Dr. Malcolm Davis is a Senior Analyst in ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program, broadly focusing on current and future warfare, space policy and security, and defence policy. Malcolm is currently working on analysing issues related to Australian defence capability and future warfare, including air power and autonomous systems, space capability, and defence strategy.
Before joining ASPI in January 2016, Malcolm was a post-Doctoral Research Fellow on Chinese military modernisation at Bond University from 2012-2016. From October 2010 to March 2012, he worked with the Department of Defence in Strategic Policy Division (EL1) and from October 2007-October 2010, with Navy Headquarters (APS-6). From August 2000 to October 2007, he was a Lecturer in Defence Studies with Kings College London, at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, United Kingdom.
Malcolm has published extensively with ASPI, and through external academic publications since joining ASPI, focusing mainly on Space policy and space security, analysis of military technology, defence policy, and Australian defence policy. His publications record includes long-form research papers for ASPI, as well as chapters in academic books on international security and strategy, along with regular publication in the ASPI Strategist on a variety of defence and international security related issues.
Malcolm holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Politics (Strategic Studies) from the University of Hull, focusing on maritime and naval capability development in Asia. He holds two Master of Arts degrees, from the Australian National University and from Lancaster University, both in Strategic Studies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Flinders University.
