On Wednesday 17 September Dr Rod Lyon, Director of the Strategy and International Programme at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), will speak on ‘Asia-Pacific Strategic Challenges: An Australian Perspective ’ from 10:30-11:30am.
Dr Rod Lyon is the Director of the Strategy and International Programme at ASPI. He was most recently a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Queensland where he taught courses on conflict, international security, and civil-military relations. His research interests focus on a range of problems associated with global security, nuclear strategy and Australian security. He previously worked in the Strategic Analysis Branch of the Office of National Assessments between 1985-1996. As a Fulbright scholar in 2004, he was a visiting research fellow at Georgetown University in Washington DC, researching a project on the future of security partnerships in the post-September 11 environment. He was appointed to the National Consultative Committee on International Security Issues in April 2005. He also authored an ASPI strategy report entitled ‘Alliance Unleashed: Australia and the US in a new strategic age’ which was published in June 2005.
This meeting will be chaired by Alex Nicoll, Director of Editorial, and will take place on the Fourth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Clara Catherall on catherall@iiss.org or tel: 020 7395 9156
