A Colonial and Conceptual History of Asymmetric Warfare and Security

战争和恐怖主义在公众、政治和学术对澳大利亚殖民历史及其地缘政治未来的看法中占据突出地位。我们对什么是战争和恐怖主义的理解来自于西方国际和政治思想的漫长殖民史和概念史。这个研究项目对国家和社区的好处恰恰来自于它将澳大利亚殖民历史的独特性与其全球背景联系起来的能力，并利用这两者为当前关于恐怖主义和安全的辩论提供新的见解，这些辩论是澳大利亚向世界其他地区解释自己的能力所不可或缺的。

War and terrorism feature prominently in popular, political and scholarly perceptions of Australia's colonial past and its geopolitical future. Our understanding of what constitutes war and terrorism emerged from a long colonial and conceptual history of Western international and political thought. The national and community benefits of this program of research derive precisely from its ability to link the uniqueness of Australia's colonial history to its global context, and to use both to provide new insight into current debates on terrorism and security that are integral to Australia's capacity to interpret itself to the rest of the world.