Australia in the 21st Century
Australia in the 21st Century is a foreign policy group that was formed in November 2016 by experts from government, universities, defence, medicine, and the media. The co-signatories share a strong interest in developing independent foreign, security and trade policies for Australia in this rapidly changing world.
Below is a list of the group’s members:
Willy Bach, MPhil, School of History, UQ, Peace Scholar and activist, former British soldier in the CIA’s Secret War in Laos
Paul Barratt AO, former Secretary, Department of Defence, President Australians for War Powers Reform
Allan Behm, author, former senior official, Defence and Attorney General’s Departments
Dr Alison Broinowski, former Australian diplomat, Vice-President Australians for War Powers Reform, Vice-President Honest History
Richard Broinowski, President, Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW, former Ambassador to Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, and to Mexico, the Central American Republics and Cuba
Richard Butler AC, former Ambassador to the United Nations, Thailand, Cambodia, , the United Nations for Disarmament Matters, Executive Chairman of the UN Special Commission to disarm Iraq
Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University
Andrew Farran, former senior officer, Departments of External Affairs and Defence, former law academic, Treasurer Australians for War Powers Reform
Michael Keating AC, former Secretary Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Anthony Kevin, former Ambassador to Poland and Cambodia, Emeritus Fellow, ANU
Ian Lincoln, Vice President, Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW, former Ambassador to Vietnam
John Menadue AO, former CEO of Qantas, former Secretary Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, former Ambassador to Japan
Geoff Miller AO, former Director ONA, former Ambassador to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and High Commissioner to New Zealand
James O’Neill , Barrister at Law
John Ridley, Principal, Clifton Group Communications Strategists, Melbourne
Professor Ramesh Thakur, Director, Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament in the Crawford School, Australian National University
John Tilemann, Consultant at Counter Proliferation Consulting, former Australian diplomat
Dr Sue Wareham OAM, Secretary Australians for War Powers Reform
Professor Hugh White, Strategic Studies Centre, Australian National University
Garry Woodard, Senior Fellow, Political Science, University of Melbourne, former Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
Richard Woolcott AC, former Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Terri-Ann White , Director, University of Western Australia Press
Pera Wells, former Secretary-General World Federation of UN Associations