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Fiona S. Cunningham
Dr Fiona S. Cunningham is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. Her
research interests lie at the intersection of technology and conflict, with a focus on China. Fiona was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the
Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University in 2018-2019, a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Cyber Security
Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University in 2017-2018, and a Joint PhD Research Fellow
at the Renmin University of China, Beijing, in 2015-2016. She received her PhD in 2018 from the Department of Political Science at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the Security Studies Program. Fiona also holds a Bachelor
of Arts in politics and international relations from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of
Sydney, both with first-class honours. She was a research associate at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney from 2009
until 2012, where she focused on nuclear issues.
Norman Friedman
Dr Norman Friedman is an American author and naval analyst. He has written over 40 books on naval matters and holds a PhD in
theoretical physics from Columbia University. From 1973 to 1984 he worked at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for
National Security Affairs. He worked for over a decade as a direct consultant to the US Secretary of the Navy and has also worked
as a consultant for the US Navy. From 2002 to 2004 he served as a futurologist for the US Marine Corps. Friedman’s book The Fifty-Year
War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War (2000) won the 2001 Westminster Prize from the Royal United Services Institute
as the best military history of its year.
Stephan Frühling
Dr Stephan Frühling is a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and the Associate Dean (Education) of the ANU
College of Asia and the Pacific. Stephan has widely published on Australian defence policy, defence planning and strategy, nuclear
weapons and NATO. Stephan was the Fulbright Professional Fellow in Australia-US Alliance Studies at Georgetown University in
Washington DC in 2017. He worked as a ‘Partner across the globe’ research fellow in the Research Division of the NATO Defense
College in Rome in 2015, and was a member of the Australian Government’s External Panel of Experts on the development of the
2016 Defence White Paper.
James Goldrick
Rear Admiral (Retired) James Goldrick had service around the world in the Royal Australian Navy and on exchange with the British
Royal Navy. An anti-submarine specialist, he commanded HMA Ships Cessnock and Sydney (twice), the Australian Surface Task
Group and the multinational maritime interception force in the Persian Gulf in 2002 and Australia’s inter-agency Border Protection
Command in 2006 to 2008. Other commands included the Australian Defence Force Academy (twice – 2003-2006 and 2011-2012),
and the Australian Defence College in 2008 to 2011. Adjunct Professor at UNSW Canberra, he is also Adjunct at the ANU Strategic
and Defence Studies Centre and a Professorial Fellow of ANCORS (Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security)
at the University of Wollongong. He has published in many academic and professional journals and contributed chapters to more
than 40 books. His books include: No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
(1997) and, with Jack McCaffrie, Navies of South-East Asia: A Comparative Study (2014).
John Gower
Rear Admiral John Gower spent half his 36-year career at sea in submarines, commanding two. Between 2008 to 2014 he was the
senior military adviser in the UK Ministry of Defence responsible for advice on nuclear deterrence and counter-weapons of mass
destruction policies. He is now an independent consultant on nuclear policy issues across the world and most recently in Europe,
South and Southeast Asia, Russia, the United Nations and the United States. While committed through experience and analysis to
the need for strategic nuclear deterrence, he advocates for continued actions from nuclear armed states to reduce their reliance on
these weapons for their broader national security.
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