Dr Alan Dupont AO

Nonresident Fellow
Dr Alan Dupont AO
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Alan Dupont is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.

Dr Alan Dupont is founder and CEO of the Cognoscenti Group, a political and strategic risk consultancy, and one of Australia’s best known strategists, Asianists and thought leaders. Alan has an international reputation for his work on geopolitical risk, defence and national security and has been an advisor to a number of Australian ministers of defence and foreign affairs. In 2013/14, Alan established and led the Abbott Government’s Defence White Paper team. He has received commendations for his work from the governments of Japan and East Timor and was recently named by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s top two strategists.

In a long and diverse career across government, the private sector and academe, Alan has been an astute observer of many of the seminal developments in world affairs. Following 25 years of service in government as an army officer, defence intelligence analyst and diplomat Alan distinguished himself as an academic entrepreneur and scholar. He has held senior appointments at the University of NSW and the University of Sydney where he was the inaugural holder of the Michael Hintze Chair in International Security and the first CEO of the United States Studies Centre.

Alan is Contributing National Security Editor for The Australian newspaper and frequently comments on defence and security issues for the electronic media. He has been interviewed for most Asian dailies as well as leading newspapers in the US and Europe including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde and the Wall Street Journal. The author of nearly 100 books, monographs and articles on defence and international security, his path breaking study of the non-military, transnational challenges to East Asia’s security for Cambridge University Press (East Asia Imperilled) is generally acknowledged to be the authoritative academic work in the field.

Alan holds a PhD in international relations from the Australian National University and is a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon and the US Foreign Service Institute. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of NSW in Sydney and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington.
 

Flexing US muscle over Ukraine best way to deter alpha male Vladimir Putin
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Flexing US muscle over Ukraine best way to deter alpha male Vladimir Putin
Originally published in the Weekend Australian.
Catching up in the space race isn’t a moon shot
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Catching up in the space race isn’t a moon shot
China’s ‘God of Fire’ mission foreshadows a scramble for control of space — and Australia is being left behind. Originally published in The Australian.
China strategy: Get a bigger stick with which to protect ourselves
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China strategy: Get a bigger stick with which to protect ourselves
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review.
China’s threat to the US makes us a power player
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China’s threat to the US makes us a power player
There’s a seminal shift underway in Australia’s relationship with the US based on mutual need and Morrison’s determination to act more forcefully. Originally published in The…
Credit Biden’s bid for united states of democracy
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Credit Biden’s bid for united states of democracy
Originally published in The Australian.
Only a resilient democracy could have survived the mob violence
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Only a resilient democracy could have survived the mob violence
Originally published in The Australian.
Fighting the dragon: we’re doing it wrong
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Fighting the dragon: we’re doing it wrong
As China slowly strangles our exports to break our will, Australians have responded with a range of emotions — none of them effective. Originally published in The Australian.
US-China decoupling and the eve of economic destruction
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US-China decoupling and the eve of economic destruction
Originally published in The Australian.
Scott Morrison must balance our role between great powers
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Scott Morrison must balance our role between great powers
Originally published in The Australian.
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