What does a “poly-crisis” world look like from Australia’s perspective?
In his keynote, Global Security Challenges: A View from Down Under, Professor John Blaxland unpacks the intersecting challenges of great power competition, climate stress, and global instability, offering fresh insight into how U.S. allies are navigating today’s complex security landscape.
This talk will consider how today’s global pressures, including geopolitical competition, climate stress, and rapid technological shifts, look when viewed through Australia’s Indo-Pacific perspective. Professor Blaxland will offer an Australian perspective on today’s converging global crises, including heightened great power competition, climate stress, governance breakdowns, and technological disruption. How do multiple, intersecting threats that amplify one another, and how do shifts in U.S. politics and international order compound those risks? Attendees can expect to gain comparative insight, raise critical questions about alliances and resilience, and garner a nuanced understanding on how nations might respond in an era of complexity.
Professor John Blaxland is one of Australia's leading experts on international security, intelligence, and Indo-Pacific strategy. A former senior military intelligence officer and defense attaché, Professor Blaxland is now Director of the ANU North America Liason Office and Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies at the Australian National University. He is the author of many books, monographs, and official histories on security, defense, and Australia's intelligence community, and offers commentary with New York Times, The Guardian, The Diplomat, ABC, CNN, and BBC.