Staff

Dr Nikki Baker Senior Lecturer Politics Program Phone: +61 2 6268 8873 Fax: +61 2 6268 8879 Email: nikki.baker@adfa.edu.au

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
Global Security
Conflict in the 21st Century
The History of Indonesian Defence Policy
Custom and Change in Melanesia

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

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 in association with the Open University, London, 1998

‘The Problem with Parachuting: Strategic Studies and Security in the Asia/Pacific Region’, Desmond Ball ed., The Transformation of Security in the Asia/Pacific Region, Frank Cass, London, 1996 (with Leonard C. Sebastian)

‘A Higher Plane: Land/Air Operations in the South West Pacific 1942-1945’, Jeffrey Grey & Peter Dennis eds., From Past to Future: The Australian Experience of Land/Air Operations, Proceedings of the Australian Army History Conference, Australian Defence Force Academy, 29 September 1995, Department of History, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, 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, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1994

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