Dr Peter J Dean is a Fellow and Director of Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, a managing editor of the journal Security Challenges, contributing editor for Global War Studies and the current Fulbright Fellow in AustraliauUnited States Alliance Studies. Peter is the author/editor of numerous works on Australian military history and defence policy, including The Architect of Victory (2010) and Australia 1942: In the Shadow of War (2012). Dr Stephan Fr hling is a Senior Lecturer at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, and a managing editor of the journal Security Challenges. He is the author of Defence Planning and Uncertainty (2014) and A History of Australian Defence Policy Since 1945 (2009). Dr Brendan Taylor is Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. He is a specialist on great power strategic relations in the AsiauPacific, economic sanctions and Asian security architecture. His work has featured in such leading academic journals as International Affairs, Survival and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. He is the author/editor of five books, including Australia as an AsiauPacific Regional Power (2007) and Sanctions as Grand Strategy (2010).