Background
Wesley was born in India but moved to Australia with his parents aged four years old. He grew up in Nambour, south-east Queensland.
( Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key econ...)
Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key economic and political issues that Australia should currently be considering as a Western country geographically and economically tied to Asia. For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers, and this book argues that rather than continuing to be insular and introspective, Australia needs to take the initiative in global affairs. This highly readable and relevant book by one of Australia’s best and most prominent thinkers calls for a renewed public engagement and debate regarding the future of the continent’s foreign policy.
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Wesley was born in India but moved to Australia with his parents aged four years old. He grew up in Nambour, south-east Queensland.
He completed a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Street Andrews in Scotland.
He was appointed Professor of National Security at the National Security College of the Australian National University on 1 November 2012. He is currently the Director of the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Studies in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the American National University. He also consults extensively for the Australian government. Wesley went to Nambour State High School, and then to the University of Queensland.
Michael Wesley is the son of the internationally renowned artist Frank Wesley.
Michael Wesley has worked for the Queensland State government and as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He spent time on secondment from UNSW to the Office of National Assessments.
In 2004, he became Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University. He served as co-chairman of the Security and Prosperity working group at then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd"s Australia 2020 Summit in 2008.
He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong in 2009.
He worked as Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy from June 2009 to August 2012.
( Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key econ...)