Hugh White (strategist)

Hugh White AO FASSA (born 1953) is an emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University in Canberra, a longtime defence and intelligence analyst, and author who has published works on military strategy and international relations. He was Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence in the Australian Department of Defence from 1995 until 2000 and the first director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. His 2019 book, How to Defend Australia, attracted national attention after raising the proposition of an independently nuclear-armed Australia.