Lavina Lee

Dr. Lavina Lee is a senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney. In 2020, she was appointed to the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute by the defense minister and was previously a director of the Institute for Regional Security. Prior to joining Macquarie University, she was a political risk consultant with Control Risks Group.

She is the author of the book US Hegemony and International Legitimacy: Norms, Power and Followership in the Wars on Iraq (Routledge, 2010) and has published numerous articles, book chapters, research reports, and commentaries on maritime security and strategy in the Indo-Pacific, Indian foreign and security policy, nuclear proliferation, and the US-Australia alliance.