Senior Lecturer

Politics and International Affairs Programme
School of Government, Development and International Affairs
University of the South Pacific
Laucala Bay Campus
Suva
Fiji Islands

Tel (679) 323 2996
Fax (679) 323 1524
Email: baker_n(at)usp.ac.fj

Academic Qualifications

• BA Politics, Auckland
• MA Politics, Auckland
• MA Strategic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
• PhD Strategic Studies and International Relations, Australian National University, Canberra

Teaching Responsibilities

• PL101 Pacific Government and Politics
• PL200 Pacific Island States in World Affairs

Research Interests

• Issues in the formulation and implementation of military strategy
• Defence and security postures of Southeast Asian states
• Regionalism and security in Southeast Asia

Recent Publications

‘Phantom Menace: Expounding Security Myths in Southeast Asia’, Jane’s Intelligence Review, September 2007

Making Sense of War: Strategy for the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006 (with Alan Stephens)