The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University presents a monthly Public Lecture Series. About this Event
This series of Public Lectures seeks to stimulate public discussion on major challenges relating to Australia’s strategic and defence policy and to contribute to the vital national conversation about Australia’s future in the Indo-Pacific.
Lectures will be held monthly with the inaugural lecture presented by Professor Brendan Sargeant, Head of SDSC. Other forthcoming lectures will be announced in the coming weeks.
Challenges to Australia s Strategic Imagination
How does Australia’s strategic imagination shape Defence policy and strategy?
In this first lecture of the series, Brendan Sargeant will discuss the idea of a strategic imagination, explore some of the elements of the Australian strategic imagination, and set out some of the challenges faced in response to the current strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific.