William T. Tow, BA (Redlands), MA (USC), PhD (USC)
Professor, Department of International Relations
Tel: +61 2 6125 8550
Fax: +61 2 6125 8010
Email: william.tow@anu.edu.au
Location: Room 2.15, Hedley Bull Centre
Biographical Statement
Previously Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland and at Griffith University, and an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). He has been a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, and a Visiting Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London.
Research Interests
Alliance politics, US security policy in the Asia-Pacific, security politics in the Asia-Pacific, Australian security policies
Key Publications
- Security Politics in the Asia-Pacific: A Regional–Global Nexus? (Editor, Cambridge University Press, 2009).
- ASEAN–India–Australia: Towards Closer Engagement in a New Asia (Co-editor, ISEAS, 2009).
- Tangled Webs: Security Architectures in Asia (Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2008).
- Asia-Pacific Security: US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle (Co-editor, Routledge, 2007).
- Asia Pacific Strategic Relations: Seeking Convergent Security (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
- A US Strategy for the Asia-Pacific, Adelphi Paper 299 (Co-author, IISS, 1995).
- Encountering the Dominant Player: US Extended Deterrence Strategy in the Asia-Pacific (Columbia University Press, 1991).
- The Limits of Alliance: NATO Out-of-Area Problems Since 1949 (Co-author, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990).
Career Highlights
Co-director of ANU projects for the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative and for the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (2008–); Editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs (2001–2006); Served on the Foreign Affairs Council, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1998–2003) and the National Board of Directors, Australian Fulbright Commission (1992–1997); Recipient of an Australian Award for University Teaching in the Social Sciences Category for 2001.
