Bronte Munro

Bronte Munro is the Program Lead for Defense Industry, Innovation, Technology and Trade for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Washington DC office.

Her research areas include a focus on the private sectors role in the defence industrial base, public-private partnership models, and the impact of critical and emerging technologies on national security, with particular interest in blockchain technologies, semiconductors, and quantum computing.

Her analysis has been published in media outlets in the US and Australia, including Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Pacific Forum, and has been featured in interviews for ABC Radio, and as a panelist at Harvard’s Belfer Center. Bronte is also a member of the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders Program.

Prior to joining ASPI, she was a Research Officer intern with Thales Australia and New Zealand, focusing on security convergence practices in the private sector.

Bronte holds a MA from Macquarie University in cybersecurity analysis, graduating with Excellence, and a BA from the University of Sydney in international and global studies. She also holds a Certificate IV in leadership and management for her leadership and business-development work in Cambodia and Timor-Leste with Project Everest Ventures.