Blue Security

Blue Security Consortium

Bringing together leading regional experts in politics, international law and strategic studies, Blue Security focuses on three key pillars of maritime security: order, law and power.

Blue Security is a collaboration between La Trobe Asia, Griffith Asia Institute (GAI), University of New South Wales Canberra (ADFA), University of Western Australia’s Defence and Security Institute (DSI), United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D). It produces working papers, commentaries, and scholarly publications related to maritime security for audiences across the Indo-Pacific.

Blue Security receives funding support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia.

We had a very informative discussion, sharing views on maritime security and much more, with the Institute for Defence International Relations this morning in Hanoi. – Prof. Ian Hall, Griffith University

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Blue Security publications

Regular publications include A maritime affair series, Beyond the South China Sea and Assessing southeast Asia's maritime governance capacity.

2024 Blue Security fellowships

The Blue Security consortium is seeking expression of interest forms for early career scholars for the 2024 Fellowship Program.

Meet our team

Blue Security Consortium

Professor Bec Strating

Director, La Trobe Asia

Professor Peter Dean

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited State Studies Centre

Professor Ian Hall

Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute

Professor Douglas Guilfoyle

Head, Maritime Security Research Group ,UNSW Canberra

Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA

Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue

Blue Security Team

Dr Troy Lee-Brown

Research Fellow, Defence and Security Institute, University of Western Australia

Kate Clayton

Research Officer, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University

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