Clive Williams MG, BA Hons (Melbourne), MA Hons (Criminology) (Melbourne)
Visiting Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Email: clive.williams@anu.edu.au
Biographical Statement
Clive Williams has a career background as an officer in the Australian Intelligence Corps, which included a number of overseas intelligence appointments. After leaving the Army in 1981, he pursued a civilian career in Defence Intelligence, working mainly on transnational issues. He was a Chevening scholar at the War Studies Department, King's College, London, in 1987. He has worked and lectured internationally on terrorism-related issues since 1980, and started running terrorism courses at the ANU in 1996. He left Defence in 2002, and has since run terrorism and national security-related Masters course electives at the ANU and a number of Australian and overseas universities. He became an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (PICT) at Macquarie University in 2006. He also became a Visiting Professor at the School of Human and Social Sciences (HASS) of the University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in 2006. He is a member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO), and an Associate of the International Academy of Investigative Psychology (AIAIP).
Research Interests
Terrorism and politically motivated violence.
Key Publications
- "Afghanistan – the need to buy time" in Unleashed ABC abc.net.au 20 October 2009
- "Case study: Why did an Australian professional turn terrorist?" in David Canter Ed The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Wiley, February 2010
- "Obama’s administration—the view from down under" in Asian Conflict Reports, Issue 4, April 2009
- "A Long time coming – home at last" in Australian Defence Force Journal Issue No 179, 2009 pp 42-47
- "Concluding remarks" in Sean Brawley Ed Doomed to Repeat? Terrorism and the Lessons of History New Academia Publishing, Washington DC, 2009
- "Climate is right to tackle impacts of environmental change", "Rudd’s national security alert" and "The numbers don’t add up" in Barbara Nelson and Robin Jeffrey Eds Capturing the Year 2008: Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Published by ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, December 2008
- "Big brother keeps a growing eye on the British" and "Australia’s continuing presence in Iraq remains unclear" in Barbara Nelson and Robin Jeffrey Eds Capturing the Year 2007: Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Published by ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, December 2007
- Publications before December 2007
Career Highlights
Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) Attaché in Washington 1990-1993;
Head of Imagery Exploitation Centre 1993-1994;
Director Major Powers Section, DIO 1994-1998;
Director of Security Intelligence 1998-2002.
