Hugh Piper is Deputy Editor of The Policymaker, a publication of the James Martin Institute for Public Policy. Previously, he was Program Lead at the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue, primarily leading AP4D’s work on Australian statecraft. Prior to these roles, Hugh was a strategic policy adviser and ministerial speechwriter at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Hugh is currently undertaking a Master of Public Policy with the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He holds first class degrees in law and US history from the University of Sydney.