GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Gregory Copley, AM was born in Perth, Western Australia, and has had a career of more than a half century in service to governments and societies around the world in the fields of intelligence, strategic philosophy, and industry. He is the President of the International Strategic Studies Association as well as founder and Editor-in-Chief of Defense & Foreign Affairs group of publications. He is also the Director of Intelligence at the Global Information System (GIS), an on-line, encrypted-access, global intelligence service (monitoring 290 countries and territories) which provides current strategic intelligence solely to governments around the world. Mr Copley has authored or co-authored 36 books on strategic philosophy, history, geopolitics, energy, aviation, national planning, and poetry. He recently authored The New Total War of the 21st Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, and has authored thousands of classified and unclassified studies for government leaders. He continues to lecture to senior defence audiences and academic institutions around the world, and has spoken at Oxford and Cambridge universities in recent months. Although headquartered in Washington DC, Mr Copley spends the much of his time in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. His recent work highlighted unique perspectives on the build-up to the current Russo-Ukrainian conflict as part of a broader conflict terrain, including the transformation of the Eurasian strategic balance. His varied career included owning several major shipyards and ship design firms in the United Kingdom, a chemical company in France, a water purification business, and a music publishing business in Australia and the UK. He served as vice-chairman of Scotland’s national airline. He has been decorated by numerous governments and institutions around the world and was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2007. He received high recognition and an hereditary title from the Ethiopian Crown in exile, and honours from other government and non-governmental organisations. Mr Copley has served as advisor to a number of governments over the past fifty years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, and a Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies (and Governor) of the College of Fellows of the International Strategic Studies Association.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Regulation Economics and associated organisations offer analysis and advice on a range of public policy issues where business and government interact. Dr Alan Moran was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Subsequently, he played a leading role in the development of energy policy and competition policy review as the Deputy Secretary (Energy) in the Victorian Government. Dr Moran has published extensively on regulatory issues, particularly focusing on environmental issues, housing, network industries, and electricity and gas market matters. Most of his many hundreds press and blog articles, submissions, comments and other publications can be found on this web site. In the case of energy his work includes responsibility for the Australian chapters in a series of books on world electricity markets, edited by Fereidoon Sioshansi. His most recent book is “Climate Change: Treaties and Policies in the Trump Era” published in 2017 by Connor Court. He assembled and contributed to a compendium Climate Change: the Facts published in 2015. Earlier works covering the interface of economics and environmental issues include Markets, Resources and the Environment 1991 and The Price of Preservation 1993 Among his publications on housing regulation is a book, The Tragedy of Planning, which was launched by the Federal Treasurer in August 2006. He published (with Warren Pengilley) Regulation of Infrastructure in 2007. He was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics.
GUEST WEBSITE: https://www.regulationeconomics.com/
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