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We’re building and delivering our programs using curriculum from all three partner universities: Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney.

Our goal is to create unique and diverse educational experiences that enrich your learning opportunities.

AUKUS in Context: Security and Strategy Implications for the Indo-Pacific and Globally

May 15-19, 2023 The course is focused on both furthering participant understanding of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, launched in September 2021, and its potential impact on regional and global security. It will examine key aspects of the partnership including the joint development of nuclear submarines and other advanced technologies, providing a basic technical introduction for non-specialists, while also examining some of the challenges that are likely to be encountered in their development. It will also explore the strategic value of the pact for each of the member countries and how AUKUS fits into the regional security architecture in the Indo-Pacific and globally.
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Irregular Warfare - Intensive Course

August 28-30, 2023 Australia Irregular Warfare (IW) is defined in US doctrine as “a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations.” The absence of publicly available guidance pertaining to ‘grey zone’ competition is an urgent policy, training, and education gap to which this course responds. This course will be conducted using a wargame in the Indo-Pacific to draw out key learning outcomes. Theory components will include insights from experts at Kings College London and Arizona State University – PLuS Alliance partners of UNSW.
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Future of War Seminar

11 - 13 April 2023 AEST The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra will deliver a seminar on the Future of War between Tuesday 11 and Thursday 13 April 2023 in Canberra, Australia. The seminar aims to inform policy, strategy, operations, and training relating to the defence of Australia, and participants will have the opportunity to hear from world-leading scholars and practitioners.
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Inaugural Australian Engineering Summit 2023

Inaugural Australian Engineering Summit 2023

November 17, 2023 AEDT The Capability Systems Centre (CSC) UNSW Canberra will bring together industry, defence and national security agencies, academia, and government leaders in the Digital Engineering (DE) space to establish collaborations, discover the latest research, share strategic insight to further the DE implementations in Australia. The hybrid event will be held in person at UNSW Canberra at ADFA and virtually (via Zoom) on November 17, 2023.
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The Pacific Rim Strategic Policy Conference: International Security and the Rise of Autonomous Weapons

November 29 – 30, 2023 Australia Autonomous technologies (including lethal autonomous weapons, AI-based control and decision-making systems, and self-piloting/self-driving vehicles) are changing or can possibly change the composition, doctrine, and strategic posture of the military forces deployed in the Indo-Pacific. The Pacific Rim Strategic Policy Conference is concerned with the diffusion of these technologies among states, non-state, and inter-state actors and its implications for security & defence in the region. Speakers will discuss how the specificity of military cultures, innovation ecosystems, and even ethnic and religious traditions may determine different attitudes, perceptions, and expectations toward autonomous technologies, thus shaping the allied forces’ capability to achieve full interoperability through technological cooperation. Comprehending cultural diversity is crucial, from a strategic policy perspective, as it impacts the degree to which technological innovation is embraced or resisted and thus determines the effectiveness of autonomous systems across strategic, operational and tactical levels.
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