Jane Hardy is a former career diplomat, posted to Australian missions in Malaysia, South Korea, Washington DC, Spain and Honolulu. Jane also held senior executive positions in DFAT, on arms control, strategic and intelligence matters, and diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea (South), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North), the United States and Western Europe.

She has published on Australian foreign and strategic policy, the Indo-Pacific, non-government development programs and Australian indigenous art. She is currently a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney.