Our subjects give you access to cutting edge research, skills and an in-depth understanding of emerging national security challenges.

Cyber and Emerging Technologies in National Security

The course examines cyber and other emerging technologies as a domain where states project power and protect their interests.

Disease, Security and Biological Weapons

This course assesses the political and security significance of infectious diseases and biological weapons.

Climate, the Environment and National Security

This course examines climate change and environmental security from a national security lens, examining the potential for conflict, confrontation and cooperation.

China, America and National Security

This course examines the relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which will likely shape international security – and heavily influence Australia’s interests - for the foreseeable future.

Propaganda and information war

This course examines a theme frequently identified as a difficult security challenge for policymakers: the rise of propaganda, populism, and information war, especially in the digital age.

How Canberra works: a guide for security policymakers

This is a primer on the institutions, actors and their interaction – sometimes outside formal structures – that shape decision-making in Canberra on key issues related to national security.

Energy Security

This course provides a critical understanding of energy security - its various conceptualisations, its relationship to other forms of security, and its embeddedness in the structures of the modern state.