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Much has been made in recent months of the growing challenges posed by the evolving Indo-Pacific balance of power, with a number of fronts emerging as points of concern for Australia’s national security apparatus. Major General (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan joins host Phil Tarrant to discuss the nation’s role and growing asymmetric threats to the nation’s security.
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In this podcast, former commander, Forces Command, Australian Army, turned adjunct professor for Monash University and director of L3 Technologies Australia, Major General Gus McLachlan joins host Phil Tarrant to discuss his new role supporting the research and development capability of Monash University, one of Australia’s leading universities.
During this podcast, McLachlan will also discuss the growing concerns about the integrity and possibility of foreign influence on Australia’s university campuses and the moves in the US to protect their own universities and research and development organisations from foreign interference, espionage and intellectual property theft.
McLachlan will also expand on the powerful force multiplying role Australia’s universities and R&D capabilities bring to the nation and the role they play in supporting the development of Australia’s national security and future defence capabilities.
Finally, McLachlan will take a closer look at the role Australia will play in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific region and how the modernisation, recapitalisation and expansion of Australia’s Defence and defence industrial capabilities will figure into the broader regional dynamics as they continue to unfold.
Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team
Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:
Episode 464: PODCAST: Demystifying deterrence and its role in Australia’s future, with the National Institute for Deterrence Studies
Episode 463: SPOTLIGHT: Self-reliance in the Australian tech ecosystem, with Atturra’s Noel Derwort
Episode 462: SPOTLIGHT: Data-driven decision making in Defence estate management, with Mel Evans and John Parisella
Episode 461: CONTESTED GROUND: Long-range strike, Iran v the GOP and warfighting in the EMS
Episode 460: PODCAST: The creation of a parallel global order
Episode 459: SPOTLIGHT: T&E in an era of rapid Defence modernisation, with Graeme Bick and Dr Keith Joiner
Episode 458: CONTESTED GROUND: UK riots, Australia’s terror threat, and policing speech
Episode 457: PODCAST: Setting the AUKUS record straight, with Dr Ross Babbage
Episode 456: PODCAST: Regional business and the defence supply chain, with Mandy Walker
Episode 455: PODCAST: Afghanistan, artillery and the Australian Defence Force, with Adrian Bucci
