Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy

Year

2016

Publisher

ANU Press

Type

BOOK

Description

Paul Dibb AM has had an extraordinary career. He enjoys an international scholarly reputation of the highest order, while at the same time he has done much distinguished public service. He was a pioneer in moving back and forth between posts in government departments, notably the Department of Defence, and academia. He began as a student of Soviet economic geography, and then spent nearly two decades in Australian Defence intelligence, including service as Head of the National Assessments Staff (NAS) in the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) from 1974 to 1978, Deputy Director of JIO in 1978–80, Director of JIO in 1986–88, and Deputy Secretary of Defence (Strategy and Intelligence) in 1988–91, before becoming a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at The Australian National University (where he is now an Emeritus Professor). He has been quite happy to engage in vigorous public debate about important and controversial strategic and defence issues, giving him a high public profile. The contributors include two former Chancellors of ANU, one a former Minister of Defence, and the other a former Secretary of the Department of Defence, a former Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), and other former senior officials, as well as academic specialists in geography, international relations, and strategic and defence studies. ‘This would be a high-quality set of essays for any edited volume, but for a festschrift – a genre that sometimes generates uneven collections – this is an exceptional assembly. The individual pieces are very good; together, they have coherence and power.’ – Professor Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University

Aegis or Achilles Heel: The Dilemma of Homology in Biopatents in the Wake of Novozymes, ,

Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups

The Future of Health Care in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq

Confronting the "Enemy Within"

Collecting Lives

Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs

សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

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Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy

Description

Aegis or Achilles Heel: The Dilemma of Homology in Biopatents in the Wake of Novozymes, ,

Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups

Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups

The Future of Health Care in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq

The Future of Health Care in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq

Confronting the "Enemy Within"

Confronting the "Enemy Within"

Collecting Lives

Collecting Lives

Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs

Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs