PROF. BEC STRATING

Bec Strating PhD FAIIA is the Director of the La Trobe Centre for Global Security and a Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has extensive experience working in the academia-policy-public engagement nexus in the fields of international diplomacy and security. Her research focuses primarily on Asian regional security, maritime disputes, and Australian foreign and defence policy. She is the author of ‘Girt by Sea: reimagining Australia’s Security’ with Professor Joanne Wallis (La Trobe University Press/Black Inc, 2024), which was launched by Foreign Minister Penny Wong in April 2024. She is the co-editor of ‘Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific’ (Routledge, 2024) and ‘The Politics of Global Ocean Regions’ (Palgrave, 2025). Bec currently leads the DFAT-funded “Blue Security” network focused on maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific. She is a non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research, an affiliated researcher at Georgetown University, a member of the East West Centre Council on Indo-Pacific Relations, an expert affiliate at the Australian National University’s National Security College, and President of the Women in International Security-Australia’s steering committee. She serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Security Policy, Australian Journal of International Affairs and Journal of Maritime and Territorial Studies.

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