Rory Medcalf

Rory Medcalf is Head of the National Security College at the Australian National University. His career spans diplomacy, academia, intelligence analysis, journalism and think tanks. His expertise includes Asian strategic dynamics, Australian statecraft, nuclear issues and maritime security. He was a senior strategic analyst with Australia’s peak intelligence agency, and a diplomat with service in India, Japan and Papua New Guinea. He has played a lead role in Australia’s informal diplomacy with India and a range of other countries. Professor Medcalf is recognised globally as a thought leader on the Indo-Pacific strategic concept, as articulated in his book Indo-Pacific Empire (2020, Manchester University Press). In 2022 Professor Medcalf was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to international relations and tertiary education. He is a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum Register of Experts and Eminent Persons and the Scientific Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute for International Affairs.