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Executive Director
Australian foreign policy; US politics and foreign policy; Asia and the Pacific; International history
Director of Research
Indo-Pacific strategy; Australian foreign policy; great power competition; Pacific Islands geopolitics; China’s regional influence; intelligence and national security
Research Associate, Pacific Aid Map
Development finance; foreign aid; human development
Research Associate, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
Macroeconomics; structural transformation; energy transition; Southeast Asia; economic development
Research Associate
Southeast Asian politics and economic security
Head of Editorial
Australian foreign policy; long-form research on strategy, security, geopolitics and economics
Research Fellow, Pacific Aid Map
Pacific Islands aid and development; development finance; sovereign debt; China’s foreign assistance and overseas lending
Managing Editor, The Interpreter
Australian foreign policy and politics; Australia’s intelligence services; international relations in Asia
Research Fellow, Pacific Islands Program
Pacific public health; climate change and Pacific security; resource governance; Pacific geopolitics; Australia-Pacific development partnerships; regional security architecture
Program Director, Transnational Challenges
Terrorism and violent extremism; digital technology; disinformation; authoritarianism; national security; emergency management and countering violent extremism; crisis and natural disasters; radicalisation; counter-terrorism; policy; Middle East; US national security
Research Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program
Australian foreign policy; Indo-Pacific security; China and Taiwan; North Korea; Pakistan
Director, Southeast Asia Program
Southeast Asian politics and security; great power competition; US foreign policy
Senior Fellow for East Asia
China’s political system and the workings and structure of the communist party; China’s foreign relations, with an emphasis on ties with Japan, the two Koreas, and Southeast Asia; Australia’s relations with Asia
Acting Pacific Islands Program Director and Project Director, Australia–Papua New Guinea Network
Climate change; national security; PNG governance and politics; the Autonomous Region of Bougainville; international relations across the Pacific region
Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
Digitalisation; digital economy; economic development and empowerment; innovation and technology; social welfare
India Chair
Indian foreign and security policy; Indo-Pacific geopolitics; India–China relations
Research Associate, Transnational Challenges Program
Insurgent dynamics and legitimacy
Lead Economist; Director, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
International economic policy; Asia-Pacific economies; macroeconomics; economic development; aid and development finance; globalisation; geoeconomics
Program Director, International Security
Australian foreign and defence policy; China’s military forces; US defence and foreign policy; drones and other military technology; trends in global democracy
Senior Fellow for Military Studies, International Security Program
Russia-Ukraine war; military history and strategy; advanced technologies
FDC Pacific Research Fellow
Papua New Guinea; Pacific Islands
Data Analyst, Asia Power Index
Statistics
Research Fellow, Southeast Asia Aid Map
Foreign aid; global development finance
Research Associate, Pacific Islands Program
Senior Fellow, Southeast Asia Program
Macroeconomic policy; economic reform; the role of financial institutions in economic development; Myanmar; Indo-Pacific
Research Associate, International Security Program
Australian defence policy; military capability
Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
International economics; trade and supply chains; geoeconomics and economic security; growth and development; macroeconomics; critical minerals and technology competition