History as policy

the long version

[This work collects papers from] "The three anniversary seminars were held on 15 August, 14 September, and 10 October 2007 at University House on the grounds of The Australian National University. Speakers at the first seminar on Global Strategic Issues were Robert O'Neill ('Changing concepts of the nature of security and the role of armed force'), Hugh White ('Predictions and policy'), Coral Bell ('The evolution of the international system'), and Ron Huisken ('Whither the United States?'). Speakers at the second seminar on Regional Security Issues were Alan Dupont ('Transnational security issues'); Graeme Dobell ('The arc of instability'), Greg Fealy ('Western counterterrorism in Southeast Asia: Is the 'war of ideas' a fallacy?'), and Brendan Taylor ('Security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region'). Speakers at the final seminar on Australia Strategic and Defence Issues were Paul Dibb ('The Defence of Australia: the history of an idea'), Mark Thomson ('The challenge of coherence: Strategic guidance, force structure and budgets'), David Horner ('The higher command structure for joint ADF operations'), and Hugh White ('Summing Up: Seeing the future in the past')."--From publisher description.