Peter Chalk

Political Scientist (full)

Off-site Office

Fields

Terrorism,
transnational threats (drugs, piracy, weapons trafficking, human smuggling, global spread of disease),
US defense and security relations in South and Southeast Asia,
terrorism and insurgency in South and Southeast Asia

Education

Ph.D. Political Science, University of British Columbia, 1994

Policy Areas

Counter-terrorism,
US homeland security,
intelligence reform (US and overseas),
US international security and development assistance

Recent Projects

The Future of Terrorism and Implications for TRIA (2005)
Understanding and Countering Suicide Terrorism (2004)
Hitting Americaºs Soft Underbelly (2004)
Blue Panel on the Terrorist Biological Threat to Livestock (2004)
Confronting The Enemy Within (2004)

Previous/Other Positions

Adjunct Professor, Monterey Postgraduate Naval School, US (on-going)
Professor, University of Queensland, Australia
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Australia

Selected Publications

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