Dr Euan Graham

Nonresident Fellow
Dr Euan Graham
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Euan Graham is a former Nonresident Fellow of the Lowy Institute.

Euan is the Executive Director of La Trobe Asia. He has been a close observer of Southeast and Northeast Asian security affairs for more than twenty years, in academia, the private sector, and for the British Government. He joined the Lowy Institute in 2015, from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore where he specialised in maritime security. Prior to this he was a research analyst in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and served at the British Embassy in Pyongyang. His most recent Analysis for the Lowy Institute is: “Trump, Kim and the North Korean Nuclear Missile Melodrama”.

Dr Graham’s research interests include Australian defence policy, maritime security and strategy, the Korean Peninsula, and the US strategic role in the Indo-Pacific. He is a regular commentator for the international and Australian media. His book Japan’s Sea Lane Security 1940–2004: A Matter of Life and Death? was the first comprehensive English-language analysis on this subject. He received his PhD from the Australian National University in 2003. Dr Graham is an Associate Fellow at the UK Royal United Services Institute and an Honorary Principal Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne.

New Zealand’s P-8 purchase: straddling the gap
New Zealand’s P-8 purchase: straddling the gap
New Zealand could change to a strategic “front line” if geopolitical competition in the South Pacific hots up.
North Korea summit the latest act in Asia's great melodrama
Commentary
North Korea summit the latest act in Asia's great melodrama
Orginially published on ABC News.Euan Graham
Mindful Mattis did just fine at the Shangri-La Dialogue
Mindful Mattis did just fine at the Shangri-La Dialogue
The US Secretary of Defense fleshed out the Trump administration’s “free and open Indo-Pacific” strategy with aplomb.
Cancelled Trump-Kim summit no surprise given glaringly obvious gulf in recent weeks
Commentary
Cancelled Trump-Kim summit no surprise given glaringly obvious gulf in recent weeks
Originally published in Channel News Asia. Euan Graham
Summit cancelled: advantage Pyongyang
Summit cancelled: advantage Pyongyang
US credibility has taken a significant hit, with broader impacts for Washington’s relationships in Northeast Asia.
Trump, Kim and the North Korean nuclear missile melodrama
Analyses
Trump, Kim and the North Korean nuclear missile melodrama
The Trump–Kim summit is a distinct new phase in the dramatic cycle that defines the North Korea nuclear issue and the peninsula’s highly theatrical brand of geopolitics. Euan…
Trump–Kim summit: what’s in the venue?
Trump–Kim summit: what’s in the venue?
Singapore, Panmanjom, Ulaanbataar, or anywhere else, deciding where the leaders meet will broadcast an important signal.
Australian warships challenged in South China Sea
Australian warships challenged in South China Sea
Clearly, someone in Australia’s defence and security establishment wanted China’s challenge to be made public.
Cross-strait tensions rising, but Chinese aircraft carrier poses no threat
Cross-strait tensions rising, but Chinese aircraft carrier poses no threat
Sending the Liaoning through the Taiwan Strait may signal China’s displeasure, but in military terms is an irrelevance.
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