Alan Dupont Explained

Alan Anthony Dupont is an Australian international security expert, Defence and National Security Advocate for the Northern Territory and company director who has been the CEO of geopolitical risk consultancy the Cognoscenti Group since 2016.[1] He is also contributing national security editor for The Australian newspaper,[2] adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW),[3] a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington,[4] and the Lowy Institute in Sydney[5] and a fellow at the Hinrich Foundation.[6]

Dupont is a former army officer, intelligence analyst, freelance journalist, diplomat, academic and well-known commentator on defence and national security issues.[7]

Education and early career

Dupont was born in London, England, and emigrated to Australia in 1957. He attended Aquinas College in Melbourne and the Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduating in 1971.[8] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of NSW and a Master of Arts Degree (Hons) and PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University.

He served with the Fourth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, later working as a strategic analyst at the Joint Intelligence Organisation (Australia) in Canberra and, after resigning from the Army, as a free-lance journalist in South America. In 1980, he joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) and served in the Australian Embassies in the Republic of Korea South Korea (1984–1987) and Indonesia (1991–1994), the latter as Counsellor. During his time in Korea he studied at the US Foreign Service Institute, graduating in 1985.[9]

Academic career

In 1995, Dupont took up an academic position at the Australian National University as Fellow, and later Senior Fellow, in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. In those capacities, he published widely and became a regular media commentator on Australian defence, foreign policy and East Asian security issues. He became a leading authority in the emerging field of transnational security studies, publishing a pathbreaking book by Cambridge University Press in 2001: "East Asia Imperilled: Transnational Security Challenges."[10]

From 2003 to 2006, he was Senior Fellow and Director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney where he gained international prominence for his work on traditional and new security challenges to the security of the Asia-Pacific region, particularly the strategic implications of climate change, food, water and energy insecurity, pandemics and unregulated population movements.[11] He was an Industry Linkage Fellow with the Australian Research Council from 2004 to 2006.[12]

In 2006, Dupont was appointed as the inaugural Michael Hintze Chair of International Security at the University of Sydney and the first Director of the Centre for International Security Studies. He was later appointed the start-up CEO of the United States Studies Centre, a million teaching and research collaboration between the University of Sydney, the American Australian Association and the Commonwealth and NSW governments. From 2012 to 2016, Dupont held joint professorial appointments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Business School at the University of New South Wales, before leaving the university to establish the Cognoscenti Group.[13]

Business and advisory career

Dupont has held several company directorships from 1995 to the present, including Director of the United States Studies Centre and Dupont Consulting.[14] [15]

He was an Australian representative on the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Register of Experts and Eminent Persons (2002–2016),[16] and served as a Counsellor of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (2003–2009),[17] and on the boards of the Land Warfare Centre (Australia) (2005–2010);[18] CQS, a leading European asset manager (2006–2014); the Sydney Globalist (2007–2012); University of Sydney Board of Examiners (2008-09); the Australian Army Journal (2010–2012); Outcomes Australia (2011–2012); and the Northern Territory Strategic Defence Advisory Board (2015–2020).[19]

He was special foreign policy advisor to Nobel Laureate and former President of East Timor, José Ramos-Horta (2001–2006), and has advised several Australian defence and foreign ministers including the former Minister for Defence (Australia), David Johnston (Politician), as ministerial advisor (2013–2014). He led the Abbott Government's Defence White Paper team (2013–2014) [20] [21] and was a member of the Foreign Affairs Council (2003–2007) and the Defence and National Security Advisory Council (2006–2007).[22]

Honours and appointments

Dupont received a commendation from East Timor's Foreign Minister, José Ramos-Horta, in 2001 and a commendation for his analysis and advisory work from Japan's Foreign Minister, Tarō Asō, in 2005.[23]

Dupont was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the international community through security analysis and strategic policy development".[24]

On 9 November 2020 Dupont was appointed as an Advisory Councillor to the Asia Society Australia. The Society's main aim is to prepare Australian leaders and community for a deeper and sustained engagement with Asia.[25]

On 16 November 2020 Dupont was appointed the new Northern Territory Defence and National Security Advocate. His main role will be to advocate for the Territory and make sure Northern Territory businesses are well positioned to capitalise on the billion defence equipment and capabilities spend over the next ten years.[26]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alan Dupont. The Interpreter. Lowy Institute for International Policy. 2 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Alan Dupont Author at The Australian. 2020-10-11. The Australian.
  3. Web site: Search Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC). 2020-10-11. www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au.
  4. Web site: Alan Dupont Archives. 2020-10-11. Atlantic Council. en-US.
  5. Web site: Professor Alan Dupont. dead. https://archive.today/20120729065525/http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/staff/aland. 29 July 2012. 20 April 2010.
  6. Web site: Dr. Alan Dupont. 2020-10-11. Hinrich Foundation. en-US.
  7. http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/about/the-cast/17/alan-dupont/ Alan Dupont – The Cast – Soldiers of Peace
  8. News: 1971-12-15. The Graduates of Duntroon step out. 19. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995). 2020-10-13.
  9. Web site: Prof Alan Dupont. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913061658/http://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/prof-alan-dupont. 13 September 2016. 2 September 2016. Lowy Institute.
  10. Web site: East Asia Imperilled International relations and international organisations . 2020-10-13 . Cambridge University Press . en.
  11. Web site: Heating up the planet: climate change and security . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100424041514/http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=391 . 24 April 2010 . 23 December 2009.
  12. Web site: Alan Dupont – SourceWatch . 2020-10-13 . www.sourcewatch.org.
  13. Web site: Director of the Institute for International Security and Development . 2020-10-13 . UNSW Newsroom.
  14. 2006-03-29 . One of Australia’s foremost thinkers on international security is shortly to take up a newly established position at the University of Sydney. . 2022-07-19 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070904201116/https://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=976 . 2007-09-04 . dead . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Dupoint . Alan . 1 . 2011-11-14 . Hello again America, it's just like you never left . 2022-07-20 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220322031950/https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/hello-again-america-its-just-like-you-never-left . 2022-03-22 . live . dmy-all .
  16. Web site: Chapter 5 Human Rights and Regional Security and Stability Human rights observance as a basis for stability . 2020-10-13 . . en-AU . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527123830/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/jfadt/dialog/DL_Chap5 . 2022-05-27 . live . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: n.d. . Alan Dupont . 2022-07-20 . . en-AU . https://web.archive.org/web/20210619131102/https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/alan-dupont . 2021-06-19 . live . dmy-all .
  18. Web site: n.d. . Alan Dupont . 2022-07-20 . . en-AU . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720194942/https://apo.org.au/person/14524 . 2022-07-20 . live . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: 2020-03-02 . Strategic Defence Advisory Board . 2022-07-19 . . en-AU . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026211144/https://business.nt.gov.au/business-boards-committees/strategic-defence-advisory-board . 2020-10-26 . dead . dmy-all.
  20. News: Wroe . David . 2015-03-13 . Australia's defence strategy outdated, with major defects: Lowy Institute expert . 2020-10-13 . . en-AU . 0312-6315 . 226369741 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220711095142/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australias-defence-strategy-outdated-with-major-defects-lowy-institute-expert-20150312-142lu8.html . 2022-07-11 . dmy-all .
  21. Patrick . Rex . Rex Patrick . 2015-07-05 . SEA 1000- Speculation about the origins of Option J . 2022-07-20 . Asia Pacific Defence Reporter . en-AU . 2206-4478 . 1183384541 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720203227/https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/sea-1000-speculation-about-the-origins-of-option-j/ . 2022-07-20 . live . dmy-all .
  22. Web site: Abbott must back wide-ranging reform of defence. 2020-10-13. www.lowyinstitute.org. en.
  23. News: Cynthia . Banham . 2006-01-06 . China snubbed as Australia, Japan, US discuss security . 2020-10-13 . . en-AU . 0312-6315 . 226369741 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203145931/https://www.smh.com.au/world/china-snubbed-as-australia-japan-us-discuss-security-20060106-gdmqi9.html . 2019-12-03 . live . dmy-all .
  24. Web site: Dr Alan Anthony Dupont. 2019-06-10. honours.pmc.gov.au.
  25. Web site: About Asia Society Australia. 2020-11-18. Asia Society. en.
  26. News: 2020-11-16. Boosting Local Jobs: Defence Advocate to Maximise Defence Investment in NT . Mirage News . 2022-07-16 . en-AU.

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