On 23 June, Gateway House hosted a discussion with the Australian Defence College Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS). The delegation comprised 17 Australian and foreign students of Captain/Colonel rank from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Department of Defence civilians. Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism Studies, and Aditya Phatak, Senior Researcher, Gateway House, participated in the discussion. The discussion focused on defence, maritime security, and energy security-related issues.