DKI APCSS' Commander Jonathan Odom discussed the legal case for Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea during a recent visit to Australia as part of the US Embassy's speakers program.  During his trip, he spoke in three Australian cities about the recent International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ruling. 

These talks included faculty and students at Monash University on Melbourne as well as the University of Sydney's Centre for International Security Studies and Sydney Centre for International Law.  In Canberra, Odom spoke with a number of  senior military officers and senior government officials.  He also held several academic roundtables with the Australian Defence Force Academy and the National Security College of the Australian National University which included diplomats from other countries including the Philippines and Vietnam.

While in Australia, Odom did a number of media interviews which you can find online including the ABC News Breakfast program,  a radio interview and media roundtable in Sydney:

• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-18/diplomacy-or-military-professor-jonathan-odom/7942668
• http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/australias-continuing-presence-in-the-south-china-sea-is-vital-an-expert-says/news-story/6394b8fc33a61c5b7f10362542df2658
• http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2016/s4561271.htm

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Commander Jonathan Odom is a military professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) . The views expressed are his own.