Dr Nikki Baker
Visiting Fellow
Email: n.baker@adfa.edu.au
Professional Background
- BA Auckland University
- MA (Political Studies) Auckland University
- MA (Strategic and Defence Studies) Australian National University
- PhD (Strategic Studies and International Relations) Australian National University
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
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)
‘Restructuring foreign and defence policy: strategic uncertainty and the Asia-Pacific middle powers’, Anthony McGrew and Christopher Brook eds., Asia-Pacific in the New World Order, Routledge, London, 1998
‘The Problem with Parachuting: Strategic Studies and Security in the Asia/Pacific Region’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 18:3, 1995 (with Leonard C. Sebastian)
‘A Higher Plane: Land/Air Operations in the Southwest Pacific 1942-1945’, Jeffrey Grey & Peter Dennis eds., From Past to Future: The Australian Experience of Land/Air Operations, UNSW@ADFA, 1995
More than Little Heroes: Australian Army Air Liaison Officers in the Second World War, Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No.106, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, RSPAS, Australian National University, Canberra, 1994