MELBOURNE EVENT: The future of warfare

Warfare has returned to centre-stage of the relations between major powers. As the Ukraine conflict grinds on, the Middle East deteriorates, and China grows as a military power with ambitions for Taiwan and perhaps beyond, join us for a discussion of this urgent topic. What key trends in modern warfare have been revealed in recent campaigns, and what should we expect in the future? Learn more at our upcoming event with two experts, which will include audience questions. 

Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril Industries and Sam Roggeveen, Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program will speak in conversation with Lydia Khalil,Director of the Institute’s Transnational Challenges Program.

Christian Brose is President and Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril Industries. Brose joined Anduril in 2018 following 10 years on Capitol Hill, where he served as staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, senior policy advisor to Senator John McCain and policy adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, and author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare.

Sam Roggeveen is the Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia’s Search for Power and Peace, published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.

Lydia Khalil is Program Director of the Transnational Challenges Program at the Lowy Institute. She manages the Digital Threats to Democracy Project.