in Iraq as senior counterinsurgency advisor to Multinational …

Graeme Dunk has completed a PhD on defence industry sovereignty at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University. He is Head of Strategy at Shoal Group, a defence digital engineering company. … Graeme Dunk …