Michael Wesley (born 1968) is an Australian academic of Indian descent. He was appointed Professor of International Relations and Deputy VC International at the University of Melbourne in 2019, and was previously Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific and professor at The

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. He also consults extensively for the Australian government.

Early life and education

Wesley was born in India but moved to Australia with his parents aged four years old. He grew up in

Nambour Nambour is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 12,145 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital ...

, south-east Queensland. Wesley went to

Nambour State High School Nambour State College is a co-educational, state high school located in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Established on 2 February 1953. In 2006 the school had enrolment figures of 1,367, including adult students. Previously it was called the Nam ...

, and then to the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

. He completed a PhD at the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

in Scotland. Michael Wesley is the son of the internationally renowned artist Frank Wesley.

Career

Michael Wesley has worked for the Queensland State government and as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

. He spent time on secondment from UNSW to the

Office of National Assessments The Office of National Assessments (ONA) was an Australian statutory intelligence agency established by the ''Office of National Assessments Act 1977'' as an independent statutory body directly accountable to the Prime Minister of Australia a ...

. In 2004, he became Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...

. He served as co-chairman of the Security and Prosperity working group at then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's

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in 2008. He was a visiting professor at the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

in 2009. He worked as Executive Director of the

Lowy Institute for International Policy The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research regarding international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in S ...

from June 2009 to August 2012.Lowy Institute for International Policy (2012)
Dr Michael Wesley to step down from Lowy Institute – Dr Michael Fullilove appointed Executive Director
Retrieved 18 August 2012. He became the Dean of the College of the Asia and the Pacific at the

before moving to the University of Melbourne in 2019.

Bibliography

Michael Wesley has authored several books on foreign policy, including: * ''Restless Continent: Wealth, Rivalry and Asia's New Geopolitics'' (Black Inc., 2015) * ''There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia'' (UNSW Press, 2011) * '' The Howard Paradox: Australian Diplomacy in Asia'' (ABC Books, 2007) * ''Editor. Making Australian Foreign Policy'', Second Edition (expanded and updated), (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007) (with Allan Gyngell) * ''Editor. The Other Special Relationship: United States-Australia Relations at the Start of the Twenty-First Century'', Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2007 (with Jeffrey D. McCausland, Douglas T Stuart and William T. Tow) * ''Energy Security in Asia'', (London: Routledge Curzon, 2007) * ''Editor. Making Australian Foreign Policy'', First Edition, (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2003) (with Allan Gyngell) * ''Regional Organisations of the Asia-Pacific: Exploring Institutional Change'', (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) * ''Casualties of the New World Order: The Causes of Failure of UN Missions to Civil Wars'' (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997)

References

External links

Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs profileLowy Institute profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wesley, Michael Alumni of the University of St Andrews Academic staff of the University of New South Wales Academic staff of Griffith University Academic staff of the Australian National University Living people 1968 births