Paul Dibb is Emeritus Professor at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.

Professor Dibb was head of SDSC from 1991 to 2004. His previous positions include Deputy Secretary of Defence, Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation, and Head of the National Assessments Staff in the National Intelligence Committee.

He is the author of five books and four reports to government, as well as more than 150 academic articles and monographs about the security of the Asia-Pacific region, the US alliance, and Australia’s defence policy. He wrote the 1986 Review of Australia’s Defence Capabilities (the Dibb Report) and was the primary author of the 1987 Defence White Paper.


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Why are Russia and Ukraine on the brink of war?

Russian president Vladimir Putin is playing mind games with the rest of the world over a potential war…

18 February 2022



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