Note: This episode was recorded during NSC’s Securing our Future conference on 9 April 2024.

How can deterrence and diplomacy be integrated to preserve peace, stability, and the conditions for prosperity in the Indo Pacific?

Is development assistance a tool of strategic competition, or is it a tool for deterrence?

What does effective deterrence look like for Australia and its allies in the Indo-Pacific?

In this episode, Richard Maude, Greg Moriarty, Huong Le Thu, and Richard Fontaine join Rory Medcalf to discuss the integration of deterrence and diplomacy in the practice of statecraft in the Indo-Pacific.

Richard Maude is Executive Director of Asia Society Australia.

Greg Moriarty is Secretary of the Department of Defence.

Dr Huong Le Thu is Asia Deputy Director for the International Crisis Group.

Richard Fontaine is Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security.

Professor Rory Medcalf AM is Head of the ANU National Security College.

Show notes:

• Full version with Q&A – Indo-Pacific statecraft: deterrence and diplomacy
• 2024 National Defence Strategy

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How does Australia’s recently released National Defence Strategy (NDS) differ from a Defence White Paper?

What are the merits of having a bipartisan approach to defence policymaking? How important is it to clearly communicate these concepts to the public?

Is the NDS’ focus on deterrence and denial well-suited to today’s geopolitical landscape?

Should Australia have an unclassified National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy to complement the National Defence Strategy?

In this episode, Elizabeth Buchanan and Andrew Carr join David Andrews to analyse the merits and shortcomings of the 2024 National Defence Strategy.

Dr Elizabeth Buchanan is an Expert Associate at the ANU National Security College (NSC). She is also an Associate Researcher with the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ Institute for Strategic Research, Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and was previously Head of Research for the Royal Australian Navy’s Sea Power Centre.

Dr Andrew Carr is a Senior Lecturer at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He is also currently a member of the ANU-Defence Strategic Policy History Project, writing a history of Australian Defence White Papers from 1976-2020.

David Andrews is a Senior Policy Advisor at NSC.

Show notes:

· Launch of the 2024 National Defence Strategy by the Hon Richard Marles MP

· 2024 National Defence Strategy and 2024 Integrated Investment Program

· Defence White Papers

· Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN)

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Why is it important to consider Australia's national identity when discussing matters related to national security?

What does a shared sense of national identity look like for Australia today?

What are some of the frailties and risks that Australia faces when it comes to maintaining social cohesion?

In this episode, Zoe McKenzie, Allegra Spender, Wesa Chau, Asmi Wood and Afeeya Akhand join Ian Kemish to discuss the importance of Australian values, national identity, and social cohesion in guiding Australia’s strategic priorities.

Zoe McKenzie MP is the Federal Member for Flinders

Allegra Spender MP is the Federal Member for Wentworth

Wesa Chau is the Director of Public Policy at the Multicultural Leadership Initiative

Professor Asmi Wood is a Professor at the ANU College of Law and Sub-Dean (Indigenous)

Afeeya Akhand is a Youth Council Member at the ANU National Security College (NSC).

Ian Kemish AM is a Distinguished Advisor at NSC.

Show notes:

• Keynote address by the Hon Tim Watts MP
• Keynote address by the Hon Andrew Hastie MP
• PJCIS - Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
• A Rightful Place by Noel Pearson | Symbolic indigenous recognition for all of us

Note: This episode was recorded during the NSC’s ‘Securing our Future’ conference on 10 April 2024.

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