Pop-Up Event: Trump vs Deep State vs Russia

AIIA WA, together with the Perth USAsia Centre, have the pleasure to invite you to a Pop-Up panel event to discuss the controversy surrounding President Trump and his alleged connections to Russia.

Despite repeated attempts by President Trump to dismiss any such accusations as ‘fake news’, often while deliberately undermining the role of the US intelligence community, evidence has been mounting.  The former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, was the latest in succession of Trump administration figures forced to resign due to their dealings with Russian officials. 

Our panel of experts on US politics, the intelligence community, and Russia will discuss the Trump administration's alleged connections with the Kremlin as well as President Trump's hostility towards the US intelligence community.  They will explore how these may impact US national security and foreign policy, as well as possible implications for Australia.  The panel will elaborate on the daily news and scandals associated with the Trump administration and the President's contradictory responses.

The Panel Speakers include:

• Professor Gordon Flake, CEO Perth USAsia Centre
• Dr Daniel Baldino, Discipline Head of Politics and International Relations program, Notre Dame University
• Dr Alexey Muraviev, Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies, Curtin University

 

Professor Gordon Flake

Professor L. Gordon Flake is the founding CEO of the Perth USAsia Centre, a position he assumed in January of 2014. He was previously Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Program on Conflict Resolution at The Atlantic Council of the United States and prior to that Director for Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America.

He has authored numerous publications on policy issues in Asia and is a regular contributor to the press on Asia issues. He serves on the Board of the United States Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (USCSCAP) as co-Vice Chair of the Board of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea on the Advisory Council of the Korea Economic Institute of America, and on the International Advisory Board of the David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University.

Mr. Flake was born in Rehoboth, New Mexico. He received his BA degree in Korean with a minor in international relations from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He completed his MA at the David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies, also at B.Y.U. He speaks both fluent Korean and Laotian.

 

Dr Daniel Baldino

Dr Daniel Baldino is a political scientist specialising in Australian foreign, defence and security policy including counter-terrorism, intelligence studies and government and politics of the Indo-Pacific at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.

In 2000, he was a Research Associate at the Library of Congress, Washington DC. In 2009 he was a visiting scholar within the Security and Governance Program, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA. In 2015, he was a visiting scholar at The Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Carleton, Ottawa. 
He has also provided education and professional development programs at the University of Fiji.

He has produced numerous books and articles. His edited book (with Langlois, A and Carr, A) Controversies in Australian Foreign Policy: the core debates, published by Oxford University Press, was the winner of the Australian Institute of International Affairs' inaugural publication grant. 
He is currently the Western Australian chapter convener for Australian Institute for Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO).

 

Dr Alexey Muraviev

Dr Alexey D. Muraviev is Head of Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is a Coordinator of the International Relations and National Security programs and the founder and Director of the Strategic Flashlight forum on national security and strategy at Curtin.

He has published widely on matters of national and international security.

His research interests include problems of modern maritime power, contemporary defence and strategic policy, Russia’s strategic and defence policy, Russia as a Pacific power, transnational terrorism, Australian national security, and other.

Alexey is a member of the Australian Member Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region (AU-CSCAP); member of Russia-NATO Experts Group; member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; reviewer of the Military Balance annual defence almanac; member of the Advisory Board, Australia Public Network, member of the Research Network for Secure Australia, and other organisations and think tanks.

In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts has nominated Dr Muraviev as an “expert of international standing”.

He advises members of state and federal government on foreign policy and national security matters and is frequently interviewed by state, national and international media.

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