Current Positions
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Australia
• Council Member, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Australia
• Adjunct Fellow (non-resident), Australia Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
• Senior Fellow (non-resident), US Studies Centre (USSC), University of Sydney, Australia
Academic Background
• Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Sydney, Australia
• M.A. in International Peace and Security, King’s College London, UK
• LL.B. and B.A. in Commerce, University of New South Wales, Australia
Past Experiences
• Author of the book “US Hegemony and International Legitimacy: Norms, Power and Followership in the Wars on Iraq” (Routledge, 2010)
• Led projects for the Australian government and think-tanks on opportunities and weaknesses of the ‘Quad’, Chinese influence in Asia, and the role of democracy in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy.