Dr Thomas S. Wilkins is a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the University of Sydney and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs.  He received his Ph.D from the University of Birmingham, UK, and completed his Post-Doctoral Studies at the University for San Francisco, and the East West Center, Honolulu. Since then he has been Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Fellow (Taiwan National University), Japan Foundation ‘Japan Studies’ Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences Research Fellow (both at University of Tokyo), and a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, and at Keio University.  He specializes in security issues in the Asia Pacific region and has published on this subject in journals such as Review of International Studies, International Relations of the Asia Pacific and Australian Journal of International Affairs, among others.  His book Security in Asia Pacific: The Dynamics of Alignment was published with Lynne Rienner in February 2019.  He is presently an Associate Editor for the journal Pacific Affairs and Area-Editor for Japanese Studies.

About RUSI NSW

The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies NSW (the Institute) is an independent, apolitical, not for profit public education association that since 1888, has been promoting debate on and understanding of defence and national security.

The Institute’s library – the Ursula Davidson Library, named after its librarian from 1942 to 2005 – has been assessed to be of ‘national significance’ and holds a unique collection of defence and security literature dating from the late 18th century to today.

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