I recently had the pleasure of participating in the 🇦🇺🇲🇾 Track 1.5 Maritime Cooperation Dialogue in Canberra. 🇦🇺🇲🇾 are close partners &, as maritime nations, both are increasingly affected by growing contestation in the maritime domain. The dialogue provided a valuable forum to discuss shared perspectives on regional security, maritime security, & the practical challenges emerging across our region. Thank you to @BlueSecProgram & @dfat for convening this timely and important discussion, and for bringing together such a strong group of Australian and Malaysian voices. @NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra @LowyInstitute

An absolute pleasure to join the @BlueSecProgram Maritime Early Career Researchers workshop and engage with the next generation of maritime thought leaders. I spoke about the key trends reshaping the maritime domain: the erosion of the multilateral system, the growing use of military force to achieve foreign policy objectives, and rapid technological change. Together creating a far more contested maritime environment. While non-traditional maritime security has rightly been a focus of much academic research since the end of the Cold War, I encouraged them to consider how maritime & naval power must evolve in this new contested domain, and what that means for strategy and capability. Thank you to @BlueSecProgram & @dfat for supporting such an important initiative. @LowyInstitute @NSC_ANU @UNSWCanberra