Session Introduction.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM |
Auditorium |
Overview
Dr John Coyne, Head of Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Speaker
Dr John Coyne
Head of Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
North of North: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities in the Indo-Pacific Era
Abstract
Northern Australia represents some of the most strategically important geography in the Indo-Pacific. Unsurprisingly, in the face of increasing geo-political uncertainty, the 2023 Defence Strategic Review sought to reconceptualise how it thinks about Northern Australia. Australia's North is no longer simply the end of the nation's sovereign territory. Australia and its Indo-Pacific neighbours must reconceptualise their understanding of Northern Australia beyond defence. They must now consider the economic, social, cultural and diplomatic opportunities for regional connection and collaboration in Northern Australia. In this dynamic and far-reaching session, speakers will seek to explore the opportunities and challenges for Northern Australia to be a bridge with the Indo-Pacific.
Biography
Dr John Coyne is Head of the Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre and Head of Strategic Policing and Law Enforcement at ASPI.
He is an award-winning author who has published widely on policing, national security, northern Australia and organised crime.
John has worked in intelligence and national security for over 25 years. He has been an intelligence professional at tactical, operational, and strategic levels across military, regulatory, national security and law enforcement organisations.
He has been a Winston Churchill Fellow and a Vincent Fairfax Fellow.