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Associate ProfessorMichael Clarke

Associate Professor in International Politics and Strategy

Faculty of Arts and Education/Centre for Future Defence and National Security

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  • Associate Professor in International Politics and Strategy
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Centre for Future Defence and National Security
  • Canberra - Centre for Defence

BIO

Dr Michael Clarke is Associate Professor at the Deakin Centre for Future Defence and
National Security (CFDNS), Canberra. Prior to joining CFDNS he held senior
positions at Griffith University, Australian National University, and the
Centre for Defence Research at the Australian Defence College.

He is a nationally and internationally recognised expert in the history and
politics of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, (China); Chinese foreign
and security policy; American grand strategy; Australian defence and strategic
policy; and nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor in International Politics and Strategy
    Deakin University, Centre for Future Defence and National Security

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy, Canberra, Australia25 May 2015 - 30 Jun 2021
  • Senior Research Fellow
    Griffith University, Griffith Asia Institute, Brisbane, Australia10 Feb 2012 - 1 Dec 2014
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Technology Sydney, Australia-China Relations Institute, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2022 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Fellow
    Australian Defence College, Centre for Defence Research, Canberra, Australia1 Sep 2021 - 30 Jun 2023

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia1 Feb 2000 - 5 Feb 2005
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Asian and International Studies
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia15 Feb 1996 - 8 Nov 1999

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • International relations
  • Political science
  • Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific
  • Australian government and politics

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Centre for Future Defence and National Security

AREAS OF EXPERTISE