Reading Time: 4 minutes Ottawa’s non-existent profile in Indo-Pacific affairs a cause for concern and disappointment
Author: Thomas Wilkins
Dr. Thomas S. Wilkins a Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute affiliated with the Washington DC Office.
Dr. Thomas S. Wilkins currently directs the Master of International Relations and Master of International Security degree programs at the Department of Government and International Relations (GIR) at the University of Sydney. There he lectures on subjects such as Australian Foreign & Security Policy, Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific and Alliances & Coalition Warfare.
His academic research focuses on strategic affairs in the Indo-Pacific, especially Australia-Japan bilateralism, and the U.S.-alliance network.
From 2018-2022 Dr. Wilkins was a Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank in Tokyo. He worked to produce a portfolio of Policy Briefs addressing security and historical issues for the Japan Information Centre (JIC) and has also authored reports for the MacDonald Laurier Institute (MLI) and Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (Brussels), as well as serving as a Regular Contributor to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation’s International Information Network Analysis.
Dr. Wilkins holds a PhD in International Security from the University of Birmingham. He also holds an M.Phil in Asian Studies from the University of Sydney, and a Master of International Relations and Bachelors in History from Birmingham.