John Blaxland
Director, ANU North America Liaison Office
Dr. John Blaxland is Director of the ANU North America Liaison Office and Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU). A former Australian military officer, who started his career as a satellite terminal troop commander, he is a trusted and highly regarded scholar who has authored or co-authored over a dozen broad-ranging works on international, military, security and intelligence affairs. He is also an occasional media commentator.
His books include
- Revealing Secrets: An Unofficial History of Australian Signals Intelligence and the Advent of Cyber (UNSW Press, 2023)
- The US-Thai Alliance and Asian International Relations, (Routledge, 2021)
- Niche Wars: Australia in Afghanistan and Iraq (ANU Press, 2020)
- Strategic Cousins: Australian and Canadian Expeditionary Forces and the British and American Empires (MQUP, 2006)
- Signals: Swift and Sure (Signals Committee, 1998)