Publications

Books

  1. 2024. Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security, Melbourne: La Trobe University Press (with Rebecca Strating).

  2. 2017. Pacific Power? Australia’s Strategy in the Pacific Islands, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

  3. 2014. Constitution Making during State Building, New York: Cambridge University Press.

Edited books

  1. Forthcoming. Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands (edited with Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, and Anna Powles; under contract with Routledge).  

  2. 2024. Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness, Abingdon: Routledge (edited with Henrietta McNeill, Michael Rose, and Alan Tidwell). 

  3. 2020. Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice, Abingdon: Routledge (edited with Lia Kent).

  4. 2019. Transnational Justice and Civil Society in Asia and the Pacific, Canberra: ANU Press (edited with Lia Kent and Claire Cronin).

  5. 2018. Hybridity in Peacebuilding and Development: A Critical and Reflexive Approach, Abingdon: Routledge (edited with Miranda Forsyth, Lia Kent, Sinclair Dinnen, and Srinjoy Bose).

  6. 2018. Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations, Canberra: ANU Press (edited with Miranda Forsyth, Lia Kent, Sinclair Dinnen, and Srinjoy Bose).

  7. 2016. Asia-Pacific Security: An Introduction, Washington: Georgetown University Press (edited with Andrew Carr).

Edited special issues

  1. 2024. ‘The Australia-New Zealand alliance’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 78, Iss. 5 (edited with Anna Powles).

  2. 2024. ‘Emotions and Peace’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 59, Iss. 2 (edited with Katrin Travouillon and Nicolas Lemay-Hebert).

  3. 2020. ‘How does the ‘Pacific’ fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands’, Security Challenges, Vol. 16, No. 1 (edited with James Batley).

  4. 2019. ‘Reconceiving civil society and transitional justice: lessons from Asia and the Pacific’, Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 31, No. 2 (edited with Lia Kent).

  5. 2017. ‘Hybridity in peacebuilding and development: a critical approach’, Third World Thematics, Vol. 2, No. 2 (edited with Miranda Forsyth, Lia Kent, Sinclair Dinnen, and Srinjoy Bose).

  6. 2013. ‘Security in the Pacific arc’, Security Challenges, Vol. 8, No. 4.

Journal articles

  1. 2024. ‘The Pacific Islands and Chinese power as presence, influence, and interference’, European Journal of International Security (with Czes Tubilewicz), https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2024.32

  2. 2024. ‘Different nightmares, shared dreams? Australia and New Zealand’s intuitive alliance’, Australian Journal of International Affairs (with Anna Powles), https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2024.2409977

  3. 2024. ‘The United States as a ‘Pacific Nation’: Imaginary, Performance, and Spatialisation’, Geopolitics (with Emily Conroy and Cayleigh Stock), https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2302421

  4. 2024. ‘An emotions agenda for peace: Connections beyond feelings, power beyond violence’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 59, Iss. 2, pp. 135-148, (with Katrin Travouillon and Nicolas Lemay Hébert), https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367231184725

  5. 2024. ‘How do the emotional and embodied experiences of international interveners influence their understanding and practice of peacebuilding?’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 59, Iss. 2, pp. 209-227, https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367231184724

  6. 2024. ‘The ‘Blue Pacific’ strategic narrative: rhetorical action, acceptance, entrapment, and appropriation?’ The Pacific Review, Vol. 37, Iss. 4, pp. 797-824, (with Maima Koro and Corey O’Dwyer), https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2023.2253377

  7. 2023. ‘The enclosure and exclusion of Australia’s ‘Pacific family’’, Political Geography, Vol. 106, October, 102935, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102935

  8. 2023. ‘Tā, Vā, and Lā: Re-imagining the geopolitics of the Pacific Islands’, Political Geography, Vol. 105, August, 102931 (with Maima Koro, Henrietta McNeill, and Henry Ivarature), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102931

  9. 2023. ‘Ordering the Islands? Pacific Responses to China’s Strategic Narratives’, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 457-481 (with Geyi Xie, William Waqavakatoga, Priestley Habru, and Maima Koro), https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poad015

  10. 2023. ‘Security cooperation in the Pacific Islands: architecture, complex, community, or something else?’ International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 23, Iss. 3, pp. 263-296 (with Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, and Anna Powles), https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcac005

  11. 2022. ‘Maritime sovereignty and territorialisation: Comparing the Pacific Islands and South China Sea’, Marine Policy, Vol 141, July, 105110 (with Rebecca Strating), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105110

  12. 2022. ‘China in the Maritime Pacific’, Marine Policy, Vol 141, July, 105092 (with Rebecca Strating, Douglas Guilfoyle, and Steven Ratuva), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105092

  13. 2022. ‘Framing China in the Pacific Islands’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 522-545 (with Angus Ireland, Isabel Robinson, and Alicia Turner), https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2022.2063252

  14. 2021. ‘Burden sharing: the US, Australia and New Zealand alliances in the Pacific islands’, International Affairs, Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 1045-1065 (with Anna Powles), https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiab081

  15. 2021. ‘Contradictions in Australia’s Pacific Islands discourse’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 75, Iss. 5, pp. 487-506, https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2021.1951657

  16. 2021. ‘It’s the little things: analysing the role of international interveners in the social (re)construction of the international peace architecture’, Global Society, Vol. 35, Iss. 4, pp. 456-478, https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2021.1942798

  17. 2021. ‘Evaluating the legacy of state-building in Timor-Leste’, Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 19-40 (with Guteriano Neves), https://doi.org/10.18588/202105.00a171

  18. 2021. ‘The implications of COVID-19 for security in the Pacific Islands’, The Round Table, Vol. 110, Iss. 2, pp. 203-216 (with Henrietta McNeill), https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2021.1904587

  19. 2020. ‘Displaced security? The relationships, routines and rhythms of peacebuilding interveners’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 55, Iss. 4, pp. 479-496, https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836720954472.

  20. 2020. ‘A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities for Engagement’, Asia Policy, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 2-6 (with Jeffrey Reeves).

  21. 2020. ‘Is it time for Australia to adopt a “Free and Open” Middle-Power Foreign Policy?’, Asia Policy, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 7-20.

  22. 2020. ‘How does the ‘Pacific’ fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands’, Security Challenges, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 2-10 (with James Batley).

  23. 2019. ‘‘Cut and paste’ constitution-making in Timor-Leste’, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, pp. 333-358.

  24. 2019. ‘The role of ‘uncivil’ society in transitional justice: Evidence from Bougainville and Timor-Leste’, Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 31, Iss. 2, pp. 159-179.

  25. 2019. ‘Special issue on ‘reconceiving civil society and transitional justice: lessons from Asia and the Pacific’’, Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 31, Iss. 2, pp. 129-138 (with Lia Kent).

  26. 2017. ‘Is ‘good enough’ peacebuilding good enough? The potential and pitfalls of the local turn in peacebuilding in Timor-Leste’, The Pacific Review, Vol. 30, Iss. 2, pp. 251-269.

  27. 2017. ‘Reconceiving the roles of religious civil society organizations in transitional justice: Evidence from Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Bougainville’, International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 378-399 (with Renee Jeffery and Lia Kent).

  28. 2017. ‘From constructivist to critical engagements with peacebuilding: implications for hybrid peace’, Third World Thematics: A Third World Quarterly Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 422-445 (with Oliver Richmond).

  29. 2017. ‘Hybridity in peacebuilding and development: a critical approach', Third World Thematics: A Third World Quarterly Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 407-421 (with Miranda Forsyth, Lia Kent, Sinclair Dinnen, and Srinjoy Bose).

  30. 2016. ‘Money, manipulation and misunderstanding on Manus’, Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 301-329 (with Steffen Dalsgaard).

  31. 2016. ‘Political reconciliation in Timor Leste, Solomon Islands and Bougainville: the dark side of hybridity’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 70, Iss. 2, pp. 159-178 (with Renee Jeffery and Lia Kent).

  32. 2016. ‘How important is participatory constitution-making? Lessons from Timor-Leste and Bougainville’, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 362-386.

  33. 2016. ‘Unipolar Anxieties: Australia’s Melanesia Policy after the Age of Intervention’, Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, pp. 23-34 (with Michael Wesley).

  34. 2015. ‘The South Pacific: ‘arc of instability’ or ‘arc of opportunity’?’, Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 39-53.

  35. 2014. ‘Papua New Guinea: New Opportunities and Declining Australian Influence?’, Security Challenges, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 115-135.

  36. 2013. ‘Victors, Villains and Victims: Capitalising on Memory in Timor-Leste’, Ethnopolitics, Vol. 12, Iss. 2, pp. 133–160. 

  37. 2013. ‘Nation-building, autonomy arrangements and deferred referendums: unresolved questions from Bougainville, Papua New Guinea’, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 310–332.

  38. 2013. ‘What role can decentralisation play in state-building? Lessons from Timor-Leste and Bougainville’, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 424–446. 

  39. 2012. ‘Building a liberal-local hybrid peace and state in Bougainville’, The Pacific Review, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 613–635.

  40. 2012. ‘A liberal-local hybrid peace project in action? The increasing engagement between the liberal and local in Timor-Leste’, Review of International Studies, Vol. 38, Iss. 4, pp. 735–761.

  41. 2012. ‘Ten years of peace: assessing Bougainville's progress and prospects’, The Round Table, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 29–40.   

  42. 2012. ‘The Pacific: from ‘Arc of Instability’ to ‘Arc of Responsibility’ and then to ‘Arc of Opportunity’?’, Security Challenges, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1–12. 

  43. 2010. ‘“Friendly Islands” in an unfriendly system: examining the process of Tonga’s accession to the WTO’, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 262–277.

  44. 2010. ‘Pacific Pause: The Rhetoric of Special & Differential Treatment, the Reality of WTO Accession’, Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 663–706 (with Andrew Mitchell).

  45. 2008. ‘Transnationalism and the Development of the Deterritorialized Tongan Nation-State’, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 408–432.

  46. 2008. ‘Small States in a globalised world: resilience as a response to vulnerability?’, Melbourne Journal of Politics, Vol. 33, pp. 3–47.

  47. 2006. ‘A ‘helpem fren’ in need: cooperative intervention and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands’, Security Challenges, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 81–98.

Book chapters

  1. Forthcoming. ‘Mandates, Trusteeship, and Decolonization in the North Pacific: balancing self-determination, development, and security’, in David Kang and Stephan Haggard (eds.), East Asia in the World: Volume II: From Imperialism to the Cold War, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Jack Corbett, in press).

  2. Forthcoming. ‘Law and democracy in the Pacific Islands: custom, convention, and courts’, in Glenn Patmore (ed.), Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Law and Democracy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (with Derek Futaiasi, in press).

  3. Forthcoming. ‘Timor-Leste’, in David Law, et al. (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia, Oxford: Oxford University Press (in press).

  4. 2024. ‘Security interests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands’, in Baogang He, David Hundt, and Danielle Chubb (eds.), Australia in World Affairs, 2016-2020: A Return to Great-Power Rivalry, Melbourne: Oxford University Press (with Huong Le Thu), pp. 161-173.

  5. 2024. ‘Constitutional identity as a source of ontological security’, in Ran Hirschl and Yaniv Roznai (eds.), Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism: The Foundations and Future of Constitutional Identity, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 76-88.

  6. 2024. ‘Climate change and maritime boundaries: Pacific responses and implications for Australia’, in Susan Harris Rimmer, Caitlin Byrne, and Wesley Morgan (eds.), Climate Politics in Oceania: Renewing Australia-Pacific Relations in a Warming World, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (with Rebecca Strating), pp. 197-221.

  7. 2021. ‘The social construction of peace’, in Oliver Richmond and Gezim Visoka (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 77-90.

  8. 2019. ‘Constitution-making and State-building’, in Hanna Lerner and David Landau (eds.) Elgar Handbook of Comparative Constitution Making, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

  9. 2019. ‘Introduction: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Asia and the Pacific’, in Lia Kent, Joanne Wallis and Claire Cronin (eds.), Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Asia and the Pacific, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 1-20 (with Lia Kent and Claire Cronin).

  10. 2019. ‘The role played by reconciliation in social reconstruction in Bougainville’, in Lia Kent, Joanne Wallis and Claire Cronin (eds.), Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Asia and the Pacific, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 157-181.

  11. 2019. ‘Timor-Leste in a rich country, but also a poor one: the effect and effectiveness of public transfer schemes’, in Andrew McWilliam and Michael Leach (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste, Abingdon: Routledge, p. 124-135.

  12. 2018.  'Introduction', in Joanne Wallis, Lia Kent, Miranda Forsyth, Sinclair Dinnen and Srinjoy Bose (eds.), Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 1-20 (with Lia Kent, Miranda Forsyth, Sinclair Dinnen and Srinjoy Bose).

  13. 2018.  'Is there still a place for liberal peacebuilding?', in Joanne Wallis, Lia Kent, Miranda Forsyth, Sinclair Dinnen and Srinjoy Bose (eds.), Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 83-98.

  14. 2016.  'An Introduction to Asia-Pacific Security', in Joanne Wallis and Andrew Carr (eds.), Asia-Pacific Security: an introduction, Washington: Georgetown University Press, pp. 1-20 (with Andrew Carr).

  15. 2016. 'Why are Small States a Security Concern in the Asia-Pacific?', in Joanne Wallis and Andrew Carr (eds.), Asia-Pacific Security: an introduction, Washington: Georgetown University Press, pp. 103-119

  16. 2016. ‘Is Oceania a regional security complex?’ in Andreas Holtz, at al. (eds.), A Region in Transition: Politics and Power in the Pacific Island Countries, Saarbrücken: Universaar, pp. 17-46.

  17. 2015. ‘East Timorese expectations and experiences of INTERFET’, in John Blaxland (ed.), East Timor Intervention: A Retrospective on INTERFET, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, pp. 154-166 (with Joao M. Dos Reis C. Noronha and Joaquim J.M. Soriano Viana).

  18. 2015. ‘Assessing the implementation and impact of Timor-Leste’s cash payment schemes’, in Sue Ingram, Lia Kent and Andrew McWilliam (eds.), A New Era?: Prospects and Challenges for Timor-Leste, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 235-250

  19. 2014. ‘Australia and the South Pacific’, in Brendan Taylor, Peter Dean and Stephan Fruehling (eds.), Australia’s Defence: Towards a New Era? Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, pp. 140-164.

  20. 2014. ‘Australia in the Pacific’, in Daniel Baldino, Andrew Carr and Anthony J. Langlois (eds.), Australian Foreign Policy: Controversies and Debates, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, pp. 174-190 (with Jonathan Schultz).

  21. 2011. ‘Pacific Countries in the WTO: Accession and Accommodation’, in Yong-Shik Lee, et al. (eds.), Law and Development Perspectives on International Trade Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 179-222 (with Andrew Mitchell).

Other publications

  1. 2023. ‘International Relations of the Pacific Islands’, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.796 (with William Waqavakatoga). 

  2. 2020. ‘Participatory Constitution-Making and Peacebuilding’, in Oliver Richmond and Gezim Visoka (eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies.

  3. 2020. ‘China’s presence in the Pacific Islands’, Security Challenges, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 47-52.

  4.  2016. ‘The South Pacific in the 2016 Defence White Paper: Anxiety, Ambivalence and Ambiguity’, Security Challenges, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 187-189.

  5.  2015. ‘Crowdsourcing Constitutions: The Importance of Public Participation in Constitution-Making’, Insights on Law & Society, Vol.15, Iss. 3, pp. 25-29.

  6. 2014. ‘Pragmatism or preference?  Examining Timorese responses to decentralisation’, in Hannah Loney, et al. (eds.), Understanding Timor-Leste, Hawthorn: Swinburne Press, p. 35-40.

  7.  2013. ‘Timor-Leste and the United Nations: From InterFET to the 2012 Elections’, in Charles Hawksley and Nichole Georgeou (eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: Case Studies from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, pp. 111-114.

  8.  2007. ‘Duties and dilemmas: examining the ethical implications of US government lawyers providing advice which may have facilitated the commission of torture’, Ormond Papers, Vol. XXIV, pp. 77–102.

  9.  2006. ‘We the Peoples’…Does the emerging principle of a collective international “responsibility to protect” represent a move to bring the world into the international order?’, Ormond Papers, Vol. XXIII, pp. 93–122.

Policy publications

  1. 2024. Regional Perspectives Research Project - Phase 1 summary report, Adelaide: University of Adelaide (with Jennifer Wate, Alice Houanihau, Inia Barry Wickham, Cathie Konainao, Samantha Lianga, Lovelyn Maezama, James Cox, Linda Kenni, Kiery Manassah, Ketty Napwatt, Christina Thyna, Maualaivao Maima Koro, Priestley Habru, and William Waqavakatoga).

  2. 2024. ‘Regionalism in the Pacific Islands’, in Van Jackson (ed.) 2024. Rethinking Insecurity in the Blue Pacific Region. Security in Context Report 24-02. Security in Context (with William Waqavakatoga).

  3. 2023. Smooth sailing? Australia, New Zealand and the United States partnering in–and with–the Pacific Islands, Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (with Anna Powles).

  4. 2023. ‘U.S. Engagement in Micronesia: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand’, in April A. Herlevi (ed.), Charting a New Course for the Pacific Islands: Strategic Pathways for U.S.-Micronesia Engagement, Washington: National Bureau of Asian Research, pp. 25-32 (with Henrietta McNeill).

  5. 2023. Statecraftiness: Australia’s defence diplomacy in the Pacific Islands, Adelaide Papers on Pacific Security 03/2023, Adelaide: Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide (with Quentin Hanich and Michael Rose).

  6. 2023. Statecraftiness: The need for proactive rather than reactive statecraft in the Pacific Islands, Adelaide Papers on Pacific Security 04/2023, Adelaide, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide (with Henrietta McNeill, Michael Rose, and Alan Tidwell).

  7. 2023. Navigating ‘Flexible, Responsive and Respectful Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands, Canberra: Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University (with Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, Anna Powles, Hidekazu Sakai, and Alan Tidwell).

  8. 2022. Statecraftiness: weaving webs of statecraft in the Pacific Islands, Adelaide Papers on Pacific Security 01/2022, Adelaide: Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide (with Henrietta McNeill, Alan Tidwell, and Czes Tubilewicz).

  9. 2022. ‘Good neighbours? Australia’s Pacific Policy’, In-Depth Briefing #34, Camberley: Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, British Army.

  10. 2022. ‘Strategic Competition in Oceania’, in Ashley J. Tellis, Alison Szalwinski, and Michael Wills (eds.), Strategic Asia 2021-22: Navigating Tumultuous Times in the Indo-Pacific, Washington: National Bureau of Asian Research, pp. 187-222 (with Rebecca Strating).

  11. 2022. Security Cooperation in the Pacific: Workshop Report, Canberra: Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University (with Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, and Anna Powles).

  12. 2021. Climate change and maritime boundaries: Pacific responses and implications for Australia, Brisbane: Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University (with Rebecca Strating).

  13. 2021. ‘Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands’, in Lynn Kuok and Tim Huxley (eds.), Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021, London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, pp. 115-134.

  14. 2021. Mapping Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands - Research Report, Canberra: Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU (with Henrietta McNeill, James Batley and Anna Powles).

  15.  2020 The 2019 NZDF Advancing Pacific Partnerships: Ten different views from Pacific Security Commentators, Notes from the Field, 4/2020, Security, Politics and Development Network, Massey University.

  16.  2019 How Does the ‘Pacific’ Fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The Changing Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands: Workshop Report, Working Paper 2019/1, Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU (with James Batley and Ruben Seaton).

  17. 2019 Ten Views on the Boe Declaration on Regional Security: Ten different views from Pacific Security Commentators, Notes from the Field 2/2019, Security, Politics and Development Network, Massey University.

  18. 2018 Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific Islands: Ambiguous Allies?, Centre of Gravity paper, SDSC, ANU, (with Anna Powles).

  19. 2017 Crowded and Complex: The Changing Geopolitics of the South Pacific, Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

  20. 2015  ‘South Pacific Island States and Regional Security’, in Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2015, London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, pp. 45-60.

  21. 2014 ‘Timor-Leste’s Veterans’ Pension Scheme: Who are the Beneficiaries and Who is Missing Out?’, SSGM In-Brief (with Lia Kent).

  22. 2013 ‘Neighbourhood watch: great power gambits in the South Pacific’, in A New Flank: Fresh Perspectives for the Next Defence White Paper, Centre of Gravity paper, SDSC, ANU.

  23. 2012 ‘Pacific Oceania: arc of opportunity?’, CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2013, Canberra: Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

Government submissions

  1. 2024. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, ‘Inquiry into Australia’s response to the priorities of Pacific Island countries and the Pacific region’, (with Maima Koro).

  2. 2022. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, ‘Inquiry into Supporting Democracy in our Region’, (with Maima Koro and William Waqavakatoga).

  3. 2022. Defence Strategic Review.

  4. 2020. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, ‘Inquiry into strengthening Australia’s relationships with countries in the Pacific region’. I was subsequently invited to appear before the Joint Standing Committee. I was cited in the Committee’s report: Strengthening Australia’s relationships in the Pacific (2022).

  5. 2020. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, ‘Inquiry into Australia's Defence relationships with Pacific Island nations’. I was subsequently invited to appear before the Joint Standing Committee. I was cited in the Committee’s report: Report into Australia’s defence relationships with Pacific Island nations (2021).

  6. 2018. Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific, ‘Missed opportunities in the Pacific Islands’.

  7. 2017. Foreign Policy White Paper 2017, ‘The Pacific Islands: an ‘arc of opportunity’’. Cited in the Australian government's Foreign Policy White Paper Public Consultation Summary Report.

  8. 2015. Defence White Paper 2016, ‘Don’t neglect the near neighbourhood: the continuing relevance of the South Pacific to Australia’ strategy and defence’. Cited in Guarding Against Uncertainty: Australian Attitudes to Defence, Defence White Paper Expert Panel Report, 2015.

  9. 2013. Defence White Paper 2013, ‘China’s engagement, the United States’ re-balance and Australia’s changing strategic interests in Our Neighbourhood’.

  10. 2013. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, ‘Inquiry into Australia’s Relationship with Timor-Leste’, ‘Looking beyond the state: aid and governance support to the local level in Timor-Leste’. I was subsequently invited to appear before the Joint Standing Committee.