Babbage is also Managing Director of Strategy International, a national security consulting and educational services company.
Babbage formerly held the position as Head of Strategic Analysis in the Office of National Assessments and Assistant Secretary for ANZUS and then Force Development in the Department of Defence.
He has also been an advisor to various government ministers and departments[2] Babbage was educated at Barker College in Sydney.
In 2003 to 2004 he served as Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.
[1] Previewing his upcoming book in a NYT column, Babbage argued that a major war in the Indo-Pacific is more likely now than ever since WWII, that it would be catastrophic, and that the United States is woefully unprepared.