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Professional Background
Visiting Fellow, Australian National University (2005)PhD (Deakin University): A Transformational Analysis of the National Interest (2004)
Research Interests
My principal research area is 'International Relations and Strategy'. I focus on the 'National Interest' in Australia's external relations.
The scientific and political work of Noam Chomsky.
Cognitive Science: the evolution of the human language faculty.
Publications
Reluctant Indonesians: Australia, Indonesia and the future of West Papua (Scribe, 2006)The Wild Man in the Wings, Overland, Vol 180, September 2005.Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the independence of East Timor (Scribe, 2004).
Courses Taught
Introduction to Strategic Studies
Seeking the Information Edge: the role of modern intelligence
Modern Political Ideologies
Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
Andrew McNaughtan (274 KB pdf)
Noam Chomsky (pdf 1MB)
Areas of Potential Postgraduate Supervision
- Australian Foreign Policy
- Australia-Indonesia relations
- Australia-East Timor relations