James Brown

James Brown
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James Brown no longer works for the Lowy Institute. He is currently Director, Alliance 21, at the University of Sydney's US Studies Centre. James was the Military Fellow at the Lowy Institute from 2010 to 2014. His research focuses on military issues and defence policy. Previously he coordinated the Lowy Institute MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Project (exploring security cooperation in Asia) and was the lead researcher on a multi-year project investigating the evolution of private security companies. James served as an officer in the Australian Army prior to joining the Lowy Institute. He commanded a cavalry troop in Southern Iraq, served on the Australian task force headquarters in Baghdad, and was attached to Special Forces in Afghanistan. He was awarded a commendation for work in the Solomon Islands and as an operational planner at the Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command. James also instructed at the Army’s Combat Arms Training Centre. James studied economics at the University of Sydney and completed graduate studies in strategy at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of Anzac's Long Shadow: the cost of our national obsession (Black Inc), which was shortlisted for the 2014 John Button prize.

Plenty of decisions to be made and a bit of vision would help
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Plenty of decisions to be made and a bit of vision would help
In a Sydney Morning Herald op-ed, Rory Medcalf and James Brown preview the 2013 Defence White Paper.James Brown , Rory Medcalf
Marketing strategy behind posing
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Marketing strategy behind posing
James Brown, Military Fellow at the Lowy Institute, writes in The Sydney Morning Herald on the successful brand of the Kim family dynasty in North Korea.James Brown
Kim Jong-un dances to dangerous tune
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Kim Jong-un dances to dangerous tune
In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Military Fellow James Brown writes that while Kim Jong-un threatens a nuclear attack on US cities, North Korea's elite can't…
Parliamentary Submission: Defence Performance
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Parliamentary Submission: Defence Performance
In this submission to the Australian Parliament's review of the Defence Annual Report, Military Fellow James Brown argues for greater parliamentary oversight of defence by…
Whera are all the Australian Generals?
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Whera are all the Australian Generals?
In this blog for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Military Fellow James Brown asks why we don't hear more rom Australia's retired Generals in the public defence…
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