Allan Behm

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Allan Behm is Director, International & Security Affairs Program at the Australia Institute in Canberra.

He apecialises in international and security policy development, political and security risk evaluation, policy analysis and development, and negotiating the policy/politics interface.

Following a career spanning nearly thirty years in the Australian Public Service, he was Chief of Staff to Minister for Climate Change and Industry Greg Combet (2009 to 2013) and senior advisor to the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong (2017-19).

He has a significant publishing record and is a respected commentator in both the electronic and print media. His book 'No, Minister – an insider’s account of what happens behind the scenes in Pa
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No, Minister: So You Want t...

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No Enemies, No Friends

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“Our voice is as large as we want it to be ... For Australia, it is not question of capacity. It is a question of agency.”
Allan Behm, The Odd Couple: Re-configuring the America-Australia relationship

“Like Australia, America is beset by its inability to come to terms with its racial diversity and the deep misogyny that affects so many aspects of its way of life.”
Allan Behm, The Odd Couple: Re-configuring the America-Australia relationship

“When 'interchangeability' replaces 'interoperability', insecurity morphs into subservience.”
Allan Behm, The Odd Couple: Re-configuring the America-Australia relationship



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