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Qualifications
Biography
Brendan Taylor is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He was Head of the centre from 2011 to 2016.
He is a specialist on great power strategic relations in the Asia-Pacific, East Asian ‘flashpoints’, and Asian security architecture.
His writings on these subjects have appeared in such leading journals as Survival, The Washington Quarterly, Australian Foreign Affairs, The Pacific Review, International Affairs and Review of International Studies.
He is the author or editor of 12 books, including The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War (Black Inc, 2018) and Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s Security and Crisis Management (IISS, 2019).
He is a regular op-ed contributor to such publications as The Australian, Nikkei Asian Review, The Australian Financial Review, The Interpreter, East Asia Forum and The Strategist.
Research interests
East Asian flashpoints, US-Australia alliance, Asia-Pacific security architecture.
Expertise Areas
- Defence Studies
- International Relations
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Projects
- 8 Finished
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AusCSCAP: DFAT Grant funding
Taylor, B., Fruehling, S., Milner, A. & Smith, R.
Commonwealth Department of Defence
22/01/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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AusCSCAP 2021-22
Goh, E., Fruehling, S. & Taylor, B.
Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
1/10/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Minilateral Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
Commonwealth Department of Defence
28/05/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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The ROK, US Alliance Politics and Evolving International Security Challenges
1/02/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Asia's New Geopolitics: Military Power and Regional Order
Ball, D., Béraud-Sudreau, L., Huxley, T., Mohan, R. & Taylor, B., 2021, 1st ed. London: Routledge. 236 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Contested Concept: Unpacking Australia's Indo-Pacific Debate
Taylor, B., 2020, In: Asian Politics and Policy. 12, 1, p. 71-83Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Diplomacy and North Korea
Taylor, B., 2020, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2020. Dr Tim Huxley, Dr Lynn Kuok, Dr William Choong (ed.). 1st ed. London United Kingdom: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, p. 57-70Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Is Australia's Indo-Pacific strategy an illusion?
Taylor, B., 2020, In: International Affairs. 96, 1, p. 95-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Meridians of Influence in a Nervous World
Taylor, B. & Rigby, R., 2020, China Story Yearbook 2019: China Dreams. J Golley, L Jaivin, B Hillman & S Strange (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra: ANU Press, p. 86-99Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter