In the woods of northeast France, a group of American artillery officers watched their olive drab-clad batterymen set up their tents in a peaceful glade. It would be the last such quiet the battery…

A project that David Schaefer (from ANU) and I have been working on for some time has started to come to fruition. In 2025 we began guest editing a special issue of the journal Intelligence and Nat…

A project that David Schaefer (from ANU) and I have been working on for some time has started to come to fruition. In 2025 we began guest editing a special issue of the journal Intelligence and Nat…

Evaluation reports after terrorist attacks provide a rich source for analysing current and evolving understandings of the preventability of crime in general, and of terrorist attacks in particular. Th...

We're baaack!In the inaugural episode of the second season of Whiskey and International Relations Theory, PTJ and Dan discuss Samuel Huntington's (in)famous 1996 book, The Clash of Civilizations and t...

Whiskey & International Relations Theory · Episode

This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that r...

Two talks by Dr Peter C. Grace relating to his recent book. Imposter Syndrome and Intel Analysis and Lessons Learned.

This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that r...

This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that r...

In late March, Levi West and I published an article in West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel on the Bondi terrorist attack of 14 December 2025: an act of antise…

This article looks at an earlier episode in the history of the UK border security apparatus by examining how the immigration control system was used in the 1970s and 1980s to detect potential terro...

Abstract: On December 14, 2025, two Islamic State supporters carried out the first mass casualty terrorist attack on Australian soil, targeting the Jewish community in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. This...

Abstract: On December 14, 2025, two Islamic State supporters carried out the first mass casualty terrorist attack on Australian soil, targeting the Jewish community in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. This...

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Survivors still have clear memories of the invasion by Indonesia, as Timor-Leste this week commemorates the beginning of a brutal 24-year occupation.

Recently, three agency heads within Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) had made public statements on Australia’s threat environment, all highlighting the interplay betwee…

Recently, three agency heads within Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) had made public statements on Australia’s threat environment, all highlighting the interplay betwee…

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Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what

An American conspiracy theorist linked to the Wieambilla shootings that left six people dead has pleaded guilty to a watered-down charge under a plea deal.

A recent published report suffers from fatal analytic flaws and risks feeding false narratives about political violence and polarization.

Organisations say the government’s bid to make spy agency’s post-9/11 questioning powers permanent could damage civil liberties

The critics are mistaken