Security and Deterrence Research Centre

RC06 · IPSC RESEARCH CENTRE

This research centre examines deterrence, defence strategy and military capability across the Indo-Pacific — conventional and nuclear deterrence, alliance commitments and extended deterrence, force posture and capability development, escalation management, and the changing military balance across the region. Published monthly from the IPSC signal corpus across five domains — alliance posture, crisis management, grey-zone activity, military activity and political signalling — with the classification protocol open to inspection.

Written for — defence and aerospace organisations · government and defence policy teams · military planners · strategic technology and industrial-base organisations · critical infrastructure and supply-chain planners · researchers and analysts working on Indo-Pacific security
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Domains tracked 5
As at September 2026
Natalie Treloar
Centre Lead

Natalie Treloar

Senior Analyst, National Institute for Deterrence Studies · Australian Company Director, Alpha-India Consultancy

Natalie Treloar works on Australian defence strategy, military capability, strategic deterrence and United States extended nuclear deterrence, with particular attention to alliances and Indo-Pacific deterrence architecture.

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