Des Ball
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Desmond John Ball was an Australian academic and expert on defence and security. He was credited with successfully advising the United States against nuclear escalation in the 1970s. Background Des Ball attended the Australian National University in 1965, shifting from being a promising student in economics to security studies. He completed a PhD supervised by Hedley Bull, on the global nuclear strategies of the United States and the Soviet Union. He was based for several months in the USA at the Institute of War and Peace. He joined ANU as a lecturer in 1974, becoming head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific from 1984 to 1991, and Special Professor in the centre in 1987.
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Published Works
- Multilateral Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Prospects and Possibilities (1999) (105)
- Arms and Affluence: Military Acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific Region (1993) (102)
- Strategic Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region (1993) (90)
- Revising the SIOP: Taking War-Fighting to Dangerous Extremes (1990) (69)
- Masters of Terror: Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor (2006) (48)
- A suitable piece of real estate: American installations in Australia (1980) (42)
- The ties that bind : intelligence cooperation between the UKUSA countries, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (1987) (36)
- Silent witness: Australian intelligence and East Timor (2001) (33)
- Presumptive Engagement: Australia's Asia-Pacific Security Policy in the 1990s (1996) (32)
- Track 2 Security Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific: Reflections and Future Directions (2006) (29)
- China's Cyber Warfare Capabilities (2011) (25)
- The next stage : preventive diplomacy and security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region (1999) (23)
- Breaking the Codes: Australia's KGB Network, 1944-1950 (1998) (19)
- The Transformation of Security in the Asia/Pacific Region (1996) (18)
- The military build‐up in Asia‐Pacific (1992) (17)
- A Base For Debate: The US Satellite Station At Nurrungar (1987) (17)
- Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific (2020) (16)
- Pine Gap: Australia and the Us Geostationary Signals Intelligence Satellite Program (1988) (15)
- Militia Redux, Or sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand (2007) (14)
- Strange Neighbours: The Australia-Indonesia Relationship (1991) (14)
- Aborigines in the Defence of Australia (1991) (12)
- Desperately Seeking Bin Laden: The Intelligence Dimension of the War Against Terrorism (2002) (11)
- Regional security cooperation (2006) (11)
- Security cooperation between Japan and Australia: Current elements and future prospects (2006) (11)
- Security and defence : Pacific and global perspectives (1990) (11)
- The Defence of East Timor: A Recipe For Disaster? (2002) (11)
- A regional arms race (1995) (9)
- The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailands Para-military Border Guards (2004) (9)
- Intelligence collection operations and EEZs: the implications of new technology (2004) (9)
- The Counterforce Potential of American SLBM Systems (1977) (9)
- Signals Intelligence in the Post-Cold War Era: Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region (1993) (9)
- Over and out: Signals intelligence (Sigint) in Hong Kong (1996) (9)
- Modern Technology and Geopolitics (1985) (8)
- Security Cooperation In The Asia-Pacific Region (1993) (8)
- Australia and Cyber-warfare (2011) (8)
- Can a Sino-Japanese War Be Controlled? (2014) (8)
- Soviet signals intelligence (Sigint): Organization and management (1989) (7)
- The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan’s Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities (2015) (7)
- Improving Communications Links between Moscow and Washington (1991) (7)
- Security and security building in the Indian Ocean region (1996) (6)
- Civil defence and Australia's security in the nuclear age (1983) (6)
- Allied intelligence cooperation involving Australia during World War II (1978) (6)
- Reflections on defence security in East Asia (2012) (6)
- Australian defence decision‐making: Actors and process∗ (1979) (6)
- Maintaining the Strategic Edge: The Defence of Australia in 2015 (2001) (5)
- Burma's Military Secrets: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from 1941 to Cyber Warfare (1998) (5)
- Tor Chor Dor : Thailand's Border Patrol Police (BPP) (2013) (4)
- Australian Defence Planning: Problems and Prospects (2000) (4)
- Burma's military secrets : signals intelligence (SIGINT) from the Second World War to civil war and cyber warfare (1998) (4)
- Soviet Strategic Planning and the Control of Nuclear War (1983) (4)
- Multilateral Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges in the Post-Cold War Era (2000) (4)
- Signals intelligence in India (1995) (4)
- Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific: Official and Unofficial Responses (2004) (4)
- Track 2 Diplomacy in Asia: Australian and New Zealand Engagement (2006) (4)
- Soviet signals intelligence: Vehicular systems and operations (1989) (4)
- Mapping Track II institutions in New Zealand, Australia and the Asian Region (2005) (4)
- United States Strategic Policy Since 1945: Doctrine, Military-Technical Innovation and Force Structure (1990) (3)
- "The Target is Destroyed": What Really Happened to Flight 007 and What America Knew about It.@@@The Ties that Bind: Intelligence Cooperation between the UKSA Countries, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (1987) (3)
- Geographic Information Systems: Defence Applications (1990) (3)
- Australia’s participation in the Pine Gap enterprise (2016) (3)
- Cyber Defence and Warfare (2013) (3)
- Signals intelligence (SIGINT) in south Asia : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (1996) (3)
- A Regional Regime for Maritime Surveillance, Safety and Information Exchanges (1994) (3)
- Regional Maritime Security (2000) (2)
- Strategy and Defence: Australian Essays. (1984) (2)
- Missile Defence: Trends, Concerns and Remedies. (2002) (2)
- Transforming the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for Information Superiority (2005) (2)
- The Military Balance in the Asia-Pacific: Trends and Implications (2001) (2)
- Power and International Relations: Essays in Honour of Coral Bell (2015) (2)
- Has Arms Control Worked (1989) (2)
- Getting to Know Paul Dibb: An Overview of an Extraordinary Career (2016) (1)
- China and Information Warfare: Signals, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Cyber-Warfare (2004) (1)
- Security Trends in the Asia-Pacific Region: An Emerging Complex Arms Race (2015) (1)
- China Pursues Space-based Intelligence Gathering Capabilities (2003) (1)
- The Transformation of the JASDF's Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities for Air and Missile Defence (2012) (1)
- Invaluable Service: The Secret History of New Zealand's signals intelligence (SIGINT) during Two World Wars (2011) (1)
- Australia and Cyberwarfare (2008) (1)
- Reflections of a Defence Intellectual (2006) (1)
- Managing operations at Pine Gap (2015) (1)
- The militarisation of Pine Gap: organisations and personnel (2015) (1)
- Strategy & defence : Australian essays (1982) (1)
- Reflections on the Track Two process in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006) (1)
- The Future of Arms Control (1987) (1)
- Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy: Essays in Honour of Paul Dibb (2016) (1)
- A National Asset: Essays commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (2006) (1)
- Reflections on the SDSC's Middle Decades (2006) (1)
- The antennas of Pine Gap (2016) (1)
- Geopolitical evolution in South Asia (2019) (1)
- South Pacific security : issues and perspectives (1991) (1)
- Expanded Communications Satellite Surveillance and Intelligence Activities Utilising Multi-beam Antenna Systems (2015) (1)
- Signals Intelligence (sigint) in North Korea (1996) (1)
- Rushing Headlong to Infirmity: Australian Defence Policy and Force Structure Development (2007) (1)
- War, Strategy and History (2016) (0)
- Defend the North: The Case for the Alice Springs-Darwin Railway (1985) (0)
- Editors' Note (2011) (0)
- Prospects for Asian order (2019) (0)
- A region in flux (2019) (0)
- Introduction [to Australia and Cyber-Warfare] (2008) (0)
- US signals intelligence (SIGINT) activities in Japan 1945 – 2015: A Visual Guide (2015) (0)
- China's Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Satellite Programs (2015) (0)
- The Joint Patrol Vessel (JPV) : a regional concept for regional cooperation (1996) (0)
- The corporatisation of Pine Gap (2015) (0)
- From External Affairs to Academia: Coral’s Encounter with the KGB’s Spy Ring in Australia (2014) (0)
- Asia's New Geopolitics: (2021) (0)
- Arms modernization in Asia (2009) (0)
- Radio active. Myanmar seeks communications upgrade (2010) (0)
- A National Asset (2016) (0)
- The Northern Territory in the defence of Australia : geography, history, economy, infrastructure, and defence presence (1990) (0)
- The lethal, critical and costly intelligence war. by Desmond Ball (1991) (0)
- Online addendum to "The Transformation of the JASDFs Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities for Air and Missile Defence": JADGE Surveillance Stations (2012) (0)
- Aborigines in the defence of Australia / edited by Desmond Ball (1991) (0)
- The Australian Aircraft Industry—A Defence Point of View (1975) (0)
- Australia's KGB network [Address to the Sydney Institute, 18 Aug 1998] (1998) (0)
- The Defence of East Timor: Australia's Role (2004) (0)
- Australia's strategic environment: implications for defence planning (1999) (0)
- An Australian Cyber-warfare Centre (2008) (0)
- The costs of the cruise missile (1978) (0)
- A National Asset: 50 Years of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (2016) (0)
- Management of Contemporary Issues: A Western Commentary (1990) (0)
- Security cooperation between Japan and Australia (2006) (0)
- Geography, power, strategy and defence policy (2016) (0)
- A Vulnerable country? : civil resources in the defence of Australia (1986) (0)
- The SIGINT satellites of Pine Gap: conception, development and in orbit (2015) (0)
- Reviewers for Volume 26 (2003) (0)
- Escalation in Northeast Asia: a strategic challenge for Australia (2014) (0)
- The higher management of Pine Gap (2015) (0)
- Japan Australia security cooperation (2006) (0)
- Strategic outlooks and languishing institutions in Southeast Asia (2019) (0)
- Disputes and tensions in Northeast Asia (2019) (0)
- How the Tatmadaw Talks: The Burmese Armys Radio Systems (2004) (0)
- Rethinking Australia's Defence.@@@Strategy and Defence. (1984) (0)
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