William T. Tow, BA (Redlands), MA (USC), PhD (USC)
Professor, Department of International Relations

Email: william.tow@anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

Previously Professor of International Relations both at the University of Queensland and at Griffith University and an Assistant Professor of International Relations at 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 and Australian security policies.

Key Publications

• Asia Pacific Strategic Relations: Seeking Convergent Security (Cambridge, 2001).
• International Relations in the New Century (Co-Editor, Oxford, 2000).
• A US Strategy for the Asia-Pacific (Co-Authored, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1995).
• Encountering the Dominant Player (Columbia 1991).
• The Limits of Alliance (Co-Authored, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990).

Career Highlights

Served on the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Affairs Council, the National Board of Directors of the Australian Fulbright Commission, and as Editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs.