Iain MacGillivray
Biography
Publications
Dr Iain MacGillivray is a Researcher at RAND Australia. His previous roles include analyst and speechwriter for the Chief of Army’s Initiatives Group (CIG) in the Australian Army, a UK and US adviser at the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet (PM&C), and a geopolitical analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in Washington, DC. He also served as a Turkey/Middle East researcher at the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS).
Of hedgehogs and foxes: It’s time for a school of Australian statecraft
As a middle power, Australia needs both bold decision-makers and quick-witted rationalists. Those skills can be taught.
To “protect-and-project” – A call for Australian land power in the Indo-Pacific
The changing character of war may mean fighting more than just one type of war against one type of adversary.
Turbulence, the Taliban, and Turkey’s role in Afghanistan’s future
A role supporting operations at Kabul airport looks to offer Recep Tayyip Erdoğan more risks than rewards.
What is Turkey’s endgame in Libya?
Erdoğan’s strategy in Libya is about domestic legitimacy as much as regional projection – but past failures hang heavy.
