Staff
 |
|
Professional Background
BA Auckland University
MA (Political Studies) Auckland University
MA (Strategic and Defence Studies) Australian National University
PhD (Strategic Studies and International Relations) Australian National University
Courses Taught
Introduction to Strategic Studies
History of Indonesia’s Defence Policy
The Politics of Crisis in the South Pacific
Comparative Defence Planning
War, Force and Politics (Australian Command and Staff College)
Contemporary Strategy
Research Interests
Issues in the formulation and implementation of military strategy
Defence and security postures of Southeast Asian states
Regionalism and security in Southeast Asia
Publications
‘Phantom Menace: Expounding Security Myths in Southeast Asia’, Jane’s Intelligence Review, September 2007
Making Sense of War: Strategy for the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006 (with Alan Stephens)
‘Restructuring foreign and defence policy: strategic uncertainty and the Asia-Pacific middle powers’, Anthony McGrew and Christopher Brook eds., Asia-Pacific in the New World Order, Routledge, London, 1998
‘The Problem with Parachuting: Strategic Studies and Security in the Asia/Pacific Region’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 18:3, 1995 (with Leonard C. Sebastian)
‘A Higher Plane: Land/Air Operations in the Southwest Pacific 1942-1945’, Jeffrey Grey & Peter Dennis eds., From Past to Future: The Australian Experience of Land/Air Operations, UNSW@ADFA, 1995
More than Little Heroes: Australian Army Air Liaison Officers in the Second World War, Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No.106, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, RSPAS, Australian National University, Canberra, 1994
Areas of potential PhD Supervision
- Issues in the formulation and implementation of military strategy
- Regionalism, security, and defence in Southeast Asia
- South Pacific politics and security