Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev

Dr Alexey D. Muraviev is Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University. He is the founder and Director of the Strategic Flashlight forum on national security and strategy at Curtin. 

Alexey has published widely in the field of national security, strategic and defence studies. His research interests include problems of modern maritime power, contemporary defence and strategic policy, political-military developments in East Asia, Russia as a Pacific power, transnational terrorism and Australian national security. Among his latest publications are ‘Strategic Reality Check: The Current State and Prospects of Russia-China Deepening Defence Cooperation’, Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, 2021; and ‘India’s Security Dilemma: Engaging Big Powers while Retaining Strategic Autonomy’, International Politics, 2021.

He holds positions on several journals and organisations, including: member of the International Editorial and Advisory Board of The Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies; Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region; International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; National judge, Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia; member of the Advisory Board, Australia Public Network, and other organisations and think tanks.