Author: Mark Beeson

Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia. Before re-joining UWA in 2015, he taught at Murdoch, Griffith, Queensland, York (UK) and Birmingham, where he was also head of department. He has also had visiting positions in the UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and Hong Kong. His work is centred on the politics, economics and security of the broadly conceived Asia-Pacific region. He is the author or editor of 19 books, the latest of which is Rethinking Global Governance, which will be published by Palgrave in 2019. Previous books include Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia,   Politics, Security and Economic Development and China’s Regional Relations,   Evolving Foreign Policy Dynamics, co-authored with Fujian Li. He is currently the Research Chair of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts.