Dr Alexey Muraviev (Associate Professor at Curtin University)

Dr Alexey Muraviev

Associate Professor at Curtin University

Dr Alexey D. Muraviev is Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is the founder and Director of the Strategic Flashlight forum on national security and strategy at Curtin. He is head of the strategic affairs program at Curtin’s Korea Research and Engagement Centre of Western Australia. Alexey is the former Head of Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies at Curtin. Between 2016 and 2021, Alexey was academic lead of Curtin defence strategic initiative. He was also a non-residential fellow at Sea Power Centre Australia, the Royal Australian Navy; inaugural scholar-in residence at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute; and national judge, Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia (2019 to 2021). Among his latest publications are ‘Strategic Reality Check: The Current State and Prospects of Russia-China Deepening Defence Cooperation, Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, 3 (1), 2021; Russia in Howard M. Hensel (ed), Security Dynamics in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, London and New York, Routledge, 2023; Battle Reading the Russian Pacific Fleet 2023–2030, Sea Power Paper, Canberra: Sea Power Centre Australia, 2023; Russia and the South China Sea in Howard M. Hensel (ed), Security Dynamics in the South China Sea, London and New York, Routledge, 2024 (forthcoming). He is a member of the International Editorial and Advisory Board, The Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Department of Defence; member of the Australian Member Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region (AU-CSCAP); and member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.