Ashley Townshend is the Program Associate for International Security at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Previously he was a Senior Tutor and ARC Research Supervisor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and a Research Associate for Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. His current research focuses on Sino-Indian strategic competition in the Indian Ocean region and an ongoing project on the causes of state failure.
Ashley has a University Medal and first class Honours degree in international relations from the University of Sydney, and a Diploma with Distinction from Sciences Po, Paris.
