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Date:
October 12, 2021
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:
Free – $20.00

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A Zoom event under Chatham House rule
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China, Submarines – Are We in a Mess?

MF Digital with Prof Hugh White AO

Hosted by:
Prof Ian Dunn AM

October 12, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Free – $20.00

Hugh White AO FASSA is an Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, long-time defence and intelligence analyst, and author who has published works on military strategy and international relations.

Professor White has been a much sought after commentator on defence issues and our relationship with China  and has recently published in The Saturday Paper a critique of the government’s decision to break the contract for French Submarines in favour of US Nuclear Powered Submarines.

He returns to us, this time from Canberra, in a not-to-be-missed, candid event in the digital realm.

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