Publications

Theses

• The Australian Labor Party, the United States alliance, and the invasion of Iraq 2002-2003, Australian National University, Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) with Honours, 2018.
• Re-assessing the separation of church and state: the Enlightenment position re-visited from religious perspectives, University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Social Science with Honours, 2010.

Book Chapters

• The Quad, in Henriksen, Bjørge, and Bårdsen (eds.), Strategy and Airpower in the East and South China Sea: China, the United States, and Great Power Rivalry, Routledge, 2026 (forthcoming).

Journal Articles

• Interoperability, South Pacific Burden-Sharing, and Trans-Tasman Relations, Australian Naval Review, Issue 1, 2021.

Conference Papers

• Multilateral security organisations: relics of a bygone age, or a budding Renaissance? Lessons from Australia’s experience with Cold War institution-building, Oceanic Conference on International Studies 2023, University of Melbourne.

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Correspondence

• The Jakarta Treaty, “Common Security”, and International Law, ANZSIL Perspective,
  27 April 2026.
• In view of Trump’s review of AUKUS, should Australia cancel the subs deal? We asked 5 experts, The Conversation, 17 June 2025.
• Australia may no longer be ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000, The Conversation, 27 March 2025.
• Societal resilience is the best answer to Chinese warships, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 11 March 2025.
• At what point do we say ‘enough’ to Trump? The choices Australia must prepare for,
  Canberra Times, 1 March 2025.
• Quad and AUKUS face an uncertain future under Trump, 360info, 5 February 2025.
• Navigating Trump: Australia’s path to a more confident foreign policy, ThinkChina,
  12 December 2024.
• Will Donald Trump renegotiate the AUKUS treaty or walk away? That’s the $368 billion question, The Conversation, 26 November 2024.
• David M. Andrews responds to “United front: Australia needs a military alliance with Indonesia” by Sam Roggeveen, Australian Foreign Affairs, 24 October 2024.
• Smuggling budgies? Australia’s fight against wildlife trafficking, The Interpreter (Lowy Institute), 1 August 2024.
• Let AUKUS be AUKUS: Is It Time to Separate Submarines from Advanced Capabilities?, Australian Outlook (Australian Institute of International Affairs), 15 May 2024.
• Faux-Alliances: AUKUS and the Quad are No Asian NATO, Australian Outlook (Australian Institute of International Affairs), 22 March 2024.
• Defence has said much about what it wants, but little about how it will get it,
  Canberra Times, 23 December 2023.
• The Five Power Defence Arrangements: How to Sail Past Fifty, Fulcrum (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute), 13 June 2023.
• A sign of the times: the resurgence of pacts, treaties, and alliances, The Interpreter (Lowy Institute), 23 October 2023.
• Australia is investigating whether ex-defence personnel provided military training to China. Would it matter if they did?, The Conversation, 10 November 2022.
• A new era in the Indo-Pacific? Strengthening the regional order in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Griffith Asia Insights (Griffith University), 22 March 2022.
• ANZAC Class 2.0? Opportunities for cooperation between Australia and New Zealand, Incline (Victoria University of Wellington), 9 September 2021.
• Ad hoc arrangements or multiplying multilaterals?, Griffith Asia Insights (Griffith University), 18 January 2021.
• Defence shouldn’t be spared when government pays off coronavirus debt,
  The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 1 May 2020.

Podcasts

• Sustaining deterrence and building defence industrial resilience, The National Security Podcast, 9 October 2025.
• Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, The National Security Podcast, 28 August 2025.
• The evolution of strategic deterrence, The National Security Podcast, 21 August 2025.
• Unpacking the Australia-US relationship with “our man in Washington”, The National Security Podcast, 24 July 2025.
• A decade at the helm: in conversation with Rory Medcalf, The National Security Podcast, 17 July 2025.
• Nuclear flashpoint: Iran strikes, non-proliferation, and future threats, The National Security Podcast, 10 July 2025.
• Disasters, distrust, and disinformation, The National Security Podcast, 3 July 2025.
• Iran, Israel and the future of Middle East security, The National Security Podcast,
  26 June 2025.
• The trans-Tasman alliance: strengthening Australia-NZ security ties, The National Security Podcast, 19 June 2025.
• AI, rights and rules: who’s accountable in an automated world?, The National Security Podcast, 5 June 2025.
• Aid, development, and Australia’s national security: why it matters now more than ever, The National Security Podcast, 10 April 2025.
• How global shocks, supply chains, and innovation impact food security, The National Security Podcast, 3 April 2025.
• China’s naval activity off Australia: coercion or common practice?, The National Security Podcast, 27 March 2025.
• Contest for the High North: Greenland and Arctic security, The National Security Podcast, 27 February 2025.
• BRICS and the global order: shifting tides or a club of convenience?, The National Security Podcast, 20 February 2025.
• Africa: Australia’s Indo-Pacific “blind spot”, The National Security Podcast,
  13 February 2025.
• The power of fiction and storytelling in understanding national security, The National Security Podcast, 6 February 2025.
• George Brandis on how politics and national security intersect, The National Security Podcast, 14 November 2024.
• The new oil: critical minerals, rare earths, and the clean energy transition,
  The National Security Podcast, 3 October 2024.
• Quad Leaders’ Summit: setting it up for success in “phase 3”, The National Security Podcast, 26 September 2024.
• Fostering ethical leadership: why compassion matters in public service, The National Security Podcast, 19 September 2024.
• Going for gold: sport, statecraft, and security, The National Security Podcast,
  22 August 2024.
• Alliances and security agreements in Europe and the Indo-Pacific, The National Security Podcast, 1 August 2024.
• Chinese strategy and statecraft: coercion and competition in the Indo-Pacific,
  The National Security Podcast, 6 June 2024.
• Future direction of the AUKUS agreement: what role for Japan and others?,
  The National Security Podcast, 23 May 2024.
• Deterrence and denial: navigating the 2024 National Defence Strategy, The National Security Podcast, 24 April 2024.
• Competing at the cutting edge: the Quad’s role in critical and emerging technology,
  The National Security Podcast, 28 September 2023.
• The biotechnology revolution: opportunities for the Quad, The National Security Podcast, 21 September 2023.
• Beyond crime scenes: the proactive power of modern forensic science, The National Security Podcast, 17 August 2023.
• The view from Washington: Charles Edel on Australia-US relations, The National Security Podcast, 3 August 2023.
• Examining Korea’s place in the Indo-Pacific regional order, The National Security Podcast, 11 May 2023.
• Bots, trolls and geopolitics: examining the dark side of social media, The National Security Podcast, 20 April 2023.
• Beyond the ‘comfort zone’: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, The National Security Podcast, 6 April 2023.
• One year of war in Ukraine: is the end in sight?, The National Security Podcast,
  23 February 2023.
• The lesser-known – and poorly understood – part of AUKUS, The National Security Podcast, 9 February 2023.
• Understanding the United States’ National Security Strategy, The National Security Podcast, 17 November 2022.