DrScott Burchill

Scott Burchill is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of
International and Political Studies at Deakin University. Before joining
Deakin University in 1990 he was a political officer in the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade (Indo-china & Europe desks) in Canberra. He has also
taught at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the University of
Tasmania. Since 1995 he has been a visiting lecturer at the the Peacekeeping
Centre at the Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre in Newcastle and the
Army Command and Staff College in Queenscliff. In 1999 and 2000 he lectured at
the Australian Defence College in Canberra. His research interests include the
theory of International Relations, International Political Economy and
Australian foreign policy. He is a frequent contributor to The Age, and a
regular commentator on international affairs for ABC Radio & Television, and
SBS TV. Most recently he is the author of The National Interest in Theories of
International Relations (Palgrave, London 2005) and co-author of Theories of
International Relations (3rd ed Palgrave, London 2005).