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.
 

When Turnbull meets Trump
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When Turnbull meets Trump
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s first face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump is an opportunity to deliver some key messages about the role the United States should…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un keeps going ballistic
Commentary
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un keeps going ballistic
Originally published in the Australian on 14 March 2017.  Alan Dupont
Kim baits Trump with missile
Commentary
Kim baits Trump with missile
Originally published in the Australian on 18 February 2017.  Alan Dupont
Calm down and we could well get the ‘Asian pivot’ that never was
Commentary
Calm down and we could well get the ‘Asian pivot’ that never was
Originally published in the Australian on 1 February 2017.  Alan Dupont
Values-based foreign policy is flawed thinking
Commentary
Values-based foreign policy is flawed thinking
Originally published in the Australian on 20 December 2016. Alan Dupont
'It's going to be a bumpy ride'
Commentary
'It's going to be a bumpy ride'
'The US-led world order is tipping further into decline.' Originally published in The Australian. Photo: Getty Images/Gary HershornAlan Dupont
Will China rule the world? Asian superpower faces uncertain future
Commentary
Will China rule the world? Asian superpower faces uncertain future
Originally published in the Australian on 8 October 2016. Alan Dupont
China wants what we have, so it won’t risk a spat
Commentary
China wants what we have, so it won’t risk a spat
Originally published in the Australian on 30 August 2016.  Alan Dupont
Islamic State can’t be destroyed with half-measures
Commentary
Islamic State can’t be destroyed with half-measures
Originally published in the Australian on 13 August 2016. Alan Dupont
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