Dr Bruno Arpi is a Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia. His teaching and research focus on public international law, the law of the sea, climate change law, and Antarctic law.
Dr Anna Hayes
Dr Anna Hayes
Dr Anna Hayes is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at James Cook University and an Honorary Research Fellow at the East Asia Security Centre. Anna has presented numerous papers in Beijing, on topics ranging from the situation in Xinjiang, how the Belt and Road Initiative has been viewed outside of China, as well as the Quad and the Indo-Pacific from the Australian perspective.
Adil Cader
Adil Cader
Adil Cader is the Founder of Talking Foreign Affairs, which has collaborated with the United Nations on celebrity diplomacy and advocacy initiatives supporting the Sustainable Development Goals, featuring figures such as Bindi Irwin and Josh Groban. He also hosts a foreign affairs podcast that has featured over forty heads of state, including five Australian Prime Ministers and a United Nations Secretary-General. He holds master’s degrees in International Relations and International Law from UWA.
Dr Ivana Damjanovic
Dr Ivana Damjanovic
Dr Ivana Damjanovic is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Canberra and Jean Monnet Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies.
Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram
Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram
Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram is a Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland.
Jon Yuan Jiang
Jon Yuan Jiang
Jon Yuan Jiang is a PhD candidate at the Queensland University of Technology, a graduate from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and a Russian and Mandarin speaker. He is and a delegate of the Australia-based Australia China Youth Dialogue and a Young Leader of the US-based Pacific Forum. He has published in global media and think tanks and can be found at https://www.jonyuanjiang.com/
Daweena Tia Motwany
Daweena Tia Motwany
Daweena Tia Motwany is a Councillor with the AIIA ACT Branch and a Fellow of the Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network. She is a policy practitioner with experience across international affairs, public policy, and strategic research.
Henry Strong
Henry Strong
Henry Strong has a Masters of International Law and Diplomacy from the Australian National University and a degree in European Studies from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, specialising in Politics in Practical Application.
Dr Teesta Prakash
Dr Teesta Prakash
Dr Teesta Prakash is a Research Fellow (Security and Geopolitics) at the Australia India Institute (University of Melbourne). Teesta is an expert on the strategic affairs of the Indo-Pacific, specialising in geoeconomics of India, Southeast Asia and the Quad. She was previously an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute leading the Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Program between 2022 and 2023. Before that she was the inaugural Southeast Asia Research Associate at the Lowy Institute between 2021 and 2022. She completed her PhD in 2021 from Griffith University, the focus of her thesis was Australia-India strategic and economic relations during the Cold War.
Andrew Catton
Andrew Catton
Andrew Catton is an Educational Content Specialist and a registered Indonesian, English, and Humanities teacher. He is the founder of Pondok Bahasa, an Australian education initiative producing cinematic, curriculum-aligned Indonesian language resources for schools. He has appeared before the House Standing Committee on Education’s Inquiry into Building Asia Capability and participated in the Asialink Education National Roundtable on Enhancing Australian Schools’ Engagement with Indonesia (2025).
