A government determined to make national security a central campaign issue fell into the trap of fighting the last war.
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Professor Peter J. Dean is Chair of Defence Studies, Director of the UWA Defence and Security Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre. Prior to the commencement of this role Professor Dean was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) at UWA.
He has been a Fulbright Professional Fellow and Endeavour Research Scholar in Australia-United States Alliance Studies, as well as a non-resident fellow with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC.