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Coming Event
Topic - Indian Ocean Security - Implications For Australia
Free Entry, Everyone Welcome. Presentation Speech followed by Q&A Session
When: Sunday 4th May 2025Topic - Indian Ocean Security -Implications For Australia Time: 2.30pm start to 4.30pm finish
Where: APIWA Clubroom, Rear Unit 10 Mallard Way, Cannington Rear 1274 Albany Hwy at Manning Rd intersection
RSVP (Name & ref CNI) for Catering Purposes to apimail@apiwa.com.au Last minute decision to attend? No problem, plenty of seating capacity, register at the door.
Doors open at 1.30 pm with bar open at 4.30pm for drinks and post presentation discussion and socialising to close at 6.00pm
Encourage friends and associates to attend this informative, educational, free and open forum. Be Informed Ask Questions Bring a Friend
CNI is not aligned with any political party and aims to build a better Australia for future generations.
When: Sunday 4th May 2025Topic - Indian Ocean Security -Implications For Australia Time: 2.30pm start to 4.30pm finish
Where: APIWA Clubroom, Rear Unit 10 Mallard Way, Cannington Rear 1274 Albany Hwy at Manning Rd intersection
RSVP (Name & ref CNI) for Catering Purposes to apimail@apiwa.com.au Last minute decision to attend? No problem, plenty of seating capacity, register at the door.
Doors open at 1.30 pm with bar open at 4.30pm for drinks and post presentation discussion and socialising to close at 6.00pm
Encourage friends and associates to attend this informative, educational, free and open forum. Be Informed Ask Questions Bring a Friend
CNI is not aligned with any political party and aims to build a better Australia for future generations.
Western Australians with a more parochial perspective may be concerned about the paucity of military and political security over our vital industrial North West resources.
General Overview of the Indian Ocean; India and Pakistan Nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean;Iran and its Nuclear Program; Will Saudi Arabia go Nuclear? Is Israel in the Indian Ocean?China and The United States in the Indian Ocean; The United States as Australia's security guarantor in the age of Trump 2.0; Would Washington sacrifice Los Angeles to save Sydney? The Decisions Canberra Needs to Make. Speaker: Lindsay Hughes Dr Lindsay Hughes has studied national security issues since 2004. He has Honours, Masters and Doctoral Degrees in National Security. His Honours dissertation examined India's 1998 decision to embark upon a nuclear testing program. For his Masters thesis he assessed the rivalry between India and China in the Indian Ocean, and his Doctoral thesis surveyed implications for Australia of the emergence and growth of the nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean region. Over the past decade he has worked as a Senior Research Analyst during which he authored many articles, with his research focusing on security issues in South and Central Asia, the Middle East, China and the United States. More recently he has been a Senior Counterterrorism Policy Officer in the Federal Government's Countering Violent Extremism Centre of Excellence in Canberra.
General Overview of the Indian Ocean; India and Pakistan Nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean;Iran and its Nuclear Program; Will Saudi Arabia go Nuclear? Is Israel in the Indian Ocean?China and The United States in the Indian Ocean; The United States as Australia's security guarantor in the age of Trump 2.0; Would Washington sacrifice Los Angeles to save Sydney? The Decisions Canberra Needs to Make. Speaker: Lindsay Hughes Dr Lindsay Hughes has studied national security issues since 2004. He has Honours, Masters and Doctoral Degrees in National Security. His Honours dissertation examined India's 1998 decision to embark upon a nuclear testing program. For his Masters thesis he assessed the rivalry between India and China in the Indian Ocean, and his Doctoral thesis surveyed implications for Australia of the emergence and growth of the nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean region. Over the past decade he has worked as a Senior Research Analyst during which he authored many articles, with his research focusing on security issues in South and Central Asia, the Middle East, China and the United States. More recently he has been a Senior Counterterrorism Policy Officer in the Federal Government's Countering Violent Extremism Centre of Excellence in Canberra.
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