Dr Euan Graham

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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.

What key players want from Trump–Kim talks (and what they’ll get)
Commentary
What key players want from Trump–Kim talks (and what they’ll get)
Originally published in the South China Morning Post. Euan Graham
“Global Britain” on the line in the South China Sea
“Global Britain” on the line in the South China Sea
Joint freedom of navigation patrols by the UK and France would be more convincing to a regional audience.
Seven quick takeaways from Julie Bishop’s speech at King’s College London
Seven quick takeaways from Julie Bishop’s speech at King’s College London
The most important foreign policy speech in a year hints how Australia's view has evolved in a short time.
Admiral Harris, you can see China at a different angle from down here
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Admiral Harris, you can see China at a different angle from down here
Originally published in The Australian. Euan Graham
Is ASEAN still central to Australia?
Is ASEAN still central to Australia?
Canberra is busy diversifying its diplomatic efforts partly in response to ASEAN's shortcomings.
Joining the dots to Vancouver
Joining the dots to Vancouver
Did China browbeat Australia to downgrade official participation in a conference on North Korea?
Canberra looks for new bridges over troubled waters
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Canberra looks for new bridges over troubled waters
Faced with a distracted US and an increasingly assertive China, Australia needs, more than ever, friends and partners in the region. Originally published in the Straits Times.Euan…
Which are the countries still talking to North Korea?
Commentary
Which are the countries still talking to North Korea?
North Korea is often portrayed as entirely isolated from the rest of the world, but as the Lowy Institute's new 2017 Global Diplomacy Index has found, the so-called Hermit Kingdom…
Why South Korea and Japan should not go nuclear
Why South Korea and Japan should not go nuclear
Were Seoul or Tokyo to acquire nuclear-weapons capacity, the region would not instantly become any more or less secure.
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