Dr Erik Paul
BA, MA (UMinnesota), PhD (UC Berkeley)
Erik was a tenured academic at Macquarie University where he taught in areas of political geography and economy, and Asian studies. Erik’s research interest focuses on Australia’s relations with the Asia-Pacific, the politics of Southeast Asia, and issues of global peace.
Erik will convene a new CPACS postgraduate unit of study in 2009 on Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia.
He is working on a book on Southeast Asia and the global state. His latest book is Little America: Australia, the 51st State published by Pluto Press, London.
Selected publications
(2007) Clash of Capitalisms, ISAA Review, 61(1).
(2006) Little America, Australia, the 51st State. London: Pluto Press.
(2006) Towards a Sociology of Euthanasia in Australia. ISAA Review, 8(1).
(2001) Australia, Too Many People?: The Population Question. Aldershot: Ashgate.
(1999) Australia and Southeast Asia: Regionalisation, Democracy and Conflict. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 29(3).
(1998) Australia in Southeast Asia: Regionalisation and Democracy. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
(1997) The Future Points North. [i||Australian Financial Review]], 30 December.
(1997) Review of Jeff Haynes Third World Politics, Australian Geographer, 20(2).
(1996) The Future of ASEAN, in D. Rumley, T. Chiba and A. Takagi (eds) Global Geopolitical Change and the Asia-Pacific: A Regional Perspective. London: Avebury.
(1996) Towards a New Cold War? Development Bulletin, 37.
(1996) Japan in Southeast Asia: A Geopolitical Perspective. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 1(3).
(1995) The Role of Japan in the Economic Integration of Southeast Asia. Centre for Japanese Economic Studies, Working Paper 95-2, Macquarie University.
(1994) Waiting for Godot: Liberalisation in Singapore. Development Bulletin, 32.
(1993) Prospects for Liberalization in Singapore. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 23(3).
(1992) Obstacles to Democratization in Singapore. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies Working Paper No. 78, Monash University.
(1992) Review of Lim Teck Ghee and Mark J. Valencia (eds) Conflict over Natural Resources in South-east Asian and the Pacific, Asian Studies Review, 15(3).
