A NATIONAL ASSET 50 YEARS OF THE STRATEGIC AND DEFENCE STUDIES CENTRE

A NATIONAL ASSET 50 YEARS OF THE STRATEGIC AND DEFENCE STUDIES CENTRE

EDITED BY DESMOND BALL AND ANDREW CARR Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at press.anu.edu.au

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Title: A national asset : 50 years of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) / editors: Desmond Ball, Andrew Carr.

ISBN: 9781760460563 (paperback) 9781760460570 (ebook)

Subjects: Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre--History. Military research--Australia--History.

Other Creators/Contributors: Ball, Desmond, 1947- editor. Carr, Andrew, editor.

Dewey Number: 355.070994

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This edition © 2016 ANU Press Contents

About the Book ...... vii Contributors...... ix Foreword: From 1966 to a Different Lens on Peacemaking...... xi Preface...... xv Acronyms and Abbreviations ...... xix List of Plates...... xxi 1 . Strategic Thought and Security Preoccupations in Australia. . . . . 1 Coral Bell 2 . Strategic Studies in a Changing World...... 17 T.B. Millar 3 . Strategic Studies in Australia ...... 39 J.D.B. Miller 4 . From Childhood to Maturity: The SDSC, 1972–82 ...... 49 Robert O’Neill 5 . Reflections on the SDSC’s Middle Decades...... 73 Desmond Ball 6 . SDSC in the Nineties: A Difficult Transition ...... 101 7 . Researching History at SDSC...... 121 David Horner 8. Same Questions, Different Organisation: SDSC’s Fifth Decade. . . 137 Hugh White 9 . SDSC at 50: Towards a New Golden Age...... 159 Brendan Taylor 50th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Keynote Speech: ‘To See What is Worth Seeing’...... 177 Brendan Sargeant, Associate Secretary, Department of Defence Conference Program – SDSC at 50: New Directions in Strategic Thinking 2.0...... 187 Appendix: Key SDSC Publications...... 189 The SDSC team, December 2015