Key recruit for National Security College

One of Australia's leading international relations experts, Michael Wesley, has been appointed Professor of National Security. Wesley will lead the ANU National Security College's Academic, Outreach and Research Program and contribute to a number of courses at the Crawford School of Public Policy. He has extensive experience teaching, researching and communicating on Australia's international engagements, particularly in Asia. Wesley has published extensively and won the 2011 John Button Prize for Best Writing in Australian Politics for his book, There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia. He was Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy from 2009 to 2012 and Professor of International Relations and Director of the Asia Institute at Griffith University from 2004 to 2009. He has also taught at a number of other universities in Australia and overseas. Professor Wesley was an Assistant Director-General in the Office of National Assessments in 2003/04.