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Edition 10, 6 March 2019

Welcome to the tenth edition of Strategic Capital,

SDSC has started 2019 with good news to report on research awards, teaching, management andpublications.

First, congratulations to Dr Andrew Carr for receiving a Fulbright Scholarship, and both ProfessorEvelyn Goh and Associate Professor Stephan Frühling for receiving Australian Research CouncilDiscovery Grants. SDSC Staff also were awarded research grants from the Strategic Policy Groupin Defence.

Second, with the academic year now in full swing, we welcome 746 students studying courseswhich are part of the Bachelor of International Security Studies program (including 280 newstudents); 183 Australian and foreign students studying the Military and Defence Studies Programat Weston (including several members of the Australian Public Service); 17 new enrolments for theMasters of Strategic Studies (MSS) program at our Acton campus; and two PhD studentscommencing their studies (bringing the total to 19 PhD students). The Defence funded ASEANstudent cohort for the MSS is gearing up to commence in second semester.

Third, having been confirmed as Head of SDSC for the next three years, I have established a newmanagement committee which, in addition to myself, includes:

- Dr Garth Pratten (Deputy Head),

- Professor Evelyn Goh (Director of Research),

- Dr Joanne Wallis (Director of Studies),

- Honorary Professor Brendan Sargeant (Principal of Military and Defence Studies Program),

- Dr Andrew Carr (Director of Outreach and Engagement) and

- Dr Meighen McCrae (Higher Degree Research Convenor).

The new committee is designed to manage the challenges associated with our three degreeprograms, while juggling research priorities, policy relevant engagement and other universityrequirements.

In the meantime, SDSC continues to research and write in response to major developments inAustralia and abroad. This newsletter captures recent achievements and published works by ourscholars and is intended as a community service. We hope you find this useful and we welcome allconstructive feedback.

Professor John Blaxland

Head, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

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General Angus Campbell leads Master of StrategicStudies inductionGeneral Angus Campbell delivered the opening speech for the 2019 Master of Strategic Studiescohort. He spoke about the spectrum of security challenges the nation faces, and the need for highquality graduates to contribute their knowledge and skills to the Department of Defence and otherelements of the National Security Community tasked with securing Australia and its nationalinterests. The Master of Strategic Studies and Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced) equipsstudents with the analytical frameworks needed to evaluate strategic choices and respond to thechallenges of our contemporary environment.» read more about the MSS program

IN THE SPOTLIGHT Australian War College opens

SDSC and Coral Bell School executivejoined Minister Steven Ciobo, Chief ofDefence Force General Angus Campbelland Commander of the AustralianDefence College Major General MickRyan for the opening of the AustralianWar College, commanded by Air ForceCommodore Matt Hegarty as part of amore closely integrated AustralianDefence College.

SDSC staff celebrate ARC GrantannouncementProfessor Evelyn Goh and AssociateProfessor Stephan Frühling have beenannounced as Australian ResearchCouncil Discovery Grant awardees. Theywill be researching China's internationalinfluence and the US-Australia Alliance

respectively.» read more

SDSC celebrates Department ofDefence GrantsSDSC has been awarded funding fromthe annual Department of DefenceStrategic Policy Grants Program. Thegrants are designed to support originalinitiatives and promote rigorous debatebetween policymakers, think tanks,scholars and the broader public.» read more

Asian security scholars launchnew international exchangeprogramThe Graduate Research andDevelopment Network on Asian Securityhas launched a pilot program for PhDstudents to spend time overseasdeveloping their careers and researchingsecurity issues in Asia.» read more

Executive Secretary of CTBTOspeaks at John Gee MemorialLectureDr Lassina Zerbo spoke at the annualJohn Gee Memorial Lecture on the topicof 'Preserving and promotingmultilateralism to address 21st centurychallenges'.» watch more

Dr Marty Natalegawa on 'DoesASEAN Matter?'ANU Chancellor Professor Gareth Evanshelped launch 'Does ASEAN Matter? AView From Within', the latest book from DrMarty Natalegawa, former ForeignMinister of the Republic of Indonesia.Professor John Blaxland held an interviewto discuss insights from the book.» watch more

MEET OUR ACADEMICS Dr Michael Finch

Dr Finch joined SDSC in late 2018 from King's CollegeLondon. He was formerly a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow inthe History of War at Oxford University. His researchinterests encompass the history of War, Empire and theintellectual history of military history. He has published ona wide range of aspects related to these areas in journalssuch as War in History and The Journal of MilitaryHistory. His monograph on the development of Frenchcolonial military thought, A Progressive Occupation? isavailable from Oxford University Press.» read more

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2019

Established in 1993, the Council for Security Cooperationin the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) provides policyrecommendations to various intergovernmental bodies,and a platform for scholars and officials to discusspolitical and security issues in their private capacities.The Regional Security Outlook 2019 provides acomprehensive and insightful look at strategic regionsincluding China and Russia. This edition also provides aspotlight on the ASEAN Regional Forum and predictionsfor the next twenty five years. The report highlightssystematic expert analysis that reveals important insightsfor regional policymakers in the years to come.» read more

From Dependency to Armed Neutrality: FutureOptions for Australian National SecurityWhile the rise of China has occasioned much debate fromsecurity commentators, they have been disappointinglysilent on the other security risk that Australia mustaddress: climate change. Without giving equal weight toclimate change, any recommendations on the futuresecurity of Australia are incomplete and inadequate.Australia’s future security can only be assured byadopting a more holistic methodology than previouslypracticed. Dr Albert Palazzo explores armed neutrality asthe answer to both of these challenges.» read more

The ostrich sticks its head in the sand andthinks itself safeAustralia is entering the most challenging securityenvironment since the end of World War II. While‘protecting the Rules Based Global Order’ was a centralfeature of the Defence White Paper 2016 and ForeignPolicy White Paper 2017, strategists and defenceplanners already believe that the old order is gone, andthe world is transitioning into a new, more dangerous era.David Feeny identifies the need for an Australian GrandStrategy - one which will consider the actions we cantake, as a status quo medium power, to support the RulesBased Global Order and secure Australia’s economic,strategic and diplomatic national interests.» read more

Paying for War: How to afford a future ofstrategic competitionWars are expensive and how they are paid for isimportant for both military capacity as well as politicalaccountability. The two main ways to pay for wars aretaxation and debt. In the mid-twentieth century taxes fellout of favour as a way of paying for wars. In this Centre ofGravity paper, Professor Sarah Kreps of CornellUniversity shows that the public and legislature are lessinclined to focus on how force is being used when they donot bear the burdens of those wars. As such, she argueshow we pay is important for how we fight. The paperasserts that the United States and other democraciesmust restore the connection between the public and thepolicy choices that the government makes about war.» read more

SDSC IN THE MEDIA The Army has a public perception

problem. Here's how it can regaintrust with societyDr Marigold Black

» read more

Image: AAP

Surafend massacre 100 years on:A dark and bloody chapter inANZAC historyDr Jean Bou» read more

Image: Australian War Memorial

The costs of containing ChinaEmeritus Professor Hugh White» read more

Image; Reuters

Australia and the TaiwancontingencyEmeritus Professor Paul Dibb» read more

Image: US Central Command

The US shouldn't go to war withChina over Taiwan - and norshould AustraliaEmeritus Professor Hugh White» read more

Image: US Air Force

Vietnam can be template for a US

deal with North KoreaDr Huong Le Thu» read more

Image: Reuters

PODCASTS Australia's Defence Strategy

Dr Greg Raymond» read more

Image: Wikimedia Commons

Japan-China relations andimplications for AustraliaDr Amy King» read more

UPCOMING EVENTS Coalition Strategy and the End of

the First World War: The SupremeWar Council and War Planning,1917-191821st March, 6-7:30pmMAJGEN Mick Ryan will introduce Dr

Meighen McCrae as she launches herlatest book.» read more

CONNECT WITH OUR STAFFProfessor John Blaxland, Head of Centre

Dr Andrew Carr, Senior Lecturer

Dr Meighen McCrae, Lecturer

Dr Joanne Wallis, Senior Lecturer

Dr Greg Raymond, Research Fellow

Dr Jean Bou, Senior Lecturer

Dr Iain Henry, Lecturer

Dr Huong Le Thu, Visiting Fellow

WHAT DO WE DO AT SDSCThe Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) isAustralia's oldest and largest academic centre focused onstrategic and defence issues. Our expertise within strategicstudies consist of three related research clusters: Militarystudies, Australian defence, and Asia-Pacific security. We offerAustralia's most respected graduate programs dealing withAustralian Defence and Asia-Pacific and global security issues:

Master of Strategic StudiesMaster of Military and Defence StudiesBachelor of International Security Studies

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