- Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Greg is an Adjunct Professor at the Australia China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney. He led the Cyber Power and Future Conflict Program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies for three and half years until January 2023. He was formerly a professor at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) where he set up its Master's Degree in cyber war and peace. He has worked in Europe for 15 years, in peace NGOs and at the world-renowned peace studies centre at Bradford University. Five years at ANU in international relations. Roles in government and public policy in Australia (defence intelligence, Senate Committee Secretary, Ministerial Adviser). Published ten books as author, co-author, editor or co-editor, including "National Cyber Emergencies:, "Cyber Security Education", "Cyber Security in China", "Cyber Policy in China", "China's Ocean Frontier", "Japan and Greater China", and "The Armed Forces of Russia". Former columnist for "New Europe" (Brussels). As Vice-President of the EastWest Institute from 2006-2011, he led its work on cyber security, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, including leadership and supervision of research output. He held a Senior Visiting Fellowship in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London from 2012 to 2014. He has consulted for the UK Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office, as well for Australian government agencies.
Experience
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2023–presentAdjunct Professor, Australia China Relations Institute University of Technology Sydney
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2019–2023Program Head Cyber Power and Future Conflict, International Institute for Strategic Studies
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2016–2021Professor, UNSW Canberra
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2015–2015Visiting Professor, UNSW Canberra
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2013–2014Professorial fellow, EastWest Institute
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2011–2013Visiting Senior Fellow, Kings College London, Dept of War Studies
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2006–2011Vice-President, EastWest Institute
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2004–2006Director of Research, Foreign Policy Centre London
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2003–2004Principal Research Fellow, Peace Studies Centre Bradford
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2000–2003Asia program Director/Director of Research then consultant, International Crisis Group Brussels
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1994–1999Research Fellow/Fellow/Senior Lecturer, ANU
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1992–1994Ministerial Adviser, Defence and Foreign Affairs
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1991–1992Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald
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1989–1990Secretary, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade
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1983–1986First Secretary, Australian Commission Hong Kong
Education
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1994ANU, Ph D
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1985ANU, Master of International Law
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1973University of Queensland, BA (Hons)
Publications
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2024Impact of the Russia Ukraine War on National Cyber Planning: A Survey of Ten Countries (Policy report)(co-author), IISS
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2024Quantum Sensing: Comparing the United States and China (Policy Report), IISS
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2023Cyber Capabilities and National Power Volume2 (co-editor)), IISS
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2023Evaluating Australian Cyber Policy Reform: Urgency, Coherence and Depth (Discussion Paper), Social Cyber Institute
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2022Assessing Cyber Military Maturity: Strategy, Institutions and Capability (co-author), IISS
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2022Military Ambitions and Competition in Space: The Role of Alliances’ (co-author) Policy report, IISS
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2022Great Power Offensive Cyber Campaigns: Experiments in Strategy (co-author), IISS
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2021Opportunity, Threat and Dependency in the Social Infosphere (Book chapter), Oxford University Press
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2021Cyber Capabilities and National Power: A Net Assessment (co-editor, contributing author), IISS
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2021Global Trade and Cyber Security: Monitoring, Enforcement and Sanctions (book chapter,co-author)), Oxford University Press
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2021Australia’s Drums of War, Survival
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2020US Policy: From Cyber Incidents to National Emergencies (book chapter), Routledge
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2020The Strategic Implications of China’s Weak Cyber Defences, Survival
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2020Five years of cyber security education reform in China (book chapter), Routledge
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2020From Cyber Resilience to Civil Defence: contested concepts, elusive goals (book chapter, co-author)), Routledge
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2020National Cyber Emergencies: the Return to Civil Defence , Routledge
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2020Cyber Security Education: Principles and Policies, Routledge
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2020‘Twelve dilemmas of reform in cyber security education (book chapter), Routledge
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2020Creating Social Cyber Value as the Broader Goal (co-author, book chapter), Routledge
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2019Social Science Research and Intelligence in Australia (Policy Report)(contributing author), Australian Academy for the Social Sciences
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2018Cybersecurity in China: The Next Wave , Springer
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2018Strategic Military Geographies in the South China Sea (Book chapter), Springer
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2017‘Preemption Is Victory: Aggravated Nuclear Instability of the Information Age (co-author), Non-Proliferation Review
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2017Robots Writing Chinese and Fighting Underwater (Book chapter), Palgrave
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2017Are Australia’s responses to cyber security adequate? (Book chapter), CEDA
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2017Restraint and Governance in Cyberspace (Book chapter), Macmillan
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2016Middle Powers and Cyber-Enabled Warfare: The Imperative of Collective Security (Book chapter), Pentagon Press (Delhi)
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2016Australia’s Response to Advanced Technology Threats: An Agenda for the Next Government (co-author)(Discussion paper), UNSW
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2016International Legal Norms in Cyberspace: Evolution of China’s National Security Motivation (Book Chapter), NATO CCD COE Publications
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2016Australia Rearmed: Future Needs for Cyber-enabled War’, Australian Centre for Cyber Security (Discussion Paper), UNSW
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2015China’s Security in the Information Age {Book chapter), Routledge
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2015Promoting International Cyber Norms: A New Advocacy Forum (co-author, Policy Paper), EastWest Institute
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2014Resetting the System: Why Highly Secure Computing Should Be the Priority of Cybersecurity Policies (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2014Cyber Policy in China, Polity, Cambridge UK
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2014Australia’s Digital Skills for Peace and War , Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy
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2014Managing Asymmetries in Chinese and American Cyber Power, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs,
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2014A Measure of Restraint in Cyberspace: Reducing Risk to Civilian Nuclear Assets (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2012Cyber Detente between the United States and China (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2010Russia, the United States, and Cyber Diplomacy: Opening the Doors (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2007Protect! Civilians and civil rights in counter-terrorist operations (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2007New Russia, New Ally: A Bilateral Security Agenda Beyond 2008 (Policy paper, co-author), EastWest Institute
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2007Energy and Conflict Prevention (edited volume)(co-editor), Madariaga European Foundation
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2005The Next Attack (Policy Paper), Foreign Policy Centre (London)
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2004Reactions in Australia and New Zealand to a Rising China (Book chapter), Brookings
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2004Preventing Terrorism? Direct Measures First – Intrusive, Normative and Personal! (Book chapter), Lexington Books
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2001Japan and Greater China: Political Economy and military Power in the Asian Century (co-author), Uni of Hawaii Press
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2001Power and Responsibility in Chinese Foreign Policy (co-editor), Asia Pacific Press, then ANU ePress
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2000The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia (co-author), I B Tauris
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1998China's Ocean Frontier: International Law, Military Force and National Development, Allen & Unwin
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1997Missile Diplomacy and Taiwan's Future: Innovations in Politics and Military Power (edited volume), ANU
Professional Memberships
- Australian Information Security Association
Contact Greg for
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