Program Director - International Security
Rory Medcalf has worked as diplomat, intelligence analyst and journalist. From 2003 to 2007, he was a senior strategic analyst in the Office of National Assessments, with a focus on Asia. His service in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade included a posting to New Delhi, a secondment to the Japanese foreign ministry, truce monitoring in Bougainville, policy development on the ASEAN Regional Forum, and extensive work on non-proliferation, including assisting the 1996 Canberra Commission and the 1999 Tokyo Forum. Rory’s journalism has been highly commended in Australia’s premier media awards, the Walkleys. He is Australian convener of the Australia-India Roundtable.
