Sue Thompson
Associate Professor
Qualifications
PhD School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London
MSC London School of Economics (LSE) University of London
BA (Honours) Australian National University (ANU)
Authored Books:
Mortensen, J, Thompson, S (under contract), National Security in Late Colonial and Early-Federation Australia 1880s-1930s: Security within Empire, Palgrave Macmillan
Thompson, S (2019), The United States and Southeast Asian Regionalism: Collective Security and Economic Development, 1945-75, Routledge
Thompson, S, (2015) British Military Withdrawal from South-East Asia and the Rise of Regional Cooperation, 1964-1973, Palgrave Macmillan
Edited Journal:
Harris Rimmer, S and Thompson, S. eds. (2018), Security Challenges, Vol. 14, No. 2, special issue on Women and National Security
Articles and Chapters:
Thompson, S (forthcoming) ‘John Nott’ in Antony Mullen, Martin Farr, David Jeffery and Sam Blaxland (eds) Thatcher’s Ministers, Palgrave Macmillan
Thompson, S (forthcoming), ‘Cooperative Defence and Allied Planning in Southeast Asia during the Cold War’, in J. Blaxland (ed) Contingencies and compromises: mobilising the Australian Army, Cambridge University Press
Thompson, S (2022), ‘World War II and the post-1945 “world order” in the Indo-Pacific’, in O. Turner, N. Nymalm & W. Aslam (eds), Routledge Handbook of US Policy in the Indo-Pacific, Routledge
Thompson, S, (2021) ‘The Nixon Doctrine and United States Post-World War II Regional Cooperation Policy on Southeast Asia’, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol 23 Issue 1
Thompson, S, (2021), ‘Kidnapped to Ranches and Canefields: Was Australia home to slavery in the 19th Century?’, in Atlas of Enslavement: Facts and figures about forced labour and exploitation, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Thompson, S, (2020) ‘The Foundations of Australia-Thailand Security Ties, 1945-65’ in Bill Tow (ed), Australia and Thailand: A Strategic Reset?, Centre of Gravity Series, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU
Harris Rimmer, S and Thompson, S (2018), ‘Celebrating and Interrogating Women and National Security’, Security Challenges, Vol. 14, No. 2
Thompson, S, (2017) ‘The Evolution of Southeast Asian Regionalism: Foreign Power Support for Regional Initiatives, 1947-77’, Journal of ASEAN Studies, Vol 5. No. 1
Thompson, S, (2015) ‘Leadership and Dependency: Indonesia’s Regional and Global Role, 1945-1975’ in C. Roberts, L. Sebastian & D. Habir (eds), Indonesia’s Ascent: Power, Leadership and the Regional Order, Palgrave Macmillan
Thompson, S, (2014) ‘The Greatest Success of British Diplomacy in Southeast Asia in Recent Years? British Diplomacy and the end of Confrontation, 1965-1966’, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 25 No. 2
Thompson, S, (2014), ‘The historical foundations of Indonesia’s regional and global role’, in Roberts C, Habir D, Sebastian L (eds), Indonesia’s Ascent: Power, Leadership and Asia’s Security Order, ANU Press
Thompson, S, (2011), ‘The Western Powers and the Origins of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia: The international dimension, 1945-1967’ Global Change, Peace and Security, Vol. 23 No. 1
Commentaries:
‘‘Australian and ASEAN: A storied History’, Lowy Interpreter, February 2024, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-asean-storied-hi...
‘Cold War hangovers and why there is no Asian NATO’, Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, 25 August 2022, https://www.policyforum.net/cold-war-hangovers-and-why-there-is-no-asian...
‘The Significance and Strategic Context of the 2021 New Caledonia Independence Referendum’, NSC Occasional Briefing Series, December 2021, https://crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/19720/significance-and-strategic...
‘Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ghosts of Vietnam’, Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, 9 September 2021, https://www.policyforum.net/withdrawal-from-afghanistan-and-the-ghosts-o...
‘Seventy-five years on from Hiroshima’, National Security College, 6 August 2020
https://nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/department-news/17294/seventy-five-years...
‘What’s in a name? Blackbirding and indentured labour in 19th century Queensland’, Policy Forum, Asia and The Pacific Policy Society, 3 July 2020 https://www.policyforum.net/blackbirding-and-indentured-labour-in-19th-c...
‘ASEAN: Fifty years of peace and prosperity with tough challenges ahead’, Asian Currents, Asian Studies Association of Australia, October 2017 https://asaa.asn.au/asean-50-years-peace-prosperity-tough-challenges-ahead/
‘ASEAN Turns Fifty: Reflections on the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism’, Australian Outlook, Australian Institute of International Affairs, August 2017 https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/10523/
‘Fifty years of Australian civilian police involvement in international peacekeeping’ The Strategist, ASPI, August 2014 https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fifty-years-of-australian-civilian-pol...
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