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Director, Nautilus Institute, Professor of International Relations and Honorary Professor at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney

He works at the nexus of security, environment and energy policy problems. Best known for innovative cooperative engagement strategies in North Korea, he has developed techniques at Nautilus Institute for seeking near-term solutions to global security and sustainability problems and applied them in East Asia, Australia, and South Asia.

Peter has worked for many international organizations including UN Development Programme, Asian Development Bank, and Global Environment Facility. He was founding director of the Environment Liaison Centre in Kenya in 1975. He has traveled, lived, and worked in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. He has visited North Korea seven times. He was born in Melbourne Australia; today he is a dual national of Australia and the United States. He is married with two children. He is widely published and on the editorial boards of scholarly journals, including Global Asia.

Experience

  • –present
    Director, Nautilus Institute, Professor of International Relations, RMIT University

Education

  • 1989 
    UC Berkeley, PHD Energy and Resources Group