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John Blaxland is Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU).
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. He has previously been a Chief Intelligence Staff Officer (J2) at HQ Joint Operations Command, defence attaché to Thailand and Myanmar, Head of SDSC and Director of the ANU Southeast Asia Institute. At ANU, he teaches “Honeypots and Overcoats: Australian Intelligence in the World” and supervises several PhD students.
He lectures regularly at the ANU National Security College (on the Geostrategic SWOT Analysis for Australia) and Australian Defence College (including the Defence and Strategic Studies Course, Command and Staff Course, Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College, Duntroon).
He also addresses conferences and workshops on security in Australia (RUSI, U3A, Army Research Centre, Seapower Conference, etc) Malaysia, Korea, Thailand (Thammasat, Chulalongkorn and military academies), the Philippines, Taiwan, UK (Kings College London), the USA (Minerva, CSIS, East West Centre, etc) and Canada and offers commentary with The Australian Institute of International Affairs, The Guardian, The Age & Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, The Australian, The New York Times, Bangkok Post, The Straits Times, The Jakarta Post, Asia Times, Australian Foreign Affairs, The Conversation, The Saturday Paper, Lowy Interpreter, The Mandarin, East Asia Forum, SCMP, World Politics Review, The Diplomat, Policy Forum, The RAND Blog, Voices of War, Security Challenges, The Australian Army Journal, Defence Connect and the Journal of Global Strategic Studies.
He also occasionally offers comments on television and radio including on the ABC, BBC, CNN, SkyNews, TRT World, Arirang, WION, France24 and CNA.
Research interests
Intelligence, Cyber and Security; Australian Military History and Strategy; Military Operations (including Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan); International Relations, on Asia Pacific security affairs, notably South-east Asia/ASEAN (Thailand, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Indonesia, South China Sea) and North America, (Canada and the United States); Defence Studies; Australian Flag.
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Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (AusCSCAP) Defence 2016-17
Blaxland, J., Huisken, R. & Milner, A.
Commonwealth Department of Defence
1/07/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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Australia's military after the Second World War: Legacies and challenges
Blaxland, J., 2021, Fighting Australia's Cold War: The Nexus of Strategy and Operations in a Multipolar Asia, 1945-1965. Peter Dean and Tristan Moss (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra: ANU Press, p. 35-52Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The US-Thai Alliance and Asian International Relations History, Memory and Current Developments
Raymond, G. & Blaxland, J., 2021, 1 ed. London: Routledge. 248 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: John Kerry and the changing global climate
Kenny, M., McDonnell, S. & Blaxland, J., 2020Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast Asia
Blaxland, J., 2018, In: Contemporary Southeast Asia. 40, 1, p. 152-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Army reform and assistance missions
Blaxland, J., 2017, The Long Road: Australia's train, advise and assist mission. Tom Frame (ed.). 1 ed. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, p. 280-291ppResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter