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 was highly commended in Australia’s premier media awards, the Walkleys, in 1991.