Athol Yates

Visiting Fellow, December, 2012

Dr. Athol Yates is the Executive Director of the Australian Security Research Centre. The Centre is a think tank examining security issues with a focus on both within Australia and the region. His national security areas of expertise include national and homeland security strategy, non-traditional security threats and responses, and the use of defence forces for non-traditional missions. In Sweden, he was researching the risks to China and other countries of Chinese military involvement in international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) activities.