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Dr Brabin-Smith worked for 30 years in the Australian Department of Defence, retiring in 2003. His positions included Deputy Secretary for Strategic Policy, Chief Defence Scientist, First Assistant Secretary for International Policy, First Assistant Secretary for Strategic Policy and Coordination, and First Assistant Secretary for Force Development and Analysis.
Notable activities included the 1997 Defence Efficiency Review, the 1986 "Dibb" Review of Defence Capabilities, and a year's secondment to the Pentagon in the early 1980s.
He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs since 2003, and an Honorary Professor since January 2017.
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The Concept of Mobilisation and Australian Defence Policy since Vietnam: Lessons and Cautions for Army in the post-DSR World
Frühling, S., Brabin-Smith, R. & Dunk, G., 2024, In: Australian Army Journal. 20, 3, p. 215-244Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australia's management of strategic risk in the new era
Dibb, P. & Brabin-Smith, R., 2017, Australia.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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China's rise poses growing threat
Dibb, P. & Brabin-Smith, R., 2017, The Australian.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › General Article
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Nuclear risk in Asia: how Australia should respond
Brabin-Smith, R., 2017, Canberra, Australia: ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, p. 93-98pp.Research output: Working paper
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Capability development and defence research
Brabin-Smith, R., 2016, Australia's American Alliance. P. J. D. S. F. &. B. T. (ed.). 1st ed. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Publishing Limited, Vol. 1. p. 179-199ppResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review