Professor William Maley

Professor William Maley assumed the position of Foundation Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy on 1 July 2003.

He taught for many years in the School of Politics, University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, and has served as a Visiting Professor at the Russian Diplomatic Academy, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Refugee Studies Programme at Oxford University.

He is also a Barrister of the High Court of Australia,a member of the Executive Committee of the Refugee Council of Australia, and a member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP).

In 2002, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). He has published widely on issues in Afghanistan and international politics.

Prof Maley's presentation at the Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions Conference was, Militancy Along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border: An Australian Perspective.