Dr Darren J. Lim is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. He researches and teaches in the field of international relations, at the intersection of international political economy, international security, and global governance. His major research interests focus on economic security (including economic coercion, technology competition, and industrial policy), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and Australian foreign policy.

Dr Lim regularly advises governments and the private sector on questions of economic security, focusing on how to navigate an increasingly complex international economic landscape that is being reshaped by geopolitics, national security, and economic nationalism.

Dr Lim also hosts a podcast on Australian foreign policy called Australia in the World that counts Australia’s foreign minister and many senior officials among its regular listenership.

Dr Lim received his PhD from Princeton University. Initially trained in law and economics at Monash University, he previously worked as Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, a corporate lawyer, and researcher at International Crisis Group in Brussels.