Duncan Blake Email & Phone Number

Duncan Blake transferred from the permanent Air Force to the Reserves in January 2017, after 22 years as a Legal Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He worked at the tactical, operational and strategic levels at home and on deployment overseas. Duncan has contributed extensively to doctrine and policy for the Australian Department of Defence and whole-of-government, on issues of operations law and space law. He has chaired inter-departmental and international working groups on space law, especially in a military and strategic context. Although this work is not publicly accessible, he has authored many articles, including an article for which he was awarded the 2011 Lieber Society Military Prize by the American Society of International Law.He has undergraduate degrees in Law and Economics from the University of Western Australia, a Master of Laws degree by coursework from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws degree by research from McGill University. He is also a graduate of Australian Command and Staff College. His thesis topic for his Masters at McGill University was on the need for a ‘Manual on International Law Applicable to Warfare in Space’. That thesis was the genesis of the Manual on International Law Applicable to Military uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) and of the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations Duncan was centrally involved in both. He is also undertaking doctoral research at The University of Adelaide on the intersection of space law and the laws of war.

Listed skills include International Law, Military Justice, Defense, Government, and 28 others.