Greg Austin

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Greg is an Adjunct Professor at the Australia China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney. He led the Cyber Power and Future Conflict Program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies for three and half years until January 2023. He was formerly a professor at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) where he set up its Master's Degree in cyber war and peace. He has worked in Europe for 15 years, in peace NGOs and at the world-renowned peace studies centre at Bradford University. Five years at ANU in international relations. Roles in government and public policy in Australia (defence intelligence, Senate Committee Secretary, Ministerial Adviser). Published ten books as author, co-author, editor or co-editor, including "National Cyber Emergencies:, "Cyber Security Education", "Cyber Security in China", "Cyber Policy in China", "China's Ocean Frontier", "Japan and Greater China", and "The Armed Forces of Russia". Former columnist for "New Europe" (Brussels). As Vice-President of the EastWest Institute from 2006-2011, he led its work on cyber security, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, including leadership and supervision of research output. He held a Senior Visiting Fellowship in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London from 2012 to 2014. He has consulted for the UK Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office, as well for Australian government agencies.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Adjunct Professor, Australia China Relations Institute University of Technology Sydney
  • 2019–2023
    Program Head Cyber Power and Future Conflict, International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • 2016–2021
    Professor, UNSW Canberra
  • 2015–2015
    Visiting Professor, UNSW Canberra
  • 2013–2014
    Professorial fellow, EastWest Institute
  • 2011–2013
    Visiting Senior Fellow, Kings College London, Dept of War Studies
  • 2006–2011
    Vice-President, EastWest Institute
  • 2004–2006
    Director of Research, Foreign Policy Centre London
  • 2003–2004
    Principal Research Fellow, Peace Studies Centre Bradford
  • 2000–2003
    Asia program Director/Director of Research then consultant, International Crisis Group Brussels
  • 1994–1999
    Research Fellow/Fellow/Senior Lecturer, ANU
  • 1992–1994
    Ministerial Adviser, Defence and Foreign Affairs
  • 1991–1992
    Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald
  • 1989–1990
    Secretary, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade
  • 1983–1986
    First Secretary, Australian Commission Hong Kong

Education

  • 1994 
    ANU, Ph D
  • 1985 
    ANU, Master of International Law
  • 1973 
    University of Queensland, BA (Hons)

Publications

  • 2024
    Impact of the Russia Ukraine War on National Cyber Planning: A Survey of Ten Countries (Policy report)(co-author), IISS
  • 2024
    Quantum Sensing: Comparing the United States and China (Policy Report), IISS
  • 2023
    Cyber Capabilities and National Power Volume2 (co-editor)), IISS
  • 2023
    Evaluating Australian Cyber Policy Reform: Urgency, Coherence and Depth (Discussion Paper), Social Cyber Institute
  • 2022
    Assessing Cyber Military Maturity: Strategy, Institutions and Capability (co-author), IISS
  • 2022
    Military Ambitions and Competition in Space: The Role of Alliances’ (co-author) Policy report, IISS
  • 2022
    Great Power Offensive Cyber Campaigns: Experiments in Strategy (co-author), IISS
  • 2021
    Opportunity, Threat and Dependency in the Social Infosphere (Book chapter), Oxford University Press
  • 2021
    Cyber Capabilities and National Power: A Net Assessment (co-editor, contributing author), IISS
  • 2021
    Global Trade and Cyber Security: Monitoring, Enforcement and Sanctions (book chapter,co-author)), Oxford University Press
  • 2021
    Australia’s Drums of War, Survival
  • 2020
    US Policy: From Cyber Incidents to National Emergencies (book chapter), Routledge
  • 2020
    The Strategic Implications of China’s Weak Cyber Defences, Survival
  • 2020
    Five years of cyber security education reform in China (book chapter), Routledge
  • 2020
    From Cyber Resilience to Civil Defence: contested concepts, elusive goals (book chapter, co-author)), Routledge
  • 2020
    National Cyber Emergencies: the Return to Civil Defence , Routledge
  • 2020
    Cyber Security Education: Principles and Policies, Routledge
  • 2020
    ‘Twelve dilemmas of reform in cyber security education (book chapter), Routledge
  • 2020
    Creating Social Cyber Value as the Broader Goal (co-author, book chapter), Routledge
  • 2019
    Social Science Research and Intelligence in Australia (Policy Report)(contributing author), Australian Academy for the Social Sciences
  • 2018
    Cybersecurity in China: The Next Wave , Springer
  • 2018
    Strategic Military Geographies in the South China Sea (Book chapter), Springer
  • 2017
    ‘Preemption Is Victory: Aggravated Nuclear Instability of the Information Age (co-author), Non-Proliferation Review
  • 2017
    Robots Writing Chinese and Fighting Underwater (Book chapter), Palgrave
  • 2017
    Are Australia’s responses to cyber security adequate? (Book chapter), CEDA
  • 2017
    Restraint and Governance in Cyberspace (Book chapter), Macmillan
  • 2016
    Middle Powers and Cyber-Enabled Warfare: The Imperative of Collective Security (Book chapter), Pentagon Press (Delhi)
  • 2016
    Australia’s Response to Advanced Technology Threats: An Agenda for the Next Government (co-author)(Discussion paper), UNSW
  • 2016
    International Legal Norms in Cyberspace: Evolution of China’s National Security Motivation (Book Chapter), NATO CCD COE Publications
  • 2016
    Australia Rearmed: Future Needs for Cyber-enabled War’, Australian Centre for Cyber Security (Discussion Paper), UNSW
  • 2015
    China’s Security in the Information Age {Book chapter), Routledge
  • 2015
    Promoting International Cyber Norms: A New Advocacy Forum (co-author, Policy Paper), EastWest Institute
  • 2014
    Resetting the System: Why Highly Secure Computing Should Be the Priority of Cybersecurity Policies (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2014
    Cyber Policy in China, Polity, Cambridge UK
  • 2014
    Australia’s Digital Skills for Peace and War , Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy
  • 2014
    Managing Asymmetries in Chinese and American Cyber Power, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs,
  • 2014
    A Measure of Restraint in Cyberspace: Reducing Risk to Civilian Nuclear Assets (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2012
    Cyber Detente between the United States and China (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2010
    Russia, the United States, and Cyber Diplomacy: Opening the Doors (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2007
    Protect! Civilians and civil rights in counter-terrorist operations (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2007
    New Russia, New Ally: A Bilateral Security Agenda Beyond 2008 (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
  • 2007
    Energy and Conflict Prevention (edited volume)(co-editor), Madariaga European Foundation
  • 2005
    The Next Attack (Policy Paper), Foreign Policy Centre (London)
  • 2004
    Reactions in Australia and New Zealand to a Rising China (Book chapter), Brookings
  • 2004
    Preventing Terrorism? Direct Measures First – Intrusive, Normative and Personal! (Book chapter), Lexington Books
  • 2001
    Japan and Greater China: Political Economy and military Power in the Asian Century (co-author), Uni of Hawaii Press
  • 2001
    Power and Responsibility in Chinese Foreign Policy (co-editor), Asia Pacific Press, then ANU ePress
  • 2000
    The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia (co-author), I B Tauris
  • 1998
    China's Ocean Frontier: International Law, Military Force and National Development, Allen & Unwin
  • 1997
    Missile Diplomacy and Taiwan's Future: Innovations in Politics and Military Power (edited volume), ANU

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Information Security Association

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