Director's Welcome
Welcome to The University of New South Wales Defence Studies Forum.
The UNSW Defence Studies Forum was created in 2004 through the merger of the Graduate Program in Defence Studies with the Australian Defence Studies Centre. The UNSW Defence Studies Forum provides a new organisational focus for our mission of promoting the academic study of defence issues at the Australian Defence Force Academy and within the wider defence and public communities.
Defence studies as an academic discipline is broadly conceived to encompass all issues - both domestic and strategic - that affect Australia's defence and national security interests.
The UNSW Defence Studies Forum seeks to bring together students, academic staff, scholars, and all other members of the community concerned with defence issues through three main programs:
- Masters of Defence Studies, a cross-disciplinary postgraduate coursework program with specialisations in (a) strategic policy and intelligence, (b) military history and operations, and (c) regional strategic and security assessment.
- Visiting Fellows program to attract noted specialists to complete research and publication on defence and strategic studies topics and to make the results of this research available to the public.
- ublic Outreach on defence issues through seminars, workshops, lectures, conferences and other public forums.
This web site is one of our public faces and a key point of contact for those interested in our activities.
(Dr) Jeffrey Grey
Professor
Director, UNSW Defence Studies Forum