Television appearances, seminars & video commentary
John Blaxland is a regular guest on television news, public forums, and academic seminars. Below are selected videos showcasing his analysis of Australia’s strategic challenges, defence, and international relations.
AUKUS: Strategic Imperative or Costly Mistake?
Devil's Advocate
In Conversation with Dr Kevin Rudd
ANU Advancement
'China Ballistic Missile Launch'
CNN Newsroom, 8 July 2026.
'Delicate dynamics for the NATO Summit'
ABC Newsroom Australia, 7 July 2026.
Signals Intelligence
Higher Education Today, 23 June 2026.
Making Sense of the Poly-crisis: A View from Down Under
The Network for Strategic Analysis (NSA), 2 April 2026.
'How close are Gulf nations to being drawn directly into the Iran war?'
Channel News Asia, 13 March 2026.
'Global Security Challenges - A View from Down Under'
MIT Security Studies Program, 17 September 2025.
'On Strategy, Security and Diplomacy'
Nepal Institute for International Cooperation & Engagement (NIICE Nepal), 27 December 2024.
‘Quite extraordinary': Analyst on US-Russia peace talks over Ukraine War
Channel News Asia, 17 February 2025.
‘Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from the region’,
(from 17:20), Korean Economic Institute of America, 9 April 2025.
'Global Security Challenges: A View from Down Under'
Lecture delivered to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, 5 December 2024.
'Expert says 'hard to see' how US could pull out of AUKUS’
ABC TV News, 11 June 2025.
'How a China-U.S. Rivalry is Moving South Korea and Australia Closer Together'
Eye on Korea, 27 June 2025.
'Why the USA might ban China's TikTok | Under Investigation with Liz Hayes'
60 Minutes Australia, October 2024.
'Southeast Asia and the Poly-crisis: A View of Regional Geopolitics from Australia'
Harvard University Asia Center, 16 April 2024.