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The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series seminar:
Australia, the United States and the Indo-Pacific Balance of Power: Interpreting AUKUS and the Australian Defence Strategic Review
A Conversation With:
Peter Dean
Director of Foreign Policy and Defence
United States Studies Centre
Dr. Satu Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, Research Program and East-West Center in Washington
In the first year of the Albanese government, Australia announced two exceptionally ambitious defence policy changes: the AUKUS optimal pathway, which carves out Australia's path to acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines, and the Defence Strategic Review, that the Deputy Prime Minister called the most significant reform to Defence in over 35 years and a "blueprint for defence thinking for decades to come". Though both announcements were largely positively received, they have generated some controversy over Australian strategy, funding, risks and the nature of Australia's US alliance. In this seminar, Professor Peter J. Dean, a principal author of the Review, will contextualise these debates, discuss how Australia views its role in the Indo-Pacific, and evaluate what this means for the United States-Australia Alliance.
Peter Dean PhD SFHEA is the director of the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre. Recently, Professor Dean was co-lead of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR) Secretariat, where he served as the principal author and senior advisor to the Independent Leads.
Previously, Professor Dean was the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) first Chair of Defence Studies and the inaugural director of the UWA Defence and Security Institute. He served as a Pro Vice-Chancellor at UWA, and held numerous senior roles at the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific and Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He was the founding editor of the Melbourne University Press Defence Studies Series, and is a member of the Editorial Boards of a number of journals.
Professor Dean has been a Fulbright Fellow and Endeavour Research Scholar in Australia-United States Alliance Studies, a senior fellow with the Perth USAsia Centre, as well as a non-resident fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Dr. Satu P. Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of Research, East-West Center in Washington, and interim director of the Professional Development Program. He created and directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar.
He publishes and speaks on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various US government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. He recently served on the Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the US-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the US-Australia Alliance, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project on Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. He serves on the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council and editorial board of East Asian Policy and regional editor of Global Asia.
The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series seminar:
Australia, the United States and the Indo-Pacific Balance of Power: Interpreting AUKUS and the Australian Defence Strategic Review
A Conversation With:
Peter Dean
Director of Foreign Policy and Defence
United States Studies Centre
Dr. Satu Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, Research Program and East-West Center in Washington
In the first year of the Albanese government, Australia announced two exceptionally ambitious defence policy changes: the AUKUS optimal pathway, which carves out Australia's path to acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines, and the Defence Strategic Review, that the Deputy Prime Minister called the most significant reform to Defence in over 35 years and a "blueprint for defence thinking for decades to come". Though both announcements were largely positively received, they have generated some controversy over Australian strategy, funding, risks and the nature of Australia's US alliance. In this seminar, Professor Peter J. Dean, a principal author of the Review, will contextualise these debates, discuss how Australia views its role in the Indo-Pacific, and evaluate what this means for the United States-Australia Alliance.
Peter Dean PhD SFHEA is the director of the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre. Recently, Professor Dean was co-lead of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR) Secretariat, where he served as the principal author and senior advisor to the Independent Leads.
Previously, Professor Dean was the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) first Chair of Defence Studies and the inaugural director of the UWA Defence and Security Institute. He served as a Pro Vice-Chancellor at UWA, and held numerous senior roles at the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific and Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He was the founding editor of the Melbourne University Press Defence Studies Series, and is a member of the Editorial Boards of a number of journals.
Professor Dean has been a Fulbright Fellow and Endeavour Research Scholar in Australia-United States Alliance Studies, a senior fellow with the Perth USAsia Centre, as well as a non-resident fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Dr. Satu P. Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of Research, East-West Center in Washington, and interim director of the Professional Development Program. He created and directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar.
He publishes and speaks on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various US government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. He recently served on the Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the US-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the US-Australia Alliance, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project on Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. He serves on the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council and editorial board of East Asian Policy and regional editor of Global Asia.
