Mark Beeson is professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia and the AIIA National Research Chair, appointed in February 2017. Professor Beeson is an editor of the AIIA publication, Australia in World Affairs, and has also been published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs (AJIA). He is co-editor of AJIA’s recently published Navigating the New International Disorder: Australia in World Affairs 2011-2015.