Saturday 21st June, 2025: Jennifer Parker – Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies UNSW + Expert Asso, National Security College, ANU; How Australia should respond to China’s aggression in the South China Sea?
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Macca and Paul talk to Jennifer Parker – Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies UNSW + Expert Asso, National Security College, ANU; How Australia should respond to China’s aggression in the South China Sea?
Jennifer Parker is an Adjunct Fellow in Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra and an Expert Associate at the National Security College, Australian National University.
Jennifer has served for more than 20 years with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). During her time in the RAN Jennifer specialised as a Principal Warfare Officer, including undertaking deep specialist training with the Royal Navy in Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer.
Jennifer has extensive operational experience from the Middle East to the Caribbean, and most areas in between. She has undertaken a series of naval appointments nationally and internationally in areas including force design strategy, career management, international exercise planning and operations. That included service as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy. Jennifer’s last appointment in the RAN was as Director of Operations in Bahrain of the Combined Maritime Forces, a 38-nation coalition promoting national security in the Middle East and Indian Ocean region.
Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts (politics, mathematics) from UNSW, Bachelor of Laws from UNE, Master of Arts in Strategy and Security from UNSW, and a Master of Laws from ANU. Jennifer has been admitted to the ACT Supreme Court as a legal practitioner.
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