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). A former army officer, he has been a Chief Intelligence Staff Officer (J2), HQ Joint Operations Command, defence attaché to Thailand and Myanmar, Head of SDSC and Director ANU Southeast Asia Institute. He teaches “Honeypots and Overcoats: Australian Intelligence in the World” and the Geostrategic SWOT Analysis for Australia). He also speaks on security internationally and offers commentary with numerous news media including Arirang. His recent articles include
•‘The much anticipated defence review is here. So what does it say, and what does it mean for Australia?’ The Conversation, 24 April 2023.
•‘These are the 10 points of tension Australia wants to reconcile with its defence strategic review’, The Guardian, 24 April 2023.
His books include (with Clare Birgin) Revealing Secrets: An Unofficial History of Australian Signals Intelligence and the Advent of Cyber (UNSW Press, 2023), The US-Thai Alliance and Asian International Relations, (2021), and In From the Cold: Reflections on Australia’s Korean War, 1950-1953, (ANU Press, 2020).