Ross Babbage
Professor Ross Babbage (1949) is the Managing Director of Strategy International. He has also formerly held the position as Head of Strategic Analysis in the Office of National Assessments and as advisor to various government ministers and departments [1][2]
Babbage was educated at Barker College in Sydney. He subsequently completed Bachelor and Masters degrees in economics from the University of Sydney and a PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University.
In 2003 to 2004 he served as Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.[3]
He has addressed Australia's future defence needs in a range of reports and papers [4] and in February 2011 his study of Australia's defence needs in the future Australia's Strategic Edge in 2030 was released.[5]
Publications
- A Coast Too Long: Defending Australia Beyond the 1990s (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990)
- Rethinking Australia’s Defence (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1980)
- Preparing Australia’s Defence for 2020 – Transformation or Reform? (Kokoda Foundation, Canberra, 2005)
- Australia’s Future Underwater Operations and System Requirements (Kokoda Foundation, Canberra, 2007)
- Firepower to Win: Australian Defence Force Joint Fires in 2020 (Kokoda Paper, October 2007)
- Strategic Decision-Making: Optimising Australia’s National Security Planning and Coordination for 2015 (Kokoda Paper, May 2008)
Notes
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/defence-must-arm-up-for-asian-threat/story-e6frg8yo-1111115878268
- ↑ http://www.securitychallenges.org.au/ArticlePages/vol4no1Babbage.html
- ↑ See for an earlier publication in this centre: - Babbage, Ross, & Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. (1986), Looking beyond the Dibb Report / by Ross Babbage Australian National University, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Canberra ISBN 0-86784-999-1
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/adf-must-equip-for-asia-threat-paper/story-e6frg6nf-1111115873804
- ↑ http://www.kokodafoundation.org/
External links
- http://www.strategyinternational.com.au/managing_director.htm Biographical Details