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Her research focuses on the intersections of human rights, peace, and security norms, with particular emphasis on transnational activism, security on the Korean peninsula, and attitudes towards Australian foreign and defence policy. Danielle is the author of Australian Public Opinion, Defence and Foreign Policy: Attitudes and Trends Since 1945 (Palgrave, 2021, co-authored with Professor Ian McAllister) and Contentious Activism and Inter-Korean Relations (Columbia University Press, 2014). She also edited North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2018, with Professor Andrew Yeo). In 2024, Danielle co-edited the Australia in the World Series, published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs and Cambridge University Press. Danielle serves as an Associate Editor for Foreign Policy Analysis, a journal of the International Studies Association. Danielle has previously held academic and research positions at institutions such as The Australian National University, Hawaii Pacific University, and Pacific Forum CSIS. https://www.wiisaustralia.org/bec-strating daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61cbcf427b5c222977c8bc3a/1640846229790-QGL40M6DWK6Z9O3YYYS0/2016_0110_Strating_002.jpg Bec Strating - Bec Strating, Chair of Advisory Board WIIS-Australia Bec Strating is the Director of La Trobe Asia and an Associate Professor in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her research primarily focuses on maritime disputes in Asia and Australian foreign and defence policy. She has written three monographs, most recently “Defending the Maritime Rules-Based Order” (2020). In 2019 she was awarded an Asian Studies Visiting Fellowship to research at the East West Center in Washington DC for three months. She has also been a visiting affiliate fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, an affiliated researcher at Georgetown University, and a non-visiting fellow at the Perth US Asia Centre. She has co-edited two special journal issues and written multiple journal articles and book chapters, including in Pacific Review, Asian Studies Review, Contemporary Southeast Asia, and the Australian Handbook of International Law. In 2019, her second monograph, “The Post-Colonial Security Dilemma”, was published with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious Boyer Prize by the Australian Institute of International Affairs for best article published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs in 2017 for her paper ‘Timor-Leste’s Foreign Policy Approach to the Timor Sea: Pipeline or Pipedream?’ Bec is on the editorial boards of the Australian Journal of International Affairs and the Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies and was a commissioning editor for Australian Outlook (2019-2020). She contributes commentary pieces for organisations such as Lowy Institute, The Conversation, and Australian Outlook, and provides comment to media including the ABC, the Australian, and Sydney Morning Herald. She has testified in Australian federal parliament as an expert witness. 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She was recently named to the U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List (Top 50 selected globally), by the Center for Strategic & International Studies & Diversity in National Security Network, Washington DC. Her research agenda on the social construction of national security is internationally recognized, leading to an award-winning monograph, two edited books, and over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, in addition to non-traditional research outputs. The international esteem accorded to her work is underscored by her successful grant record, with almost $2 million in competitive external grants, and almost $700,000 as the sole or lead chief investigator, including with the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Australian Department of Defence, the Canadian Department of Defence, and the Japan Foundation, among others. She is a sought-after speaker and media commentator, providing dozens of media interviews each year, lectures and invited discussions with policy officials and experts, policy-related op-eds, and features on policy podcasts. As a global leader in national security, Rublee has created new research and professional collaborations, including with the Carnegie Corporation-funded Bridging the Gap program, and the creation of the Global Taskforce on Diversity in Security Studies through the International Studies Association. Her Ph.D. is from George Washington University. https://www.wiisaustralia.org/shannon-bio daily 0.75 2023-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61cbcf427b5c222977c8bc3a/a33fc973-6c5a-40e2-82e3-abf22bd13a59/TEDxUQ+live.jpg Shannon Bio - Shannon Zimmerman, Deputy President WIIS-Australia Shannon Zimmerman is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University. Before that, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and a casual tutor and lecturer at the ANU. Her research investigates the peace operations, specifically the protection of civilians in conflict environments characterised by asymmetric threats. She also studies misogyny motivated terrorism, looking at the online groups in the ‘Manosphere’. Shannon received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2019 and her Masters in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in 2012. https://www.wiisaustralia.org/donate daily 0.75 2022-01-03 https://www.wiisaustralia.org/afeeya-bio daily 0.75 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61cbcf427b5c222977c8bc3a/d4ffa400-ad74-46b8-b2b1-982fa6980c7e/Photo_Afeeya+Akhand.png Afeeya bio - Afeeya Akhand, Secretary WIIS-Australia Afeeya Akhand is a researcher with expertise in foreign policy and national security. 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Her work examines the gendered dimensions of security governance, with a particular focus on how institutional rules shape the regulation of women returnees from ISIS in Australia and the United Kingdom. Her secondary research agenda explores gendered political polarisation and online misogyny in South Korea. She brings regional expertise in Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Korea to her comparative and interdisciplinary work. Se Youn completed her PhD in International Relations at the University of Queensland in 2025, following an Honours degree in the same field in 2019. https://www.wiisaustralia.org/bec-strating-1 daily 0.75 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61cbcf427b5c222977c8bc3a/0a69a9ea-647c-45cf-8327-70d751d86510/Rawan+Headshot.jpg Rawan Kalouy bio - Rawan Kalouy, Communications Manager - WIIS-Australia Rawan Kalouy is currently a third-year Bachelor of Arts student at The University of Melbourne, completing a major in Sociology. 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She is particularly interested in Australian foreign policy in Asia, regional security, minilateralism and development cooperation, with over eight years’ experience designing and delivering high-level dialogues, strategic initiatives, and policy research across South and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining the Institute, Grace managed DFAT-funded social protection programs across the Asia-Pacific at Development Pathways, providing technical policy advice and overseeing a multimillion-dollar regional portfolio. As Program Lead – Diplomacy at Asialink, she directed over 100 strategic initiatives, including the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit Emerging Leaders Dialogue, the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Dialogue, and bilateral forums on digital health, green economy, and strategic engagement across India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. 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